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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
5
Detective Hendricks investigates the Benton murder with clues scattered around the house. A bag packed with undisturbed items and dust suggests Miss Benton’s movements, while motives swirl among heirs, lovers, and rivals tied to patents and wealth.
In a tense scene Miss Benton fears a door bolted from inside while Hendricks and a detective improvise a ruse. The detective flirts as Lampkin eyes Benton's wrist for signs of health, hinting at hidden motives as the mystery continues.
Charles C. Baucher admitted stealing an overcoat from the Sentinel office and worn the coat when arrested. He was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse, citing liquor as the cause of his downfall from a once successful journalism career with the New York Herald and other major papers.
Christine endures a tiring shopping day and engagement with George amid seethings of jealousy. A humorous streetcar scene erupts when a dog chews a professor’s paper and a language mishap resolves into a lighthearted tabled quarrel as the couple alights.
A collection of humorous notes from Indiana towns. Stories include a New Ross man defending his origin, a Crawfordsville tailor misidentifying Wingate dress, Hetty Bundy aiming for the St Louis fair, and light anecdotes from Martinsville Bloomington and Lanesville about gourd cups stone mugs and turnip diets.
An October report tallies J Pierpont Morgan s earnings from railroads and industrial deals totaling over 42 million this year. It cites profits from United States Steel, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Harvester, and other mergers, with Morgan receiving substantial fees and percentages in each operation.
A compilation of brief, divergent incidents from Oct. 30 including Albert Asi fined for fatally shooting Mattie Thomas in Norfolk Virginia, Charles Samsell’s five year old arm severed by a train in Sandusky Ohio, Mrs. Keneally firing at Thomas F. Downes in Scranton Pennsylvania, L J Hooke and Joseph Plank reunited after 30 years in Bellefontaine Ohio, and a colored boy’s attempt to mail a kitten in Omaha Nebraska revealing bureaucratic limits of the postal system.
The private car Evangelist serves Rev. Dr. H. M. Wharton and Prof. Horace Geiger with cook Porter David Reed aboard. Built 72 feet long by Hicks Chicago, it features mahogany suites, green decor, steam heat and electric lights, a 12 by 10 observation room, and a speak platform for services. The National evangelization society based in Philadelphia oversees it as an undenominational project.
A cashier in the county treasurer's office endures a tense tax period as crowds gather. One woman, in a noisy exchange, curses and wishes ill on him for collecting money. Another visitor mentions a funeral to express impatience with the delay.
In Philadelphia on October 30 probate admitted a two page will of Francis Wiswell a commercial traveler who died September 4 The will dated April 18 1895 at Portland Missouri directs care for his two sons to his brother and true friend Joseph B Wiswell and asks that one son be made a minister of the gospel.
Mrs. A B Sweeny of 182 S Noblest Indianapolis says Hyder's drug store sold Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills which stopped back ache steadied nerves and restored strength letting her work again. Pills cost 50 cents per box and bear the doctor’s portrait and signature.
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