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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1901
Page
6
W. F. Hancock of Neosho Rapids Kansas praises the state’s wheat as No. 1 quality yielding 30 to 42 bushels per acre. He notes fires reduced output and that irrigation shifts western Kansas from grazing to cultivation. Alfalfa is rising as a prolific pasture and hay crop with strong profits per acre.
A state department official declared that public handshaking receptions held by presidents should end. He argued the practice suits a small early nation but not a modern republic of about 70 million diverse people. He warned criminals and political outlaws could be placed at risk, calling handshakes a bore and unnecessary.
A couple scheduled to wed at three on Wednesday afternoon at the state fair heard Mendelssohn’s wedding march play instead as the groom’s illness forced a postponement. The Sousa concert mood turned poignant for the pair in the vast audience.
In New York on Monday John Malone a Brooklyn motorman stabbed his wife in front of seven children and then drank carbolic acid to kill himself. Mrs Malone survived the attack and Malone had been out of work recently with his wife accusing him of laziness.
Eight masked men stormed the Frankford Jaconey and Holmes burg trolley office in Philadelphia early Monday. They bound Watchman Nolan Depaw, forced the safe, blew off the door with dynamite and escaped with 1200 dollars.
Ottawa reports the Canadian government has again fixed Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November for all of Canada after abandoning the date for several years. The move aligns Canadian observance with the season and unifies the holiday across provinces.
In Minneapolis on September 23 a dramatic scene unfolds as a 70 year old man and a 30 year old woman confront a younger man claiming to have divorced his wife. The older couple assert marriage and seek custody, while the son protests losing his farm stake and work ties. The man argues the woman is now his wife and questions legal ties to the younger man.
Dr. D. R. Lucas recalls President McKinley loved a joke and laughed heartily at a Civil War anecdote. The story, told while Lucas was chaplain of the Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers, contrasts Indiana and Ohio rivalries as the regiment baptizes men and spurs a humorous response from a Seventieth Ohio colonel.
Adjt gen Corbin, en route from Manila to the United States, tells Jiji Shimpo in Tokyo that the Philippines remain undeveloped with a 10 million population unfit to develop them. He says the islands could support four times that number and favors Japanese immigration, predicting Congress will consider it.
Fire swept a Chicago Johnson chair company factory Monday morning causing an estimated 75000 dollars in damage. Four firefighters were seriously injured from falling lumber as flames ripped through the building.
New York September 24 Johann Most the anarchist was arraigned in Flushing police court and held in 5000 dollars bond for further examination.
On Thursday night Sol Bly faces Deacon Crumble’s temper to defend his love for Amanda. After a tense confrontation Sol proclaims his character and plans, the deacon finally yields and blesses the couple ending with a communal sigh of happiness.
A traveling man recounts a post Garfield death incident in Rockford Iowa where two hoboes vandalize a depot portrait of President Garfield. An Irish depot keeper shoots one robber dead, the crowd lynches another using a rope from a clothesline, and an inquest returns verdicts of justifiable homicide.
An old health advert promotes Cas ecarets Candy Cathartic as a preventive and cure to gain and keep health. Sold by all druggists in 10, 25, and 50 cent sizes.
Special train service from Cincinnati at 6:30 a.m. nonstop to destination and a 7:15 a.m. option stopping at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Return service departs Cincinnati at 6:20 p.m. Advertisement text mentions telephone contact for the Sun liner ads.
Margaret Frederick 12 the eldest of five helped her hungry Newark family. She planned to borrow money to buy food for her siblings, but was struck and killed by a trolley on Warren Street while crossing to help her mother. She had assisted at the nearby day nursery and was valued for her care of children.
NAIL Abbott, 0 elder in the Disciples church, collapsed and died Sunday evening while addressing the Christian Endeavor Society in Lima Ohio. The incident occurred at the church, leaving attendees in shock as authorities began routine notes.
A large Detroit factory employing two thousand workers may move to Indianapolis. The company's name is withheld amid negotiations for a potential factory site.
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