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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1903
Page
3
A promotional note from a firm offering to organize capital, refinance debts, and place securities. They claim access to investors, legal and expert staff, and experience arranging partnerships, bonds, patents, and management for corporations. They advertise market letters, listings, and tailored financing for ventures and creditors.
The wedding of Ruth Bryan to William H. Leavitt in Lincoln will be simple with Bryan family witnesses and attendees from Miss Bryans Society at Nebraska University and Delta Gamma. Afterward the couple will honeymoon in the south and east, possibly Europe, before Bryan’s eastern and political duties begin.
Urbana report details a street car robbery where stock buyer Alex McBeth was surrounded by three strangers who stole 300 dollars in cash and two checks for 1500 each. The incident underscores a violent urban crime in transit.
A telegram from Caernowls and reports from Strzttska describe mob violence during Yom Kippur. Peasants attacked barricaded Jewish homes in Caenrowls killing about 130 Jews and looting shops, while in Strzttska a panic in a synagogue killed three women and injured four others.
In Valosta Georgia on October 4 Blanche Smith a female convict evades a hunt by bloodhounds. She climbs a tree and is forced to descend to escape, later slipping away through cane brakes and river undergrowth. Guards pursue her as indignation grows at the use of dogs on a woman's trail.
Oxford will hold a tribute to Marshal Woodcuff and Deputy Manred for bravery. Dr TJ Porter, pastor of the Presbyterian church, called a meeting of all citizens at the town hall Sunday at 7 a.m. to eulogize the wounded officers. Sunday night services in all churches are canceled.
Amid winter concerns the Indiana coal trade faces railroad delays as empty cars fail to reach mines. Dealers warn of a tight steam coal supply with rising Graal Block prices and high demand. rail bottlenecks threaten delivery from Indianapolis to mines and regional fields.
Nine year old Loganport Indiana boy Paul Grogs forged a school excuse to be absent and went to a barn to start a fire. He lit paper and ignited a pile, then fled before flames rose and returned when the alarm rang. Police detained him at the station for questioning.
New York water officials claim the American sugar refining company stole about 1 900 000 tons of water over six years from an unmetered Brooklyn pipe. The Brooklyn water supply department rendered a bill of 525200 for water used, with a prior period deemed chargeable. An investigation followed after a new instrument detected the leak on the main supplying the refinery.
A forged message allegedly from the White House, read by Warden Deyo, claimed a stay for the Van Wormer brothers hours before a scheduled execution. Officials concluded the telegraph was unreliable and proceeded, while Gen Orlando Smith reportedly died in questionable circumstances.
Evanston man John cure tard clung to eaves for near an hour before tumbling twenty feet to the ground while Clifford repaired a roof at 1500 Ashbury avenue. He was unconscious when rescued and taken to St Francis hospital with back injuries and shoulder lacerations. In Hamilton, Ohio, Judge Bergen sentenced Samuel J Meeler to life imprisonment.
A testimonial from Mina Allee Mills of Columbus Ohio praising Zea Phora and Anti-Constipation Pills as effective relief for years of pain and stomach trouble. The ad claims Zea Phora treats fallings, leucorrhea, irregularities, and kidney or bladder issues and offers free samples and expert advice from Kalamazoo Michigan publishers.
In Paris, at a convent near Amalls, a farmer arrested a number of monks Friday after breaking down barricaded doors. Monks had placed bee hives at entrances, hoping the bees would hinder Seekers. Several officers were injured in the confrontation.
The column lists births deaths and marriages with names and addresses, noting several newborns including girls and sons, along with pairs like Eugene Fleite and Anna A. Pletex and Thomas Hawkins and Hebecen Hope. It also records building permits for cottages sheds dwellings and repairs at multiple addresses and a baseball result where Saint Marys Reserves defeated Payne by four to one in seven innings.
Toledo grain market: wheat futures stronger with mixed No 2 red and white varieties listed, various No numbers and prices, several car lots noted. Hay shows strength for No 1 Timothy with nominal values. Inspections report 2 white cars and 18 total grain cars, with 4 hay cars and mixed lots.
Readable items show varied prices for poultry, meats, dairy, produce, and groceries. Notable entries include turkey hens, fresh butter, New York cream, flour, biscuits, canned goods, oysters, salmon, game birds, coffee, sugars, spices, and a wide range of fruits and vegetables with prevailing wholesale quotes. Transportation and storage terms appear, alongside hog and pork products and coal prices.
Reading annual figures include eucotue S.tpi.78 and increases in various railway and bank metrics. The report cites New York Central and Great Northern profits, currency moves, and mixed commodity signals with cattle, grain, and livestock prices across Indianapolis Chicago and Pittsburgh markets.
Cincinnati live stock report lists cattle receipts with shippers and prices. Includes butchers and packers figures, mixed lots, calves and sheep receipts, and market terms. Names such as Howe and Jamba appear in the fragmented data.
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