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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1906
Page
5
A spring dress for a young girl features a check and plain water white Valle fabric dress with a wide plain panel kirt and a tancle style, accented by warm brown and deep French blue bars. Maltese lace trims the edges and panels, French lawn embroidery decorates the guimpe and sleeves, and the hat is adorned with field rose velvet rosettes and matching flowers.
Prediction notes a birthday favorable day with luck in wealth and family care. A child born on this day will be thoughtful and persevering but fond of company. Business outlook shows fair success with attention to household finances and loved ones.
The dispute between Indiana Medical College at Purdue and organizers behind a new medical college intensifies this week. Faculty moves are expected as several physicians, including Dr. Frank Hultenina Dr. J. L. Masters and E. B. Little Jr. resign. Backers claim the new college will be among the best equipped in the region.
A wartime era column argues marriage strains and childbearing woes caused by female health, praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring fertility and household happiness. It cites consultations at Westmont and Buffalo and urges examination of underlying causes like inflammation and catarrhal drainage before treatment.
In a village tale Sarah Wigley, a widow with a lone pink geranium, faces suspicion and loss after Eliza Hubbard seethes at her plant’s beauty. A theft rumor strains friendships until misgivings give way to reconciliation as the truly missing geranium returns and neighbors seek forgiveness.
Mrs John Klasa, 61, of 144 Chestnut Street, died early Sunday from morphine taken about 24 hours prior. She suffered sleep and eating difficulties and was found in a stupor Saturday. Dr Reyer and L A E Storch attended. Survived by husband and daughter Bertha. Funeral Tuesday afternoon.
A jumble of local items mentions socials at Bulmard Ridge and Oak Grove schoolhouses, a band fundraiser in Pleasant Valley, and a Ladies Aid event. Washington gossip covers Taft, Corbin, and imperial islands, plus Marine band practice and a poetry hotel rumor. Fire alarm at a public school sparks inappropriate remarks and community reaction.
Philander Fitzgerald of Indianapolis files suit against Jamon O Parker, Evansville Real Estate and Building Co. and the Ghia Valley Trust Co., asking for an accounting and appointment of receivers. Fitzgerald alleges Parker used dishonest methods in disposing of real estate.
On the grounds some girls made remarks about a man named Whirrale and his pronunciation. The exchange touches on education, accents, and the idea of phonetic reform, highlighting differing views of his background and credibility.
Growth marked the first anniversary of the Home Furniture and Carpet Co at 3 Washington St. The store, opened a year ago by Harter Kiser, Harmon Meyer, Leslie Meyer, and Jacob Sever, now employs about double the initial staff. Stock has expanded, delivery fleet increased to three or four vehicles, and the carpet department trebled. Guests received elegant souvenirs as a celebration highlighted by flags, towers, and a third floor display. The firm emphasizes courtesy, hustle, and advertising as keys to rapid growth.
The body of John Gallagher, a Civil War veteran and railroad worker, was buried in Jeffersonville Indiana. A flag, folded in the hands of Gallagher, was given by his comrades and placed with him at burial. Gallagher, 68, died at the City Hospital after several days of illness. He served as adjutant of the Eighty-fifth Indiana regiment and spent 47 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
A mass of ancient coffins, hundreds strong, were discovered beneath the Church of St Jamon Clerkenwell London, with the tombs lying within only a few inches of the floor level.
C Robinson was crushed to death in machinery at the Perfection Biocult company plant where he worked as watchman. He leaves a wife and two children in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Jeffersonville Ind April 3 Reuben Dailey 6 editor of the Jeffersonville News died yesterday from jaundice and liver cancer. He was a prominent Democrat and well known statewide. He formerly served as commissioner of claims and later as stenographer for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Allegheny High School girls basketball team, champions of western Pennsylvania, faced scrutiny after School Comptroller Adam Kahn described seeing girls in bloomers playing boys’ basketball in tights. He urged chaperones and separation of sexes, prompting strong pushback from players who say the sport is about skill, not appearance, and denyprudish motives.
E Watt Ezzell aged 2 of 437 W Maryland st fell from the Big Four bridge over Mall creek while escaping a train and drowned Sunday. He had just left City hospital after pneumonia illness. Companions Columbus Snider and C K Douglass said they walked north when the train approached. Dougan and Shider crossed the bridge and thought he followed. they saw him swimming then disappear. Although described as an expert swimmer, weakness from illness hindered him. Witnesses said he had time to reach shore but became confused. Body recovered by bicyclist residents and taken to city morgue as investigations proceed. He recently came from North Carolina.
New York notes list Indianapolis figures visiting the city last week. Among them are Mayor Bookwalten Mrs A Bo Manaur Mrs G Wilson Mr Southworth Mrs Brown C C Clark Mrs Albert Kipp Mrs EB Bross HA Uieehfield B C Marvin C H Blatz W W Dark W F Mullen Dr J E Morris J A Allison H Shaffer W J Rankin L M Bunn M T Rogers A W Higwing from Terre Haute F J Master of Logansport J W Haynes of Kokomo H Purdy of Michigan City, with other well known Indiana residents noted.
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