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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1901
Page
8
Memphis dispatch reports Little Boy driven by owner Billings of Chicago lowered his wagon pacing mile record from 2:01% to 2:01% with quarters split :30, 1:01, 1:15, and a final half in 1:00. The event occurred Friday in Chicago.
A long list of Saturday games includes University of Indianapolis at Washington Park, Shortridge versus Hanover at Newby oval, M. T. H. 8S. against Mooney at Nashville, Indiana versus Purdue at Bloomington, DePauw versus Earlham at Richmond, Notre Dame versus Beloit at Beloit Illinois, Northwestern at Champaign, Chicago against Pennsylvania, Kansas versus Wisconsin at Madison, Buffalo meeting Michigan at Ann Arbor, Minnesota versus Iowa at Minneapolis, Iowa Agricultural versus Nebraska at Lincoln, Cornell of Iowa versus Knox at Galesburg, Harvard versus Carlisle Indians at Cambridge, Yale versus Bates at New Haven, Neeton versus Lafayette at Princeton, Cornell versus Oberlin at Ithaca, Bowdoin against Dartmouth at Portland. At Crawfordsville Friday Wabash beat Hanover 6 to 5 in a tight game, Hanover near goal but turned down on downs. DePauw hospital patients improving. regulars to face Earlham. Wabash 2 Peru 0. Boston-st Buckers 10 Orchards 0. U of I expects Franklin stronger than Earlham. Campbellites in better shape than last week. Local interest in Hanover at Newby oval as a gauge of teams.
A Wisconsin parent recounts using Chamberlain's Cough Renett to ease a nine year old child’s winter cough. The child was nearly unable to speak and began vomiting after the coughing fit. The remedy was given with noticeable relief.
Local bowling results show Marion Capital City Ko We Ba Turner Washington and Crescent teams among leaders with varied records. In New York the association of ball players set salary limits by class and announced a ban on contract jumping.
The Friday driving club races drew small crowds on a heavy track. The 2:20 pace third heat delivered the afternoon’s sole real contest as Mason Girl and Fred L. battled for second while Wyman S. won with ease. Blair finally let him run, and he dropped back after a stumble. Mason Girl nosed out for second as time marked 1:07, 1:07½, and 1:69. Sharpless showcased Mattie S. in a new track appearance, while Mc Ginty won the 2:40 class and Joe Jefferson beat Defender (Slater) in a special match.
In Phoenix on October 26 a statehood convention gathers with a heavy gate of delegates. Gov. Otero and his New Mexico party arrive Saturday morning and will be hosted by Gov. Murphy in the evening. Thomas Ryan of the interior visits and endorses territory admission amid no local opposition.
Little Kenneth Ory son of Charles Ory living at 1010 N Senate Ave escaped serious harm after Frieda Striebeck tied him to a bakery wagon seat while she delivered bread. A coal wagon team fleeing from an automobile collided with the wagon, scattering debris but Kenneth remained unharmed.
Washington reports Lieut. R. T. Hazard of the First Cavalry burglarized an insurgent camp in the Philippines and stole an American deserter named Howard. He has been recommended by Gen. Chaffee for a Medal of Honor.
Miss Margaret Schneider aged 19 collapsed during a dance in Quincy Illinois on a Thursday night. The coroner ruled heart disease brought on by overexertion caused her death.
A Newark movement presses to offer a clean towel with every drink arguing towels and hotel linens spread disease. Critics question risk but urge public health action as saloons may adopt napkins for each customer.
General James F. Wade, head of the southern Luzon department, issues a directive prohibiting the use of Don, Senor, Senora and Senorita in official papers. Officers must use Mr, Mrs and Miss, and avoid Spanish terms where an English equivalent exists.
London dispatch quoted in North American says Mr. Croker cable messages to his London friends declare Tammany success is a cinch. The Philadelphia note cites the London source dated October 26.
Philadelphia October 26 John J Murphy 73 a retired army goods salesman dropped dead after trimming grass and arranging flowers on the grave plot of his parents in the New Cathedral Cemetery A sudden apoplexy is believed to have caused the death as he stood over the graves Murphy had carefully tended the lawn and plants around the headstones before collapsing.
Rochester Ind Oct 26 Wood and Co of Decatur Ind secured the contract for constructing a system of sanitary sewerage here. It will cost the city $20,000.
Fort Wayne Indiana October 26 principal witnesses in the Dunn murder trial are members of the regulator gang who aided in the search for Alice Cothrell the murdered girl George Warrup said Dunn resisted the cistern search but claimed he had already searched it James Noman and J E Ballou described the cistern search and the body being raised Dunn exclaimed My God We have been drinking that water right along Marie Sampleson the domestic in the defense kitchen was present but did not react during the recovery
Freshmen co eds in Chicago Northwestern University climbed a stone ledge 60 feet high to place their class colors on Willard Hall. Within 15 minutes several sophomores replicated the stunt and hung their class pennant from the eaves of the same building.
In Lafayette Indiana on Friday Judge Henderson ordered James Dyer six to be spanked by his father after the boy, aged six, stole two rigs and drove the horses around town before turning them loose.
Workmen sinking a trench for the Sherman and Kelly glass cutting factory foundations along the Dyberry river in Honesdale found petroleum bubbling through quicksand. This marks the first oil discovery east of the Allegheny mountains.
A letter from Geo. C. Geick of Owens Mill Missouri asserts his wife was cured completely by Pyramid Pile Cure after one trial. The ad promotes the product as effective and available from druggists with a free mail offer of a small book.
J P Morgan and his party of bishops reached New York shortly after midnight on Saturday morning after a fast trip from Chicago. Morgan declined to comment beyond saying he had enjoyed the journey.
The Grasslands farm sale opens next Thursday at Union Stock Yards with one of the largest consignments offered. M L Hare handles the event and a number of fast animals will be sold.
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