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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1904
Page
6
The first chestnut sellers from Michigan appear in Indianapolis as warm weather brings ice cream and roasted nuts. Antonio soaks, scores, and roasts them to aroma, with locals curious about worms while admiring the scent and the trade. Home-grown chestnuts soon follow.
Testimony before Judge McMaster reveals Mrs Lutie McMarchal seeking divorce from Charles J Marchal after claims of fatigue and support disputes. Separate cases show Mrs Lessing and Mrs Emma Wheeler awaiting actions on separations and alleged intoxication.
J Clyde Power park superintendent Harry Tutewller county coroner and Jake Dunn city controller forgot state regulations Friday afternoon and fished at Riverside park lagoon with Tutewller’s stored seine. They worked all day but only netted two turtles and a bullfrog.
The two-horse era ended as Indianapolis police replace old wagons with ten new one-horse patrol wagons. The rubber tires, electric brakes, and electric power mark a modern upgrade. On Saturday the wagons were deployed with Thomas Griffin as driver and Fairerman John Shine as messenger.
Gov Durbin will skip the Oct 5 Indianapolis celebration at the world’s fair. Henry W Marshall of Lafayatte was invited to take the governors place on the program. Arrangements are nearing completion with a round trip fare set. The Commercial club will travel on Oct 4 by special train. Mayors and judges from St. Louis will speak. W O M Fogarty plans an original poem for the Indiana building exercises. A 50 member committee will host an evening reception at the Indiana building on May 5. Nelson A Gladding chairs.
In Salt Lake City Uriah Cannon a former senator pledged support for the new American party to curb Mormon church influence in politics and schools. He urged lay members to join against the church priesthoods political role while addressing a mass convention. A Peace Conference at Maannie hall gathered many public figures and socialists to discuss industrial peace with Tenny presiding and several speeches in favor of reform. In Marble Falls a funeral was held for D F Turner who was killed while trying to stop a quarrel at a South Bend dispute.
Mayor Tom Johnson former Senator Charles Towne of New York and Loftin were dumped into a ditch on Lorain road before noon while returning from a city tour. The auto got stuck in mud, farmers hauled it out with four horses, and the machine was sent for repairs. Towne quipped it had never been so hungry.
A. Lenoy Portteus of Indianapolis has spent twelve years compiling a political scrapbook collection. His multi volume set includes complete party platforms, national and state speeches, acceptance letters, and sketches of key figures. The volumes cover 1834 to 1900 with indexed topics for easy reference. Portteus is a Democrat who admires Republican features and reads every cited article as he pastes it.
Attendance figures at the world’s fair for last week are listed by day with totals. Monday shows 1,2575, Tuesday 116,81, Wednesday 128451, Thursday 127.0, Saturday 117,218, and a grand total to date of 12,516,511. Lady Curzon is improving amid a London update noting uninterrupted convalescence.
Indianapolis has long supplied presidential ticket candidates. From Colfax with Lincoln to Hendricks with Wade Hampton, William Felzing, Harrison, and Warren Fairbanks, the city repeatedly provided figures for national campaigns. This note draws on Joe Mitchell Chapple’s New Magazine October piece to trace the line of Indianapolis men in national politics.
Charles Bo Carpenter, 39, in despair over financial hardship and inability to secure recovery, took strychnine after refusing charity from friends who believed him prosperous. He died at Evanston hospital Sunday.
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