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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
14
In Paris the government arrested 17 Italian suspects arriving from New York to guard the king of Italy during President Loubet’s visit. Mayors of 20 French cities welcomed the idolized visitors with speeches as the visit proceeded. Two people died in a storm elsewhere.
In a Thursday afternoon incident Edward Dutle former Police Judge candidate led friends to the city clerk’s office demanding canvassing sheets. City clerk Fogarty refused, prompting detectives and officials to quell the disturbance amid claims of election errors and Dutle’s 69 vote victory.
A 1910s store feature discusses the impact of shoe names on sales. The Stout shoe shop on Massachusetts Ave touts Kast-lran or East-Iran as a durable, attractive boys’ shoe. Prices range around $1.50 to $1.59, with emphasis on wear, fit, and name appeal attracting customers.
In Hammond Indiana Otis Guernsey wed Minnie Dunes by a justice of the peace while the burial of his former wife was underway seven miles away. The deceased had won a divorce last spring on a charge of curty. A separate item reports Leonard McClane fatally shot by his own rifle while handling a cartridge in Butternut Wiss Det 16.
A locomotive ran wild at the Pittsburg and Western railway shops in Allegheny. A man allegedly secured to the engine jumped into the cab, opened the throttle, and derailed a mail car before workers overpowered him after a fierce struggle.
The Grand presents Love Dum m ies and English Lady Berinthia's Secret along with Empire Burlesque and Park’s Hearts Adrift in a mixed program. Vernon describes loving his ventriloquist dummies while recounting a tale of a talking dog bought for ten dollars. The melodrama Hearts Adrift explores ruin, reformation, and a prison death, with a moving scene of a crippled newsboy praying for his father as a dramatic highlight.
Miss Josephine Meade, a California university student, was shot and killed by Paul Schmidt two, who then killed himself. The couple had been engaged to marry but Meade ended the engagement, leading to the fatal act and quietus.
Telegraphers' Tournament organizers in New York announce plans for a Philadelphia event on October 29 and 30, with entries from Dallas Winnipeg St Louis Atlanta Memphis New Orleans Boston Birmingham Philadelphia and New York. Prizes total about $300 plus valuable medals led by the Andrew Carnegie gold medal worth $90 for top Morse operator.
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