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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
4
The Sullivan Union column mocks a geologic survey chasing a daily egg laying hen and jokes about a hen and a half. It references the Times and Dr Thralls and comments on Mr Miers and the Hywera election and the upcoming legislature session.
In an Indianapolis Sentinel interview JaMES Rices criticizes Republican control, arguing the state’s financial handling has caused public disgust. He opposes the debt reduction rate of half a million dollars per year and questions his suitability for the chief financial post.
Town residents urge immediate closure of poker venues where gambling runs regularly. The note emphasizes police vigilance to curb vice and protect youth, asserting officer efficiency hinges on decisive action against offenders.
Senator Hanna spoke in Urbana Ohio on Capital and Labor urging arbitration and praising labor unions as essential to progress. He stressed the laboring man's reliability and leaders' integrity, noting miners' solidarity with anthracite workers while honoring contracts and avoiding strikes.
The text argues that pursuing honest dealing is the best policy in every department of life and that the miners organization or any group adhering to this principle will gain influence and power worth respecting.
The Anti Saloon League urges remonstrants to stay in opposition to a saloon within the township. It argues removing saloons ends an unhelpful business, reduces harm, and protects the community by preventing liquor sales and its negative effects on others.
The tinplate workers refuse a wage reduction to enable mills to conduct a special vacation run on a foreign contract. Proposals to cut wages are out of order. The text condemns free trade policy and warns against harming trust operations, recalling past tariff-era deaths in trusts.
The Indianapolis Sentinel questions the belief in widespread prosperity and asks how many people died from fear during the only tariff for revenue era known to this generation.
A Cleveland performer, Tom Johnson, preps a Ohio tour in a circus tent featuring a three ring act and platform. The piece critiques Democratic leaders for not backing labor and tariff reforms, citing Georgia judge Griggs and union concerns amid Southern states without child labor laws.
In Valparaiso Indiana on August 12 a trio of burglars entered the home of Dr A A Stoneburner during the family absence overpowered and gagged the servant Miss Minnie Hart bound her and forced water while they looted the house of 7000 dollars in cash jewelry and negotiable papers the maid is injured and unconscious with serious shock as investigators search for clues
Frank Reed, an aeronaut from Hartford City, was fatally crushed when a balloon ascent at a Millersburg harvest jubilee went wrong. The airship detached from a 20 foot trapeze, caught in guy wires, and Reed suffered fatal injuries within minutes.
In Evansville Indiana coroner investigates the apparent murder of Henry Fank Jr a respected young farmer found dead in his buggy at the Fank home barnyard the body upright on the seat with a bullet wound near the heart and a revolver nearby the discovery follows other county crimes within the past year.
In Decatur Indiana on August 11 an unnamed anarchist attacked rulers and cheered McKinley’s assassination. A spectator warned him to leave or be hanged. The crowd threatened him as he departed, and he fled the town.
The Nancy Hanks Monument at Lincoln Indiana will be dedicated on October 1. The Nancy Hanks Memorial association meeting in the governor's office set the date and invited Colonel Charles S. Denby of Evansville to deliver the dedicatory address.
Hartford City Indiana August 9. After pumping thousands of barrels of salt water the No 4 well on the Sarah Frash farm owned by the Ohio Oil company has changed to oil and is now one of the best producers in the state. Nearby wells have declined.
Fort Wayne report says Mrs Ad die G Hunt aged twenty nine wife of Edward H Hunt of Fort Wayne was burned to death at Ashley Indiana while lighting a fire. Flames caught her clothing and the upper body burned severely with flesh hanging in shreds.
In Knox Indiana on August 12 heavy rains threaten crops as threshing is delayed and wheat and oats spoil in shocks causing heavy losses for many local farmers amidst persistent wet weather.
In Fowlerton Indiana on August 12 one of the strongest gas wells drilled in the region was completed on the Levi Simons farm a mile northeast. A second well has been started a quarter mile farther north illustrating a rapid gas development in the locality.
The President will visit Boston on Saturday August 23. The Federated Catholic Societies convene in Chicago. Earthquake shocks hit Carrara and Massa in Tuscany yesterday. The Benedictine Order's triennial meeting meets in Atchison Kansas. Dr Beardshear dies, former head of the National Educational Association. E P Cowell of Woodburn Kentucky reports a cash and valuables theft. The lake steamer City of Venice sinks after collision on Lake Erie. three lives lost. Mer Guidi appointed apostolic delegate at Manila. Galician peasant strike spreads, clashes with military. Turkish troops attack Albanian brigands near Okhrida. their leaders killed and others captured.
Weather relieves water famine in Colorado while rail lines suffer from a Rio Grande incident loss. A strike halts New Haven area trolley conductors and motormen. Daster wins the Spinaway at Saratoga track opening. Earl of Daley expected to succeed Earl Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland. Waiser arrives at Reval and is greeted by the imperial yacht Standent. Steeple Jack Daniel Barry dies after falling 94 feet at Philadelphia City Hall tower. Henry Peters is killed by Jake Stevens in Jackson County Kentucky after a prior dispute. United Textile Workers vote to end Augusta Georgia cotton operatives strike. Philippine division resumes hostilities with careful troop instruction ordered by Gen. Chaffeo.
Fire destroyed the Monon passenger and freight stations at Bedford Indiana. Promotion of C C Carter to general freight agent of the Monon road announced. Whitney Thompson of Lafayette won the diamond state badge at the shooting tournament at Lafayette Inc.
A government commission is created to probe the Boer War. report on causes, conduct, and implications to guide future policy.
Reports indicate falling cholera cases in Manila while revolutions gain traction in Havati and Siam. The president rested Sunday, Marie Janauschek remains critically ill, and trainmen pledge $20 600 to coal miners amid looming strikes in New York.
The Rika hold their national convention in Salt Lake City while Haiti reports heavy fighting. A Terre Haute child dies from a mosquito bite as Venezuela revolutionaries reach Barcelona and sever cables. San Francisco hosts Pythian carnival celebrations.
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