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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1902
Page
6
John Sterren dure killed his wife Friday after she refused to live with him and then shot himself after kissing his five year old daughter, the sole witness. He died Saturday leaving eight orphans headed by a 22 year old son who supported the family. The children refuse to bury their father. the county will bury him.
Richmond Indiana October 18. The county council previously allocated 20000 dollars for a new infirmary building. In a special session Friday they reviewed plans but failed to reach agreement. Consequently the building order was rescinded, delaying a much needed springtime improvement.
An October gas blast in Anderson Indiana wrecked Samuel P Roach s house after Mrs Roach lit a match in a gas filled room He returned to save their 12 year old son and both were seriously injured A sister in Warren Indiana suffered serious injuries in the same incident week.
Fragments describe a runaway incident Friday involving two girls. One sustained a broken leg and wrist and an ankle dislocation. The other suffered internal injuries and head bruising. Authorities limited details at this time.
In Columbus Indiana on October 18 a Scotch collie pup owned by William Pope attacked and seriously bitten him. The dog, thought rabid, was killed. Pope travelled to Chicago for treatment at the Pasteur Institute.
Evansville Indiana date October 18 66 year old Mrs Elizabeth Koestring committed suicide by poison. Despondency followed the death of her husband in an accident five years earlier and her melancholy since then.
The Indiana State Baptist Association convention concluded Friday night in Muncie Indiana Bloomingon will host next year’s meeting.
Tomatoes harvested in Greensfork and walnuts abundant in Hobart as a dog bite injures Miss Manda White. Crowing over new residence in Olive Hill, a big corn show planned at Sandborn October 22 and 23. Canning factory ships tens of thousands of tomato cans. All six window glass factories in Matthews are in operation. Lewis Lockwood injured in a gravel pit cave-in near Brookville. A resident in Bernice smiles oddly. Ray Noe suffers a sore neck from a high collar at Red Brush. Martinsville passes an ordinance restricting leaf and trash burning after 5 pm. Fountain City ordinances require shade trees to be trimmed. Virgil Thomas and wife in Sullivan remarried after a week apart. Matthews residents raise funds for a chemical fire engine. Eli C. Ritchey crushed in a stall near Frankfort. Masons build a new temple in Williamsburg to be dedicated in early November. Lippincott glass factory, Alexandria, to reopen after burst tank. A stove and foundry plant near baitivildus faces shutdown from iron scarcity. New Albany reports 10000 bushels of apples stored in Louisville. Economy district missionary convention slated to meet there later.
A collage of brief items reports incidents and happenings across many towns this month. Highlights include Conley confined with sore eyes, a safe bet for school girls basketball, church meetings in Germantown, and a wave of minor accidents, civic actions, and local intrigues from Dublin to Hobbs.
A look back 110 years to how Philadelphia first paid $21 a ton for anthracite coal. Early barons failed years to win public use, then wireworks bought fuel and finally learned to ignite it. The Lehigh Coal Mine Company and subsequent efforts struggled before demand grew.
John D Rockefeller, famed Standard Oil magnate, held a private vaudeville gathering at Forest Hill for Sunday school teachers and guests. About 220 attended as Miss Jessamine Pyke and Warren G Richards performed while Rockefeller sat front and applauded. He paid Richards travel costs from New York plus a bonus and a dinner followed.
A town filed suit against the Lake Erie & Western railroad company seeking aggregate damages of 420000 for a fire last April claimed to have been sparked by a railroad engine. The article lists assorted local notices including deaths, arrests, hospital fund donations, and a new saloon license.
In a downtown office on a Thursday afternoon a man notes growing darkness and a stormy air. A mouse appears at his desk, lingers over a cake crumb, then slips away as the man decides to quit work and depart before night.
Mrs. James Lonergan of Channahon died from clothes ignited by a match dropped in a buggy while her husband, who used the match to light his pipe, rushed to save her. The blaze was intensified by high wind as both residents were seriously burned and she was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Joliet.
New York nostalgia piece recalls the introduction of anthracite coal in the city, with engineer and yachtsman Charles H. Haswell describing wood as the main fuel in his youth. He notes Rhode Island coal testing, the use of sea coal, and the shift from shipboard timber trade to coal in daily life.
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