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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
6
Madison county farmers in Anderson Indiana plan a union to fix a farm price schedule and establish a wage scale for all farm workers. Township meetings will select delegates for a November city gathering to complete the organization following a trade council model.
Enoch Storey returned home to learn his wife of 40 years had secured a divorce in Illinois. In a dazed state he wandered to Fairmount and died in a jail cell at 2 a.m. Police suspect shock-induced apoplexy from the divorce.
The thirty second annual meeting convened in Bloomington on Wednesday with large delegations from Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan. Since the society’s founding 38 women have been sent abroad and $5881525 has been contributed to foreign missions.
W R Patton a local farmer near Veedersburg Indiana disappeared after leaving home Monday to work in a corn field. A found note hinted at self harm and search parties along Coal Creek have been organized. Patton who was heavily in debt faced family tragedy as his father killed himself years earlier by hanging.
Alexandria Indiana October 9 The formation of the ax trust known as the American ax and tool company is promptly under way with a plan to consolidate major axe and tool makers into a single corporate entity.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement lists numerous patent medicines and cures with varied pricing. Items include Rove on Rats, Rouen on Bunions, Rocen on Coins, Rover on Corns, and Rover on Headache among others, with single and multi-pack offerings and prices from 2c to 60c. Also mentions Leaurelle Om Bato and Weis' Harr Barsax for hair and skin products, with references to powders and remedies.
The Greensburg street fair, held in October, drew strong support and fair organizers plan another event next year. Seven young businessmen ran the affair and managed funds well enough to return 16 percent of donations to contributors.
In Hartford City Indiana on October 9 a four year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, at the Parker hotel, played with matches and started a curtain fire. The blaze was not noticed until the child suffered severe facial and hand burns. Medical prognosis is uncertain. loss of sight may result from injuries to both eyes.
Fort Wayne dispatch reports Standard Oil has started an inquiry into nearby fields near New Haven and plans multiple test wells. Oil was found five years ago but development stopped after promoter disputes.
J. H. Watson of Kokomo Indiana has filed a $17 000 damages suit against the Southern Pacific railroad. He alleges injuries from a wreck on the Pythian train while returning from California leaving him a cripple for life.
In Connersville Indiana Judge F Felt of Greenfield spoke twice in Fayette County on Wednesday endorsing democratic principles as part of the campaign kickoff.
Petersburg resident John Lory known as Klondike King says he was swindled out of 65000 dollars by fake foot races in Colorado Springs.
Fort Wayne, Ind. Oct. 9 Carl B. Schoenlein aged 68 committed death by his own action by swallowing carbolic acid. He was despondent.
Harvey McCracken, 60, was found dead in bed in Brazil Indiana on Thursday morning. Ed Doyle organizes a dancing class in Straughns while William Pumphrey dies from injuries in a Wednesday runaway in Otwell. Local coal price up 12 cents a bushel in Madison and other brief notes from several towns including a jail transfer in Milton and a foundry expansion in Goshen.
A collage of brief items reports fines for disturbing a religious meeting, injuries from falls and car incidents, weddings and divorces, increased summer business, a political candidate’s campaigning method, a boy seen intoxicated, missing youth, a barrel factory rush of orders, and various local events from Oxford to Columbus with names like James Mosteller Mrs Henry S Dinkle Eunice Charles and Robert A Brookle.
A sensational appeal from Dr Derk P Yonkerman of Kalamazoo Michigan claims a universal cure for consumption and lung troubles. State officials and leading medics endorse the remedy Tuberculozyne and free trial packages are offered to prove its power.
A roundup of small town items mentions a promoter seeking a city franchise for electric lights, a telephone plant strike, medical oddities in Alexandria and Greencastle, a fireman’s death near Reelsville, reform school transfer for a thief, new Culver hospital matron, Pentecost band meetings, missing Civil War veterans on a memorial, rural mail routes, a gatekeeper’s injury, coal trains, church fund pledges, and a flock of nuisance black birds migrating south.
Miss Minnie James aged 40, daughter of a prominent citizen, was found dead in her bed in Shelbyville Indiana on Wednesday morning. Heart disease was given as the cause. She was in good health Tuesday night and had planned to visit friends Wednesday.
A collage of station names and routes lists connections between Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington Columbus Ind Louisville and Chicago with trains to Terre Haute St Louis Cincinnati Toledo Monon and more includes various accommodations expresses limiteds and ticket office notes with times and destinations scattered throughout.
A fragmented railway timetable lists train routes and station stops including Cleveland Express Fort Wayne Express and Benton Harbor Express. The garbled text shows departure and arrival times with various acc and limited express designations and mentions several city connections.
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