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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
2
Six masked men robbed a Cotton Belt passenger train near Texarkana Arkansas. Bloodhounds tracked them to the city. They secured one bag of gold after blowing open the express car safe with dynamite. The booty is estimated near 30000 dollars. Pursuit focuses on Texarkana as authorities work the case.
In Buffalo on September 5 a cannon used for a 21 gun salute was fired near the railway tracks as the train carrying the McKinley party passed. Seven windows on the car were shattered, Mrs. McKinley fainted, and only two men were inside. Secretary Cortelyou urged a stop, but firing continued until restoratives helped Mrs. McKinley recover.
The family and friends of ex County treasurer Wm H Schmidt fear he will soon be totally blind due to optic nerve atrophy. His right eye is fully sightless while the left is greatly impaired though some vision remains. Heat and smoking are suspected causes, with Mr Schmidt often in the hot western regions for two years. Dr Frank Morrison notes one optic nerve still has blood.
An ad appeared Wednesday seeking 50 cats at 12 Central Avenue, the home of Robert Kipp of Kipp Bros. The requester plans to leave the city soon. Mr. Kipp’s son Joseph will study out east at college, and the family suspects friends are pranking him. Six cats, aged and weathered, had already been brought to the home by 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
In Columbus Ohio on September 5 editor Jones announces the Press-Post will operate with an entire nonunion force. He vows never to unionize his plant again after the dispute arose from his refusal to recognize the Newswriters' union.
City Life announces Oct 21 to 27 as Sunday school week with nightly meetings in every city and village. A Friday house-to-house canvass aims to recruit new members for the schools, ending with general evangelistic services on the closing Sunday. Dr W B Craig sewed up an ostrich neck wound during transport to Hot Springs Ark.
A Gobleville Michigan teacher, exhausted after years of schooling, credits Grape-Nuts with renewed health and energy. She gained weight from ag pounds to 126, improved nerves and complexion, and ended the term robust and cheery. Postum Cereal Co. may disclose her name.
Government bonds show mixed coupons while analysts note the market looks stagnant for a while. Few steel buying orders, but insiders remain bullish on Soo and Erie. London dealings weak on tight money. steel strike improving and sentiment broadly hopeful.
The door of room No 20 in the Baldwin block cracks its own glass panels. A third large pane was set Wednesday after earlier panes arrived cracked end to end. No blow or door impact found, and no other doors show such luck. the door reportedly works loose in its joints yet remains solid.
A compact report lists diverse items: Topeka servant girls organize a union. changes in Canada. a farmer drowns in Trenton canal. Morgan’s push to seize Missouri zinc mines. Rev Father Houst in Yonkers faces threats. British officers buy mules in Kansas City for South Africa. Sprague’s lumber yard and Amporia First M church burn. a $100,000 toss. Bailey and Staley return from Seattle with $500,000 in New Orleans plumbers wage talks. NYPD fight crime at Waldorf pool hall. Over 100 men present. five operators arrested and bailed. obituaries for Rev W H DePuy, Dr Gates Bulllard, and Frank H Chapman.
Jack Morrison a former legislator living at 1219 Nordykeave was stabbed by Billy Patterson at Merrill and Illinois streets. A two week grudge led to a fight after Morrison allegedly struck Patterson with a stone. Patterson drew a knife in a saloon, Morrison pursued, was stabbed multiple times and collapsed three blocks away. Morrison remains in City hospital with potential complications from lung injuries.
A snake-charmer Mme Della in Lacrosse is bitten while caressing pets and fate looms as she dies. In St Louis Andrew Cornelius, 36, a blind beggar, is jailed for beating his 4 year old daughter amid public disturbance. In New York magistrate orders $25 weekly alimony to Elizabeth Whitehead. In Bristol, Wilson Lippincott weighs 479 pounds and claims a local dancing title. In Onset Bay Massachusetts the last horse car gave way to electric trolleys after years of horse-drawn service.
Newspaper publishers and a local typographical committee met Thursday to settle the coming year's wage scale. Linotype operators on morning papers earn 22 dollars weekly. afternoon operators 19.50. ad men similar but on nine hours. Union seeks 24 and 22 for machine men and eight hours for ad men. An increase for afternoon workers likely, others uncertain. Arbitration agreement with the publishers avoids a strike, with a Sunday report planned to the typographical union. Reporters attempting unionizing faced union disapproval and managerial pushback.
The Grand opera house opened box office sales at 10 am amid renovations and a lively morning crowd. Manager J Rush Bronson, auditor Shafer Zeigler, box office head John Gavin, and advertising agent James Weed oversee the sale and promotional artwork for next week’s bill. New York reports Kid Broad’s sparring partner Philip Holden died after ingesting poison due to unemployment woes.
Births and deaths dated Sept 1 to Sept 8 list names and addresses. Entries include John and Mary White at City hospital with a boy, J A Bray with a boy at 1428 W Ohiost, and several other parents with newborns. Deaths include Infant Lane, Rudolph Idler, Infant Suess, Joseph H Forrest, J H Mayo, Freeman Collins with varying ages and causes. Each line cites attending doctors.
Luke Nolan of Perth Amboy, despite a $30,000 fortune, spends life with tramps after a 69 day vagrancy sentence. An Irish aunt’s death left him sole heir, and a $500 installment arrived as quarterly income. He hosted his hobo camp guests with beer and whisky until they passed out.
Emil Ebert of Cambridge City a grocery clerk seeks bankruptcy with debts of 12 635 dollars 59 cents and assets of 206 dollars George A Taylor a Terre Haute shoe dealer also files for bankruptcy with 36 556 dollars 90 cents in debts and 9 559 dollars 80 cents in assets
The notice outlines a final trip from Indianapolis to Sandusky and return at $1.50, scheduled for Saturday night September 7. Passengers are instructed to secure berths and chairs at the city office, 235 Illinois Street, with departure set for 9:00 p.m.
A long list of home improvement bids from residents including F and I Montana 314 North Alabama Street additions. J F Weber 420 North Noble Street frame house. Mary Lechner 916 South Missouri Street frame cottage. Patrick Conlin 1018 Temple Avenue addition. and others. Amounts range from 40 to 2250 dollars covering porches sheds remodeling and repairs. The names include Theodocia Cox New Street near La Grande Avenue and c W Chester Bellefontaine Street between Twenty Fourth and Twenty Fifth Streets.
Nellie E. Carson sues Charles L. Carson for divorce alleging failure to provide. Mary E. Teal, 41, declared insane by a commission, refuses nourishment. Police at Martindale Ave and Nineteenth St to quell race troubles. A white man and a colored man arrested after a set-to. Local business incorporations and agents noted. City hospital addition to double capacity in six weeks, departments undecided. Dr Clark proposes limited use for clean surgery cases.
The Sun’s for sale column is referenced as the guaranteed results section under this heading, indicating the publication’s sales column policy rather than specific item details.
Mark Hanna hosts a dinner at his Windmere home during the G A R encampment in Cleveland, a move said to position him for the presidential race. Roosevelt has 80 Chicago speaking invitations but declined all. Teddy Roosevelt says his year is fully booked.
A notice invites visitors to Bretzman's Photograph Studio at 142 S Illinois St Gogebic Lake Hotel open for summer on select days via Chicago and North Western Railway. The hotel offers good fishing and vacation value with low excursion rates and an illustrated booklet available for a small stamp.
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