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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1905
Page
4
A reflective column urges returning home for Thanksgiving to please parents and mark true success, contrasting family happiness with wealth disparities. It laments poverty amid plenty, notes New York horse shows and London parades, and calls kindness as salvation. The piece ends with hopeful visions of brotherhood and a utopian moral future.
SPECIAL TO THE SUN. LOS ANGELES NOV 2 A pair of Los Angeles mechanics near Compton tested a new cab signal system promising early warnings of dangers on tracks. Inventors W W Pidlington and W Mills report green and yellow signals indicating obstructions or approaching trains to reduce accidents, with a third rail forming the warning pathway.
A chatty fragment features Josh Wise and a U S senator facing indictments and battles over charges. The dialogue touches on a football player, a quarrel with Mrs Nomach, Browning quotes, a marriage license, and a hunting incident in the Adirondacks.
Gov Hanly appointed a list of delegates from Indiana to the Civic Federation and Immigration conference in New York. The honorarium is personal, delegates pay their own expenses. Delegates include John N Moltiday Edward A Moffett Daniel H McAber John Kern A P Kent Charles M Kimbrough J A M Adair John J Fisherback H A Root Amos L Craig and others from Indianapolis Elkhart Munice Portland Michigan City and other cities.
San Francisco reports the death of Ben K. Thorne former sheriff of Calverag county and famed bounty hunter known for disarming the notorious Sam Brown and tracking the outlaw Black Bart. Thorne, paralyzed four years ago, led a storied career ending in his passing in this city.
Milton Stempie, father of Lawrence Stemple who died after being struck by a train in Cincinnati, returned to Indianapolis early Wednesday with his son's body. It was taken to Flanner Buchanan Undertaking on N. Illinois and later moved to the Stemple home at 370 West Forty sixth Street. No funeral arrangements have been made.
A boy in Kansas City observes a wax mechanical man in a Tejon street window. He shines a mirror to reflect sunlight into the figure’s eye, causing it to shed a tear and prompt a crowd to shower coins in amazement. The attendant intervenes to end the act. The Kansas City Star notes the scene amid humorous dialogue between Adam and Eve.
After a thorough investigation Sheriff Maris deemed a report of John Scott being chased and shot by John Watts’s friends false. Scott was fatally shot earlier in a railway incident near West Haden. Two suspects are jailed at Jasper and two at Huntingburg. railway camp men will test if any is Scott. Watts remains critically injured.
Sam Yung, a UC San Francisco top graduate and Columbia MA, has sailed to China to become superintendent of schools in southern China. Appointed by Chinese minister Sir King Chentung, Yung will oversee a system of free public schools feeding provincial primary schools into higher institutions for the imperial university at Pekin.
Heavy rain caused two wrecks near Logansport on the Panhandle. A freight engine overturned near Trimmer, fireman Gurton and engineer Spencer pinned. Spencer rescued with a broken leg, fireman in critical condition. A Chicago passenger train derailed at Boone but no injuries were reported.
Edward Blunt, a Cincinnati-born boarder at 16 Bates, took a quantity of strychnine Tuesday night and was found in convulsions. He was taken to City Hospital in a serious condition but doctors expect recovery. He remains unmarried.
In Indiana settlements EDGAR HOWERTON dies after being struck by a train in Our In Te State. Madison saloon keepers push Sunday closing toward groceries and butchers. A Wayne county warrant targets John W. Terrell for murder. In Browntown Paris Long and Frank Schwein clash over craps. Long arrests after beer bottle incident. Evansville divorce suit over support. Peru cow gore fatality. Diamond mine blast injures two. Decatur suicide by hanging. Converse depot fire damages freight.
Fred K. Shepard accepts the post of secretary treasurer at the Marine Trust Company, replacing Prestha Trualer who joins the Board of Public Works. Jan ie Shepard becomes deputy county auditor, ending his bid for the Republican nomination for auditorship.
Mrs. E. Duncan of 688 Brookside Ave died at home Tuesday after a long illness. A longtime Memorial M E Church member, she was mother of Frank Duncan, a local officer. Three other children, all residents of the city, survive.
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