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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
9
Offers a front room with bath in hotel at 296% N Meridian. Ads include varied notices for steno help, recruiting, sales, storage, and chamber of commerce style listings. Several items mention Indiana locations, Union Transfer storage, Lawrence Nursery, miscellaneous real estate and business opportunities, and a lengthy advertising page with prices and contact boxes.
Traffic at Indianapolis last week shows 23,000 loaded cars handled, with freight volumes rising across grain provisions flour hides and produce to eastern markets and westbound shipments of iron steel furniture and dry goods. The week included a new ten year B&O Reading agreement and plans for Elkhart yards, with diverse workforce and rising car movements across Belt and Vandalia roads.
In the criminal court before Judge Fremont Alford several defendants including Walter Daniels Al Hunt John McEnery Walter Williams Garfield Buckner William McElroy George Mason Ollie Sanders and Arthur J. Simpson faced charges from taking and concealing a corpse to grave disturbance and forgery. All defendants were released on their own personal recognizance as trial proceedings continued with evidence heard for Arth ur J. Simpson who was on jury trial.
United States general appraisers at New York hold importation completes when goods reach port of entry with intent to unlade, making duties attach even if not unloaded. Water company not liable for fire loss if hydrants lacked water. Cab owners liable for driver negligence even when hired by day. Malpractice case awards $1140 for delayed fracture healing. Physician cannot recover from a manufacturing company for services.
A brakeman on a passenger train may eject a rider who steals a ride. If the brakeman recklessly pushes the trespasser from a moving train, the carrier is liable for injuries. The employer’s authority to employ and discharge workers and to direct hospital treatment has been cited in related cases.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal T M Gruel argues Kentucky’s neglect of education over decades fuels lawlessness. He cites counties with few or no newspapers, noting 12 counties lack print media and linking literacy to safer civic life, urging a strict compulsory education law backed by military power.
Letter to the editor argues Indiana law overcriminalizes, proposes shipping hereditary criminals to Philippine islands as a cure. Claims 626 crimes statute in one state and 6,000 years of failure of punishment, education and religion. Suggests colonizing murderers and rapists on head-hunting islands.
The week ending Saturday showed good aggregate trade with several quiet days. Flour prices rose 20 cents per barrel marking the third advance in thirty days and the cereal market remains firm with expectations of further gains. Canned goods demand remains high as jobbers stock up for future delivery, while new and old potatoes show varied availability and prices.
A fragmented grocery list blends with a moralizing seaside vignette about a girl’s wedding scene and family roles. It moves from flour and coffee prices to a sentimental narration of a bride’s ceremony, a teary mother and mother in law, and a baby’s day, ending with a joke about a child and a tan.
Mexico City June 28 President Diaz accepts invitation to join American colony 4th of July celebrations. A special luncheon is planned with Diaz as guest and orator. he will witness the day’s sports.
The Indiana transportation notice outlines train and streetcar schedules from Indianapolis to Martinsville and Shelbyville with multiple hourly departures from dawn to late evening. It lists intermediate stops at Washington and Meridian, Pennsylvania and Washington, and Mooresville, plus weekend additions and a combined passenger express service to Greenwood.
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