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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1909
Page
3
Mrs. Celia Davenport Michael seeks to end her year old marriage to Guy Michael on grounds of cruel treatment. The plaintiffs and defendants are noted Noblesville society members, with roots in Sheridan and the city, prompting social surprise.
The notice lists backache and urinary symptoms as kidney trouble signs. It prescribes a gin based mixture with Murax compound and Buchu, to be taken after meals for several days after symptoms vanish, and says these remedies are available from druggists.
The Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners seeks bids by noon May 11 1909 for 75000 in School Real Estate and Improvement Bonds of May 1909. Bonds at 3 percent interest pay semiannually, principal due 1939 and 1940, issued in 1000 each. Bids sealed to The Card of School Commissioners, 312 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis.
Mrs Frances Bundy Baker of Wabash files suit for accounting against her father Camillus Bundy a Miami Indian to recover a farm in Wabash county that she says was transferred to her as part of her legacy and refuses surrender. Witnesses will largely be Mi ami Indians and interpreters may be needed. The case draws attention to Indian land rights and customs.
Harry Hawkins of Pueblo Colorado, a newly hired La Porte Gas Light solicitor, leaped into action when a delivery wagon horse bolted on D Street. Hawkins climbed to the wagon, seized the reins, and brought the frightened animal to a halt with Peter Parkinson assisting. Witnesses praised the heroics.
Delphi Indiana April 19 Mrs A H Brewer entertained eight women friends at a 6 o clock dinner in a very pleasant way. Each wore the latest style gown while headgear included large workbaskets inverted and trimmed with farm products. Guests were Mesdames J F Taylor E H Gresham C M Thompson Arthur Gros Frank Lyons Joseph Sims J J Shultz and J E Ruffing.
Mrs Susan Emenhiser Brown of Bluffton now living near Muncie with her second husband struggles to locate and reunite her children placed in various homes after she left town. A son she retrieved returned to Wells County after disliking the stepfather and a daughter in the west remains to be found.
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth returns with a May 10 parade featuring a million-dollar display. The procession includes 100 cages in a 30 division pageant with 1,000 performers, 700 horses, camels, elephants, and a vast menagerie.
Allen Fuller bought Plymouth Rock hens from Mrs. J P Mattingly in Tipton Indiana. The birds weighed 104 pounds ten ounces and were paid for at 11 cents per pound totaling 11.1 dollars.
The article touts home treatment for coughs and lung ailments free from opium and whiskey. It prescribes a laxative cough syrup mix of wild cherry bark, car diol essence, and white pine syrup, to be taken in drops then teaspoons for adults and by age for children.
Elkhart Indiana April 19 youths Harold Kellum Harold Gorman and Harold Feather pursue an aim to capture the outlaw Crazy Snake in Oklahoma. After meeting in Louisville they are questioned by Maj. Burke and released after admitting hunger and fatigue. They vow to return home.
James M. Donnelly and his son Wade left Anderson Indiana to travel to Belgium for about two months to buy fine breeding horses. Donnelly plans to import Belgium and Percheron stock of the best quality to improve local horse stocks. Riley Siders of Brandywine township bought a 160 acre farm near Oklahoma City and intends to move after a Southwest trip.
A mysterious blaze in a feather bed at 110 Washington avenue Evansville Indiana threatens the residence of Robert Vickery during supper. Firemen extinguish after bed is removed from window. Estimated damage about 50 dollars.
County clerk issues a marriage license to Herman Newland and Susannah Berry of Richmond. The groom is a listed age and the bride is younger. The bride was divorced from a former husband on April 9 of this year.
Lewis W. Doolittle arrested in Anderson on wife desertion plea, brought to New Castle circuit court where Judge Jackson sentenced him to one to three years in Jeffersonville reformatory but suspended the sentence and released him on parole after precautions were set.
Attorney Henry A. Yeager of Princeton estimates a very light apple crop this year after examining buds from his orchard and others. He reports that buds lack the essentials for fruit production and predicts scarce blooms on nearly all trees.
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