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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
5
Rain gear and fabrics advertised in vivid terms with umbrellas in all styles, waterproof clothing, and a wide range of textiles. The spot at Meridian and Georgia Streets promotes fall goods while noting generous employee holidays and a long open door policy except holidays and after 4 p.m. Saturdays.
In a Century magazine piece, ex president Cleveland concludes his July article on the Venezuelan boundary dispute. He emphasizes the arbitration treaty ending the dispute and notes the treaty involved the United States, Britain, and Venezuela, saved from Senate ratification by its promoters.
The Macmillan Company reports a new Winston Churchill novel The Crisis rising to one hundred eighty thousand in sales. Bowen Merrill and other houses issue titles by Maurice Thompson and George Horton while Ben Hur attracts Greek readers. Booker T. Washington’s future edition circulates among Southern lawmakers. Pan-American and South American works showcase regional life and industry.
The New York Evening Sun reviews Mr. Churchill’s latest historical novel. Lincoln is closer to truth than Paul Jones, who is depicted as a swaggering rough diamond rather than the courtier he was. The critic notes improved accuracy in Lincoln and urges recognizable historical figures generally.
W S Walsh notes a handwritten Keats correction in a Leigh Hunt gift copy. The line once reading knight is corrected to steed, clarifying the image of a gentle knight restraining his charger. The change never appeared in print, leaving the error in all published editions.
Miss Vivian Sartoris of Washington, whose betrothal to Archibald Balfour, cousin of Arthur Balfour, was to wed July 11 in London, ends engagement. Debutante of three years, she was famed for beauty and family distinction. Described as generous, amiable, and beloved, with American sympathy despite English birth.
In woods ten miles from town Young Gibbs and Phil Carney, both of Cleveland, tangled in a boxing match over a $100 stake. Gibbs battered Carney so severely that he could not rise for the sixth round, watched by about thirty-five locals.
A fragmented verse evokes joyful summer sounds music and insects in a plain. It references an iceman a neck ornament and a crowded car with distant echoes. The piece oscillates between bright imagery and disjointed lines hinting at past joys and present bustle.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. In Brazil Indiana on June 23 the trial of Samuel Harmon for the October murder of Charles Reynolds ended with a life prison sentence after jurors deliberated until midnight. A courthouse mob gathered and acquittal seemed to risk a hanging. A separate report from Terre Haute notes Angelo Godlo, Italian miner, dying after being shot by fellow miner Borga Trimmer following a dispute over who was the better workman. Godlo says Trimmer shot him in a grove after a saloon argument. Trimmer fled and supporters see self defense, while locals urge his return to aid defense.
R M Isherwood former editor and owner of the Noblesville Democrat was arrested at his Delphi home and brought to Noblesville to face fraud charges filed by the new owners Gilbert and Van Doren of Adrian Michigan They allege misrepresentation and padding of subscribers The Case bound over to the circuit court with a 1500 bond Judge Pollard and W N Evans and Wm Kelly acting as sureties Isherwood previously owned the Delphi Times and had recently purchased the Democrat from Boswell before the last campaign
Bloomington reports the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church on East Sixth Street priced at $20,000 with Dr. Rondthaler and Rev. Lucecock among speakers. Congregation tops 400 and debt cleared after fundraising. In Brazil a $40,000 Methodist Church dedication drew about 2,000 attendees led by Rev. Ives with visitors from Terre Haute and Greencastle. $12,000 in building debt was fully raised.
A nineteen year old George Waldron and a fourteen year old Doc White, both colored, drowned in a pond near Terre Haute while possibly trying to save each other. Their clothes were found on shore. bodies in seven feet of water. In Wabash county, Greek laborer Gus Cfeninos, nineteen, drowned in the Wabash River after being swept from shore. his body not recovered.
Salem Ind June 3 Joseph Trueblood one of the oldest native citizens of this county and a leading member of the Society of Friends died at eight o'clock this evening of heart trouble in the room where he was born eighty four years ago. He lived on the same farm most of his life apart from a few years on an adjoining farm and was well known with numerous relatives among Quakers in the region.
An 19th centuryclassified style ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long used child remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhoea with a price of cents per bottle. It also promotes Glean's Sulphur Soap for skin diseases and blemishes and mentions hair and whisker dye sold by merchants.
Abraham Shoemaker of Madison county and host of the Wise reunion for a decade died at his Fairhaven home near Richmond Indiana. He fathered thirteen children and over one hundred grandchildren and great grandchildren. His son Daniel and daughter Martha Shoemaker, both Earlham College graduates, include Martha a Cambridge City teacher.
Terre Haute reads Bays says no clear legal foothold for AG against his Indiana coal mine venture. He argues no regular coal price exists and questions state interference, noting the plan to own many mines by outright purchase at cash value.
Shelbyville Indiana June 23 Leroy Kirk 24 died by self imposed carbolic acid at his home near Manila. He left a note to his brother mother and brothers. His father killed himself this way two years ago. No reason given. Jeffersonville Indiana June 23 All convicts in the Reformatory now nine hundred locked in new cellhouse. Capacity six hundred with extra cots. Work on cellhouses A and B to cost 70000. Total spent 275000 on cellhouse and improvements. Firms: P H McCormick Co Joseph McWilliams Co Joseph Ernst & Sons.
Eight smallpox cases emerge in Sweetser six miles west of Marion Indiana. Residents exposed mingle on Marion streets despite quarantines. Authorities fear epidemic as guards seal homes and trace transmission from Cuban ited connected cases.
Charles L Harry fugitive superintendent of Kokomo streetcar and electric light firms pleaded guilty in Meridian Mississippi to leading a double life and received one hundred days in jail and a three hundred dollar fine. His wife Mrs Harry who pursued him pleaded for the lightest penalty. Lovelle Jackson the sewing girl who left Kokomo with Harry is at Jackson Miss. awaiting trial. The wife has forgiven her husband and restored him as head of the family.
In Russiaville Indiana on June 23 Mr Earle Morton married Miss Margaret Hiner at the bride’s parents home. Morton son of Hon William Morton former Howard county legislator is a school teacher set to become principal of Orestes public schools next year. The bride has taught four years in Rushville schools.
Fort Wayne Homing Club reports three Contant loft birds beating the past six hundred mile mark set four years ago. Forty seven birds were released at Fayetteville Arkansas at 4 40 this morning and reached Fort Wayne tonight within seconds of each other. Meanwhile Terre Haute hosts an Indiana Bateman meeting ending with a banquet. Rich mond marks anti loan league end and local Union Veteran Legion setback. John Duke of East Liverpool injured by a train in hospital. Cincinnati tool factory project abandoned. Scottsburg reports mild smallpox in James Smith's farm. quarantine ordered by health secretary Dr William Mc Clain.
Jessie Morrison faces a second trial in Eldorado Kansas for the Mrs Olin Castle killing. She expresses strong confidence in acquittal as arguments set to begin tomorrow. Prosecutors seek jury decision by Tuesday evening while the defense hunts for J W Morgan the peddler who was at the Castle house on the murder morning.
United States cotton goods ride rising in Chinese demand per a Treasury Bureau statistics report on China’s foreign trade for 1890s to 1900. Imports into China surged from 1890 to 1900 despite unsettled conditions, with American drills sheetings and jeans showing strong gains while overall imports reached a record 211,070,422 Hal-Kwan taels in 1900.
Dr. Hilary A. Gobin of DePauw University told Indiana State Normal School graduates that the world is advancing but poorer forces threaten progress. He cited Isaiah and Paul to argue civilization improves through correct living, education, and public virtue, while the righteous lead and the reckless suffer consequences.
Report from Braden Town Florida dated June 23 describes a deadly road confrontation between Judge S E Stevens a county official and wealthy farmer and neighbor John A Webb. They halted their dispute on a Manatee County road three miles from Miakka. Webb rode away after being challenged to stop. A driver watching from behind saw the two men grappling on the roadway. He returned to find them badly beaten with fatal injuries.
Edinburg Indiana reports the death of Martha A Wade widow aged 71 after long residence there. Funeral tomorrow. Francis Myers 74 died at his home this morning a Grand Army of the Republic veteran. Funeral Tuesday. Frankton Indiana notes John Wise near Perkinsville age 94 pioneer resident.
Dr. Johnson joined Dr. Rixey at the White House for a half hour review of Mrs. McKinley. A distinct gain in condition was noted and doctors hope for short carriage rides this week. Plans remain to move Mrs. McKinley from Washington to Canton next week. She can walk the bedroom and her overall condition is satisfactory.
In Boston on June 23 Mary G Eddy read her annual message to communicants at the mother church. She rebutted attacks on the church and predicted continued growth. She cited 21 831 communicants with 2496 added since last November and said Christian Science rests wholly on her Bible based observation and discovery. Fully 10000 attended services that day.
In Kansas City Troost Park a teenager named Thomas Scruggs eighteen was stabbed to death while resisting an unprovoked attack by ten to fifteen assailants. Scruggs with two companions fought back as two suspects were arrested and one was identified by the witnesses. The Bank of Oath reports week ending Saturday showing gold in hand up six thousand pesetas and notes in circulation down.
The text urges viewing expressions of praise not as doxology but as tribute to Christ’s principles of true living. It emphasizes Christ’s ethics for society and personal conduct as the guiding highway from ignorance and sordidness to nobility and saintliness.
A report from Vancouver B C dated June 2 states a Chinese man, unnamed, killed four fellow countrymen in a rural Caduan B C area. The killer remains at large as investigators pursue leads on the violent crime.
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