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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
2
Bernard Carlin, a minor, confesses to shooting his mother in New York, blaming years of neglect and an orphan upbringing. He recounts a life of crime and reform failures, expressing resolve to die soon amid medical decline.
The Mere Daka club will dance Friday night at Brenneke academy. Miss Nelle Connors entertains her club Monday. Wabash college juniors plan a May prom moved from Good Friday. Engagement announced: Miss Eleanor Hayth of Terre Haute to George Crago of Indianapolis. Date set for April 15 at 2646 N Gale St home of Mrs. J E Gilmore. Bethany club hosts spring gathering with Indiana members. St Patrick’s school boys present Tom Playfair April 2? entertainment and music. Helen Hunting ton Day to wed Prof James Young Simpson April 22 at First Presbyterian Church with at home in Edinburgh after November. St Mary’s Parish St Joseph’s Aid to meet Monday. Pierson’s hall hosts cornet solo by Mrs Albert Pease.
Irene Keck from Marion, twice married and long in Indianapolis, seeks stage life with Fay Foster troupe. After a rumor-filled life and failed marriages she finally lands in the Empire theater chorus as Miss Marshall, pursuing further acting amid lore of flirtations and travel.
In New York on April 10, Mrs. Telma Sardoni stabbed her husband Salvatore with a bread knife in the neck at their W Twenty-sixth Street home in a act she said was commanded by St. Joseph in a dream. The attack followed elaborate religious preparations. Salvatore was taken to New York Hospital in critical condition.
The notice lists five school enumerators and urges children aged 6 to 11 to ensure their names appear on the lists. It warns of a $3.44 penalty for failure and notes a state school fund distribution equal to last year’s amount. Enumeration ends by month’s end.
Chicago April 10 Ian Grey known as matcher of subtle methods affinity finder was convicted in federal court on fraud charges related to United States mails in a research light club case. The judge ordered sentencing at a later date.
Testimony in Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s divorce case concludes before Referee Davis McClure. The report goes to Justice O Gorman who is expected to grant the divorce. Settlement rumored at 5 million dollars with custody terms discussed. Vanderbilt’s fortune estimated at about 40 million. Several co respondents named, including a famed comic opera star and a young French woman. names not to be made public.
Attorney W A Ketcham joins state forces in prosecuting courthouse and city graft cases. Hired by the Indianapolis Merchants Association and approved by Criminal Judge J A Pritchard, Ketcham is named deputy prosecutor to assist in investigating alleged crooked dealings at the courthouse. Committee members W C Bobbs Fred Ayres and Ferdinand Mayer arranged the engagement.
In Vincennes Indiana melon growers in the southern Illinois watermelon belt following a spring agreement stopped killing non poisonous snakes to curb mice damage. Previously fields were devastated in one night by mice burrowing into hills and eating planted seed. This year few mice are seen.
Daniel Hartnett received a circuit court verdict on Friday for 3,250 against his former employer Atlas Engine Works. He sued for 15,000 in damages for personal injuries after being crushed between two cars, leaving him permanently disabled per the evidence.
A reader recounts wasting money on tonics and bracers for indigestion caused by rich foods. After six years of dyspepsia and $300 spent, she credits Grape-Nuts with rapid improvement, noting she gained weight in a week and now feels relief.
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