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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1899
Page
8
Friday afternoon at the Driving Park featured skittish horses and drivers with Shideler debuting a new horse called Gilbert while Kevi Munter struggled in the 100 class. The crowd was small and cold as infractions prompted president Short to intervene.
Discussion of Philadelphia and Brooklyn pennant talks fading as Quakers prize 2500 for second place. Mentions McGraw value rumors, Hart praising Everett, Guese and Swaim pitching, Wadsworth batting .342, Barrett hitting .381 in majors. Also notes South Salem academy football, De Pauw funds for coach Ford, Bloomington football, Purdue grandstand policy, and Muscatine high school football fatality.
In New York on Friday night Tim Kearns was knocked cold in the thirteenth round by Jack O'Brien. Three physicians took ten minutes to revive him. The Louisville grand jury did not consider prize fighting and bouts will continue. Other notes include Freddl Snyder facing McGovern in six rounds, Freckles OBrien knocking out Kid Hennessey in Louisville, and Ormonde purchased for 150000 by Rancho del Paso stud for English tracks. Gravesend races saw the death of two horses from Fred Foster stable after injuries, while Maher drew scrutiny after a suspicious ride on Peep o Day. Mysterious Billy Smith and Billy Stitt drew in Chicago, and Jack Daly knocked out Billy Otis in Denver. Eddie McDuffee set a motor bicycle record in Brockton and eyes a sub-one-minute motor-paced mile on Long Island. Searchlight won a 2:03 pace at Springfield Illinois over Frank Bogash and William Mac, with first mile in 2:64.
Ten people were injured in the L. D. and W. wreck at Montezuma Friday morning. Officials report no serious injuries expected as air system on the freight train failed and could not stop before it struck a sleeper that toppled on the main track. Indianapolis victims include Miss Mollie Meredith of 705 N New Jersey St Oliver Reveal and Albert A. Ahlers.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and that constitutional remedies can restore hearing. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Readers are invited to send for circulars.
The high school senate opened Friday with crowded galleries and cheers for new senators including Sanders and Baker. Charles Pettigohn named president, Crossland elected vice president, Miss Alice Scott chosen secretary, Myla Closser reading clerk, and the custodian post abolished. session to begin discussing territorial expansion bills.
From Frosty Wires a drive to combine Pittsburg hotels gains momentum while a Presbyterian alliance plans to meet in London with no date set. The Corning California powder works fuse killed two men. Ex Secretary John Gherman returns to Washington for winter. Annis Eitley bride of a week dies writing to a friend about her marriage. Lynn cousin of President McKinley dies in Galena South Dakota from dynamite blast. Henry Lublin Chicago druggist dies by own hand to secure life insurance for his mother. ODay ex yardmaster sues C and N W railroad for fifty thousand dollars.
English's will present a dark three night run next week with Thad Rich benefit on Thursday and The Spider and the Fly extravaganza on Friday. M B Leavitt's spectacular continues to draw crowds with moonlit set pieces, dances, choruses, and a mermaid queen amid a procession of vivid scenes. Saturday features Primrose and Dockstader with veteran minstrels and a 16 voice chorus, in a blackface show with elaborate costumes and scenery.
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