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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
3
The article describes Mrs Green as a wealthy money lender on Wall Street with fortunes likely over 125 million dollars, noting no major reverses. It portrays her as a regular, remunerative lender with immense profits, and as a modest philanthropist giving small, child-focused charities rather than showy gifts.
The text notes Mrs Green refused a $100,000 hospital gift supported by Mrs Sage, deeming it overly spectacular. Despite frugal economies, she is seen as kindly. Likely will leave most estate to children Edward and Sylvia. She aims to secure wealth for her daughter without lifelong defense, while her son handles vast interests.
Ida Lewis serves as the Lime Island lighthouse keeper in Newport R. I. harbor and has held the post for 59 years, succeeding her father. She is hailed as the world’s greatest woman life-saver, credited with 18 rescues, and she handles a boat as well as tending the light.
New York state clubwomen conducted a series of meetings with each vice president presiding at different locations while the president presided at the first session. The group emphasizes legislative and educational work as central to their efforts. PERSONAL Will the man who sent a poem about spring notify us if he visits a deserted city area at night. his widow will be informed where the body is found.
Special to The Sun from Newport Rhode Island April 3 details a planned wedding between former Governor I. F. Garvin and Miss Sarah Emma Tomlinson. Tomlinson, once blind, was educated at Perkins Boston with Garvin funding a music course. The couple, 33 and 63, are seen as a joyful Rhode Island union.
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker asks clubwomen nationwide to send a brief greeting by letter or postcard each day in April. She notes she is too busy to read long letters, and even a single line from every woman would bring delight.
A scientist claims to have invented a chemical compound mixed with ashes and coal that yields more heat than ten tons of coal while producing no smoke. Four tons of ashes and one ton of coal plus pounds of the compound supposedly generate heat efficiently, with ashes reusable until reduced to cinder. Tests indicate the discovery shows promise.
The inventor Elsmore, 357 years old, claims a soluble compound forms a jellylike mass when burned with ashes in a furnace, yielding intense heat. He worked in a cobbler shop earning 10 to 12 dollars weekly and says he has guarded his invention while men of money consider backing manufacture.
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