Linen and Silk Suits at Half Price Sale
Local ad lists half price on linen and silk suits with selection including gloves priced at one dollar. Vague text notes various fabrics and dress items as a clearance style offer from a shop.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
2
Local ad lists half price on linen and silk suits with selection including gloves priced at one dollar. Vague text notes various fabrics and dress items as a clearance style offer from a shop.
Mrs. William Simcake, 30, shot Edward C. Reed, 35, at her Fort Wayne avenue home in Richmond. Reed grabbed her, tried to gag her. she fired twice, hitting him in the head. Reed died in the yard. Simcake, whose husband is away, was not arrested pending coroner’s inquest. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Margaret Courtney, 58, wife of Dr. Thomas E. Courtney, at her residence after a long illness.
Maj. F W Sibley and Col. Owen J Sweet command about 20 cavalry and 28th infantry as they arrive at Fort Benjamin Harrison for a long march from Chicago. The 22 mile single day trek, food shortages, and dust clouds test riders while soldiers praise Indiana hospitality and plan cavalry maneuvers and nightly concerts by the 28th infantry band.
Troops of Col. William Pitcher’s Twenty Seventh Infantry arrive at Fort Benjamin Harrison after a 12 mile dawn march from Nota Ind. Bands play, tents rise, and pay could come Friday as Gen. Carter eyes guards on camps and raiding risk. Capt. M. E. Saville leads clean up against crime worries while Major Sibley’s Second Cavalry squadron camps nearby. Housing a busy frontier camp, vendors offer cold drinks, dances, shooting galleries, and food as troops are greeted by civilians.
Mayor Charles A Bookwatter reports Crown Hill Cemetery trustees offer to deed land from Illinois street to Senate Avenue for a small park. He supports acceptance to prevent sale to private parties and to provide breathing space in the northern city, pending review by the Board of Public Parks.
The Connecticut Mutual Lite Insurance Company shows a mutual structure with no capital, located at % Peart street Hartford Conn. Officers include John Taylor President and Herbert H White Secretary. The statement lists assets and liabilities with real estate and bonds, noting losses awaiting proof and endowments, and confirms a 1906 audit by Indiana Auditor Warren Bigler. The Indianapolis Sun edition promises a comprehensive review in its anniversary issue.
The subscriber announces licenses sought from the Marion county Board of Commissioners at the September term for selling intoxicating vinous malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. Two notices describe the business sites in Center township West Indianapolis and North Minacle Street in Indianapolis.
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