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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
4
Crowds flocked to the Heck Carnival Show on West Washington Street as fair weather returned. Performances entertained both young and old, with tents packed and free attractions drawing visitors into the open space. The crowd stayed late, and officials expect a busier afternoon and evening as weather improves.
Carter the playwright and Criterion owner continues to push his Lincoln J. Carter melodrama Two Little Waifs at the Park theater. The piece drives income as Carter shifts road company management to J B Hogan while pursuing a new spectacular musical comedy project.
A long list of personal notices details travels visits and family news. Entries include J C Sipe returning from Holland. Miss Bertha Parker visiting Kirkland. Fred Duvall visiting Ora Rudy. the Foxes in New York. Miss Bessie Hendricks returning from Maxinkuckee. and many others visiting or returning from trips to Harbor Springs Wawasee Peacham Vt Chicago Cincinnati Richmond and Paris Ill. plus engagements weddings and social events.
J C Sipe the jeweler rejoined after a month abroad to buy stones for his trade in the city. He and his brother Samuel F Sipe visited Amsterdam and London to procure diamonds and colored stones amid rising demand. Sipe noted global buyers in Amsterdam and strong pearl demand in London.
Mr. Sipe reports a growing demand for pearls driven by European royalty. Jewellers abroad struggle to secure supplies as women favor pearls over other stones. After four weeks in Europe he notes brokers busy and expects jewel shipments to arrive early next week. He visited a scenic park near Amsterdam during a rest day.
Ella Tena, jailed briefly after pleading guilty to stealing jewelry and clothing from wealthy employers, was freed by Judge Whallon and given a release from prosecution. She has since worked in a factory to support her invalid father and thanked the judge for the second chance.
Last opportunities to hear Eugene Cowles and Madame Sapinsky at Fair Bank are this afternoon and evening. A matinee includes love songs for Cowles and operatic and ballad selections for Sapinsky. Osten Dorf Band, directed by Mr. Barnes, remains at the Park for weeks with instrumental solos by L. E. Wisher.
Patrolmen Scribner and Dickerson smelled foul odor at 722 Germania Street in Haughville and found a large box containing a decomposed human body. Deputy Coroner Gels arrived, retrieved three decomposed hams from the box, and documented the grisly discovery in the basement.
H H Parkhilly, 72, of 49 Delaware Street, jumped from a moving Central avenue car at the Massachusetts avenue and New York street corner. He suffered scalp wounds and facial cuts, plus a bruised hip, and was taken home by City Dispensary ambulance with Dr. Jeffries attending. He told Sergeant Rockefeller he holds the streetcar company blameless for the incident, stating he did not wait for the car to stop.
Bicyclemen Trimpe and Lowe were called to Walnut street yesterday evening to quell a dispute between Mrs. Samuel Smith and Mrs. J. F. Brock. The two women fought for some time before spectators, and Mrs. Smith bit Mrs. Brock three times on the left arm. The bicycle men arrived as the fight ended and made no arrests, as both women said they had had enough and wished to drop the quarrel.
County Commissioners yesterday granted a franchise to the Indianapolis and Southwestern Traction Company. The form submitted by the commissioners was accepted by the company, with fare based on one detail to be set, and a track road to be completed by October 1, 1904.
Old Settlers gathered at Acton Park with talks on long ago days and a tense debate over custodian Joseph Sutherland. Trustees may decide his fate Monday while some cottage residents push for his removal and others defend his tenure amid a Jersey cow dispute blamed for stirring sentiment. The day featured morning talks by Judge David Gooding and Missouri Harmony Club, with Chaplain Lozier sharing stories and Seneff Ladies Military Band providing concerts.
At 7 Goodlet avenue a quarrel centered on Mrs. John Riley and her stepdaughter Mrs. Martha McPeak. Mrs. Riley barred entry to see her dying husband John Riley, beating McPeak and ejecting her. Patrolman Scribner saw the scene and sent McPeak to the station to obtain an arrest warrant.
Word from the senior camp at Lake Wawasee says the YMCA boys are having a good time with no illnesses and much fishing. The group includes J E Efroymson Will Keefe Harry Winterrode Earl Irwin George Wildhack Clyde Pugh Ralph Ray Orville Church John Connor Edward W Kepner from Indianapolis and Will Northcott Joseph de Lerenzie Milo Hodson Burritt Hopkt from Mishawaka. They will stay until August 15.
The third annual camp meeting will be held at Peniel Temple on Eleventh street and Senate avenue starting Sunday in August. Dr. D. M. Bye promotes the event inviting all Indiana denominations. Old-time preachers and exhorters will attend.
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