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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
The report describes crowded casino floors at French Lick and West Baden with roulette, keno, and craps style play. Women in elegant attire, brides, and grandmothers gamble amid bright rooms while estimations of losses and winnings ripple through tables.
Wagenman and the police department headed to Zionsville Ohio to attend the funeral of George Fickel aged 78 who died Tuesday.
Indiana Senator Beveridge met with President Roosevelt for over an hour and lunched with him. They are understood to agree on a bill granting joint statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma and joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico.
Henry Martin an Englishman with a business post wed Miss Nona Dedman a colored waitress in Springfield yesterday. N Dewberry led the ceremony with two young women as witnesses. Martin, 28, and the bride, 35, faced disapproval from her family.
Cink the present wunaral fee tase aged of the passenger department of the Big Four at Columbus has been selected to succeed Mr McLeish in charge of the passenger department at Indianapolis. Mr Clark will retain the office of general agent passenger department with the assistant general passenger agent position abolished.
Mutinous sailors aboard the cruiser Otchakoff surrendered after Forts Sevastopol fired on them for two hours. Many on the Otchakoff were killed or wounded, and shells damaged the city. Ten smaller vessels with Lieut Schmidt also yielded. Demands reportedly included calls for a constituent assembly and full realization of liberties promised by the imperial manifesto.
United States Senator Patterson was found in contempt by the Colorado supreme court for printing cartoons and editorials in two newspapers. He was fined $1,000 and ordered jailed until the fine is paid, with a stay of execution granted for several days pending appeal to the U S supreme court.
George B. Rubens, Saks & Co. general superintendent, is seen as the likely minority on the Board of Public Safety though Bookwalter has not announced yet. A popular figure among Democrats and Republicans, Rubens is a practical electrician favored by many friends to be appointed.
A testimonial ad claims Pyramid Pile Cure eases pain and itching from piles, offers a free trial by sending name and address, and promotes at home use without surgery. The letter from a reader in Moline, Illinois, endorses the cure and urges others to try it. It instructs sending name and address to Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall Michigan.
Harriet B Canine of Broad Rin ple was jailed Wednesday over a 400 bond for embezzlement and larceny of 290 dollars. Bond posted by Fred T Ross on her first bond led to her release in the evening. her mother Rebecca Peters of Irvington will not prosecute.
Norfolk & Western freight train, traveling fast, derailed after a split switch at Hallsville West Virginia. Engineer Clendenning and Fireman Dye died in the wreck late last night.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company accepted the resignations of Richard A. McCurdy and Frederick Cromwell. James H. Eckles, former controller of the currency and current head of Commercial National Bank, was named temporary president. Operators in the Pittsburg area plan a 5 percent wage advance for United Mine Workers to preempt a 12 percent demand. The move spans Indiana Illinois Ohio West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
An editorial warning about rising heart disease in New York City tied to fast living. It cites a spike in weekly deaths from heart disease, compares 1904 figures, and attributes risk to stress, hurried meals, and worry. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach and heart tonic with physician endorsements.
Births include R B and Daisy Long at 123 Dillon a boy and Franklin and E Reeves at 321 Kenwood a girl. Deaths list multiple individuals with ages causes and addresses. marriages show numerous couples pairing in varied residences and names across the city.
The Indianapolis Council No. 4 of the Unit Commercial Travelers of America plans its annual ball at the German house on Friday evening December 1. Tickets are selling fast and organizers expect a record turnout for the event. Also noted are local ads for medical remedies and a listing for Indiana Marble and Granite Works at 26 Delaware Street Main.
An old advertisement lists pulleys shafts and saws from Miller Oland Supply Co and promotes Mra Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. The notice claims the syrup soothes gums softens collect and eases wind colic and diarrhea at twenty five cents per bottle.
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