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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
3
An opinion piece by Chairman Knapp argues for state ownership of railroads to curb private fortunes in public services. It cites electricity enabled streetcar profits, questions public franchise gains, and questions whether municipal ownership would prevent rapid private wealth accumulation while serving the general welfare.
Special to The Sun. Pub Philadelphia April 11 James Mathias Williams alias James Mar Foal a gay dollar of 45 alleged be tie police co nave a string of Wives Oxley ia Frog woodsh foo coast. He set up a matrimonial bureau in an elaborate suite of offices. He advertised as a wealthy elderly gentleman seeking wives and boasted mining riches. Police say his mining interests were only a Wyoming mine worth about 4 dollars. His first wife claimed here as Edith Ross and was said to be his daughter. The raid uncovered letters from 18 year olds and an 81 year old among many proposals.
Old Dr. Cascaret promises quick relief for heartburn sour stomach indigestion and constipation without discomfort. The six candy tablets fit in a small purse and cost ten cents per box, guaranteed genuine from the Sterling Remedy Company stamped 6cC.
Thomas Preston Brooke, Chicago bandmaster, filed for bankruptcy in New Orleans listing liabilities of 825,583 and assets of 818,564. His assets include a musical library valued at 815,000. Brooke runs a winter garden in New Orleans and most creditors are New Orleans concerns.
Special to The Sun reports Louisville resident Willson is the Republican choice for Kentucky governor. April 11 indicates strong momentum toward August 15 nomination. Willson, a Louisville figure, emerges as the leading candidate in party deliberations.
April 11 report from New Albany states Henry Fark, 90, is critically ill from injuries after an incident described as serious. The victim, identified as Henry Fark, was hurt in an event reported locally.
Finely prepared Walnut Sandwiches mix walnuts with cream cheese and salt for easy spreading on thin bread. Chicken Pate uses chopped chicken or veal with mustard pepper salt and lemon juice moistened and spread on thin bread. Ham Sandwiches combine thin ham with onion and mustard between bread. Russian Sandwiches mix pitted olives with mayonnaise between soda crackers. Chicken and Ham Sandwich blends chopped chicken with ham and gravy as a paste between brown bread slices.
A short dialogue records a nighttime exchange between Henry and another speaker. Accusations of talking in sleep surface, with brief denials and confirmations about wakefulness and speech. The fragment captures tense, clipped interaction with no clear action or resolution.
In a punchy cartoon caption a seller quips that only a sharp mind can run an auto shop while a boy jokes that even a fool who owns a car gains a keen nose for scents. The exchange highlights humor about selling and owning automobiles.
In Tipton and other Indiana towns readers report Peruna curing systemic catarrh and neuralgia. Letters describe relief from severe headaches, stomach trouble, and nervous prostration after using Peruna, with many expressing gratitude for the remedy and its creator Dr. Hartman.
Miss Mary Wong Leong, about 22, becomes Sister Aleida of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Honolulu on March 21. First Chinese woman to join the order, which aids French Bourbon restoration prayers and runs a Honolulu convent and girls’ school for over 60 years. Miss Leong is daughter of Wong Leong, noted Chinese-Hawaiian merchant, with two brothers studying in St. Louis and Shanghai.
Adam Coelloh of Honduras, formerly a Rose Polytechnic student and now at Boston Technical Institute, returned to Terre Haute and married Miss Florence Thrall last evening, a meeting that began during his studies in the city.
In London April 11 the Queen and Dowager Empress visited a children's ward. Three year old Fred Daniels, convalescing from a broken ankle, reached for violets worn by Queen Alexandra. The queen gave him the flowers and Freddie later traded them for a kiss with a nurse.
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