Views of Hoosier Life Church to Be Sold
A church whose members initially embraced hugging and kissing to attract converts dwindled as the fad faded and the congregation declined, leading to plans to sell the church.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1902
Page
2
Man Kills 185 Snakes At Richland Township Bridge
Bert Bronnenberg killed 185 snakes at a bridge site in Richland township. The species ranged from rattlers and black snakes up to blue racers copperheads and small garter snakes, all found in one nest under a log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Bert Bronnenberg
Richland Township
Stitches in His Eye After Corn Stalk Injury
Charles Replogle of Bristol, seven miles north, was struck in the eye by a corn stalk end. The fluid escaped, an oculist sutured the wound, and the eye was filled again with sight hoped to be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Charles Replogle
Here
Edward Pippen and Ada Miller Unite in Marriage
Edward Pippen and Ada Miller wed and will reside at Mathews.
Murder by a Negro Assassin in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana Thomas Burke was killed and his wife severely cut by Mathew Alexander a Black man employed by the Burkes for five years. Alexander entered the room at night and attacked Mrs Burke with a sharp instrument then killed Burke and fled. He was not captured by Monday morning and is said to be under cocaine and liquor influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Burke
Mathew Alexander
Alexander
Bloomington
Edward Graves
Bee
Dennis Ray
South Bend
Huntington
Jack Ackerman
Allemar
Connersville
W. T. Utter
Merrill
Sullivan
John Roberts
Milan's
Sullivan County
Oak City
John Gladney Grissome
Seymour
Nathan Compton
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Co
Wabash
Marion
Larro Township
Preston Wallace
Haddon Township
Evansville
George Cox
Ilinois Central
Belt Line
Church of the Living
Gool
Orwell
Frankfort
Kit Hennessey
James Fee
Jacob Staniford
Big Four
Columbus
Emma Newsum
Hadley
Hamblém
Eles Vincennes
Virginia Mose
George H. Arthur
Charles Ral
Will
William A. Abbott
Nashville
Woman Swallows Thread and String Since Childhood
Elwood Indiana reports Mrs. Susan Spalding, 37, lived with a mass in her side for years. An operation revealed a ball of thread the size of an egg, corn silks, and a knotted shoe string swallowed in childhood. A second tumor will be opened once she regains strength. Hundreds visited her home to view the articles.
Fort Wayne Man Fears His Daughter as Victim
William Slago of Fort Wayne, once near the Pennsylvania railroad locomotive that fatally struck a Marshall county girl named Kline, is said to have become insane believing his daughter, aged similarly to the victim, is the true offender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
William Slago0
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kline
Marshall County
Slago
Five Hundred Suits Aimed at Gas Firms This Week
B A Casmire leads consumers in filing up to five hundred lawsuits against gas companies this week to recover rebates for coal and wood bought when gas was unavailable. Ball Bros. plans 100 ton coal purchases to supply 4,000 families at cost. Hartley Handle and Bent Wood, Inc. with 23000 dollars capital to build a large new factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Sept
Spi. Cor
B. A. Casmire
Ball Bros
Hartley Handle and
Bent Wood ,c
Heavenly Recruit Church Put Up for Auction Next Saturday
Hobbs Indiana reports the Heavenly Recruit church building to be sold to the highest bidder next Saturday. The article notes the church’s unusual faith practices including religious trance experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Ind
Heavenly Recruit Church
Elwood well casing pulled after $6000 experiment ends
In Elwood Indiana the experimental well drilled by R L Leeson is being abandoned after reaching over 2000 feet with 1500 feet of water. The project cost about $6000. In Burdett a woman told her husband she would take Paris Green and he urged her to do so leading to her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
R. L. Leeson
Leeson
Burdett
Paris Green
Volunteer Firemen Monument Dedicated at Fairview Cemetery
In New Albany Indiana on Sunday the volunteer firemen's monument was dedicated at Fairview Cemetery. The shaft cost 1000 dollars with 300 from the city and the rest raised by citizens. It honors the volunteer fire department organized in 1825 and disbanded in 1865 when the paid department began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Fairview Cemetery
United Brethren Conference Closes in Marion
The conference of the United Brethren church closed Sunday in Marion Indiana. Rev. W. M. Karstedt and Rev. G. M. Meyers were appointed to fill Indianapolis pulpits and F. L. Shannon was named presiding elder of the Indianapolis district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Conference of the United Brethren Church
W. M. Karstedt
G. M. Meyers
Indianapolis
F. L. Shannon Wass
Anderson Man Jailed for Beating Son with Strap
Richard Smith an iron worker is jailed in Anderson Ind charged with beating his 7 year old son with a trunk strap causing long gashes and blood to flow from the back authorities reported on September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson, Ind
Richard Smith
Funeral for Mrs Hawkins in Portland features record casket
Portland Indiana dispatch notes seven day period with multiple briefs. Funeral for Mrs William Hawkins of Antioch held Sunday. casket described as the largest seen in the region. The column lists local items from BootJack to Connersville including incidents, events, and small community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Wiliam Hawkins
Antioch
Expansive Girl From Kansas Adopts Grape Nuts Diet
A Kansas girl nicknamed an expansionist wears out clothes from frequent letouts after illness from greasy foods. The article urges switching to Grape Nuts, claimed to be easily digested, nourishing and restoring strength, brain, and nerves with a delicate grape sugar flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nere
Town notes and incidents across Indiana towns
Untidy OCR lists varied local items from Brookville to Vincennes including minor property damage, drownings, fires, injuries, social events, and public notices. Entries mention marriages, funerals, elections, and civic happenings with several named towns and individuals.
Indiana golf tournament planned for October 3 4 5
The Indiana State golf event is set to be held in the city on October 3 4 and 5. Details mention local venues and participation but lack full schedule. The note references arrangements and anticipated attendance.
Moriarity Critiques City Boulevards Bond Plan
Councilman Moriarity argues against a $100,000 boulevard bond proposed by Mayor Bookwalter. He says bonding should fund street repairs rather than boulevards and questions who would bear costs, noting Virginia Avenue’s current guaranty and low property yields. He warns frequent resurfacing shifts expense to property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Moriarity
Virginia Ave
Five Thousand Troops to Join Roosevelt Maneuvers
Five thousand regular Army troops are traveling from Missouri to Fort Riley Kansas to engage in planned maneuvers under President Roosevelt. National Guard units from Nebraska, Kansas, and nearby states will participate starting September 29. Detachments from Fort Crook and Fort Leavenworth are deploying, with travel covering about 200 miles over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Regular Army
Department of the Missouri
Fort Riley
Kas
Roosevelt
Nebraska National Guard
National Guard of
Kansas
States
Board of Strategy
Department
Fort Crook
Twenty-second Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Fourth Cavalry
Twenty-eighth
Brewery Fire Destroys Cincinnati Plant. Injuries Reported
Fire at the Independent Brewing Co. plant in Cincinnati began at 3 30 a m Saturday and gutted the facility. Loss estimated at 100000 with firemen Charles Jennings and Guns Holes trapped under collapsing walls. Jennings in critical condition. Company members and employees suspect sabotage by opponents of the new union linked brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Independent Brewing Co
Chas. Jennings
Jennings
Mystery Woman Ties Chicago Letter To Double Murder
Chicago officers and Minnie Mitchell's kin returned with little light on the motive for the Bartholin double murder. A letter from a Chicago woman to Bartholin suggests he killed Minnie to hide crimes, naming him as George Edwards and urging him to lay low. The jaw bone with gold crowns aids identification. police will not seek the letter writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnie Mitchell
Riceville
Wm. Bartholin
Bartholin
Mitchell
George Edwards
John F. Dvorak
Dvorak
Edwards
Is She a Filibuster
The steamship Maid of Patuca sails from Baltimore to Honduras reportedly for a jetty project but is widely believed to be a filibuster bringing ammunition and rifles to Colombian insurgents. John Toole heads the outfit, previously linked to the Three Friends Cuban arms runs. the vessel is owned by a Cleveland firm led by William F. Vliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Wm. F. Vliet
Cleveland
Key West
Train wreck on Shenandoah Valley near Glasgow leaves two dead
A Shenandoah Valley passenger train wreck near Glasgow on Sunday left firefighter Anderson dead on the wreckage after being buried and later removed alive but doomed. Engineer Swain has a broken leg and internal injuries with blindness. baggage man Hinch and mail agent Klapp are only slightly injured. The crash appears caused by a spike driven between rails to wreck the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Shenandoah Valley
Glasgow
Anderson
Swain
C. E. Hinch
Klapp
Ground 10 Pieces Man Killed Under Street Car
Mitchell Rariden, 50, of 1447 Blaine Ave, was ground beyond recognition under a West Indianapolis street car near Morris Ave, a half square from his home, Saturday night. Friends say he wandered onto the rack while talking with them just before he was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Rariden
Blaine Ave
Indianapolis
Morrisat
Assault on W. Washington Street Woman Linked to Suspect
Maud Allen later identified as Mrs Whistler reported being assaulted Friday night on W Washington Street by a stranger. Police say her description matches Harry Russell, arrested Friday for breaking into local houses. Miss Allen tried to identify him at the county jail Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Jane Heath
Owensburg
Carl Gore
Bluffton
Joe Jewel
Lebanon
New Christian Church
Ladoga
T. H. Messick
Fairbanks
John Drake
Laura Drake
Covington
Indian Creek
Charles Stutsmann
Carthage
O. F. Bowman
Plymouth
Twin Lakes
Columbia City
John H. Raber
Noblesville—County
Vera Cruz
John Baltzell
Princeton
Madison
William Davis
Thieven
Mentone
Burket
Sebastopol
Laport
Edward D. Dennison
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Franklin—Bluff Creek
Burr Oak
Lyman Bolen
Grace B. Batson
Greensburg
Shelby County
Maud Allen
Maud Whistler
W. Washington St
Harry Russell
Miss Allen
Russell
Brooklyn Woman Hangs Self After Domestic Quarrel
Mrs Jennie Ross 54 of 28 Monteith Street Brooklyn tied a noose from a Park tree and jumped from a high fence in Bushwick Park. Police cut her down as several children fainted. She cited a quarrel with her husband as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jennie Ross
Monteith St
Brooklyn
Bushwick Park
Boxer Art Simms Engaged to Miss Lillian Pardee
Cincinnati report on September 8 states Art Simms a rising boxer from Axton Ohio and sparring partner of McGovern will wed Miss Lillian Pardee after the Louisville contest. Pardee, 23, is a Central High School graduate from Akron and the couple have been sweethearts since school days. Simms is popular in the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Art Simms
Axton
McGovern
Louisville
Benedict
Lillian Pardee
Simms
Miss Pardee
Pardee
Central High School
Akron
Bright Meteor Strikes Near Buffalo Peaks in Colorado
A bright meteor illuminated Buena Vista on Sunday night, striking the earth near Buffalo Peaks ten miles north, leaving a blue light that shifted to red and creating a fresh fissure on Buffalo Peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Colo
Buffalo Peaks
Here
Buffalo Feaks
Mrs Grubb Seeks Divorce From William Grubb
Mathilda E. Grubb sues for divorce from William H. Grubb alleging failure to provide and abandonment in a civil filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grubb
Mathilda E. Grubb
William H. Grubb
Rough on Rate pest control claims quick, complete eradi
An advertisement touts Rough on Rate as a fast and thorough solution for ants, cockroaches, and bed bugs. It emphasizes safety and single-use effectiveness, asserting complete eradication “once and for all.” The copy mentions two product references or formulations.
Big Railroad Fire in Durand Destroys Freight Shed
Fire on Saturday destroyed the Grand Trunk and Ann Arbor freight shed in Durand Michigan, burning thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and over 40 railroad cars. One brakeman Edward Woodhouse of Ann Arbor was injured. A freight handler allegedly dropped a lit match on a floor soaked with oil or fuel. Loss totals remain unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk and
Ann Arbor
Edward Woodhouse
We Charge 10c for a Shave at Phoenix Barber Shop
An old advertisement proclaims a shave for ten cents and claims comparable quality to any barber, with the Phoenix Barber Shop located at 158 East Market Street offering competitive pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
E. Market St
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