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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
6
Indiana town notices and local items from Terre Haute to Richmond. Swanson found wandering in Lost Creek bottom after missing on an errand. Reports cover fires, marriages, accidents, political opens, church events, and local incidents with numerous named towns and individuals.
Mrs. John Browning watched her 2 year old son sit on the grass two miles from Frankfort Indiana playing with a large rattlesnake. The snake coiled and then slithered away as the mother screamed, later killed by Mr. Browning. The four foot reptile had eight rattles and a button and the child wore a small gold ring found in the grass where the snake slid off, leading locals to think the ring’s color attracted the snake.
Ellwood Indiana gas firms inform customers that from October 1 they must burn gas through meters at 18 cents per 1 000 cubic feet. Council will pass an ordinance requiring property owners to plant shade trees. Gas shortage lowers rent prices and cessulage will be purchased for all school buildings.
W. S. Mitchell former prominent saloon keeper of Petersburg Indiana dies at the insane hospital. Eight years earlier he killed Burt Kinnan by striking him with a billiard cue. The murder brood drove him insane.
The nineteenth annual reunion of the Thirty ninth Indiana regiment began Tuesday afternoon and will continue until Wednesday night. Representatives are present from as far west as Oregon and as far east as Maine.
In Anderson Indiana on September 17 a council meeting heard Henry Rowie a civil engineer accuse City Engineer Harry Rogers of acting as a secret agent for the Canton Paving Co of Canton Ohio. The allegation sparked a sensation with no immediate confirmation of the charge.
Elwood Indiana ex mayor Francis Harbitt as administrator of Fred Cook's estate sues Pittsburg Glass Company for 1000 damages after Cook was killed at the factory nearly a year ago. The suit is the largest filed in the county courts in many years.
Charles E. Shively newly elected supreme vice chancellor of the Knights of Pythias was honored with a reception and banquet at the Westcott hotel in Richmond on Tuesday evening. An elaborate program was presented.
Rev. Jacob Heath of Muncie Ind is believed dying at his home and all his children have been summoned. Perry S Heath expected to arrive from Utah within a day or two to join the family at his bedside.
Three gas wells are now in operation in Charlottsville with another being drilled. The first well in the area was abandoned after ten years of use.
In Elwood Indiana on September 17 Walter Barton was accidentally shot and fatally wounded by his brother during a hunting outing. The incident is described as a tragic accident with no indication of foul play.
Admittance to Kokomo public schools was refused to over one third of children for lacking vaccination certificates. Many had physician statements citing medical inability to vaccinate. No exceptions were allowed and nonattenders face truancy prosecution. health officers handle cases.
Walter L. Zimmerman sues Edna P. Zimmerman for divorce claiming unfaithfulness after their marriage on April 9 and separation on September 4. He alleges she neglected him during his illness with typhoid fever.
Edward Johnson, injured when he slipped through a stone sidewalk into the Denison wine cellar during a wagon transfer, is recovering. Doctors fear lasting caution and reduced confidence in his judgment, while the incident suggests danger from riding on rails during track relocation.
County Attorney Martin Hugs struggled at a Washington and Pennsylvan ia intersection trying to recall the names of two men he had known for 26 years. He finally identified them as Osborne and Mr. Osborne and admitted he sometimes forgets his own identity.
Ikko Matsumoto a manufacturing jeweler was discharged in police court Tuesday by Acting Judge Connaway on a charge of petit larceny. Ross McNamara testified a ring left for alteration was short by $2.50 in gold. Judge Connaway said there was no excuse for Matsumoto’s arrest.
L C Gross of 1066 Wright street injured when he slipped at 1611 Cornell avenue. He fractured an elbow and suffered a facial scar from the fall.
An advertisement promises a free trial package from Dr. Lipes for anyone with weak or disordered heart and other organs. It claims a new method is rapidly replacing old cures and urges people to call for the trial.
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