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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1909

Page

2

New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company Statement of Condition

Auditor I C Billheimer certifies the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company assets liabilities and capital as of December 1906 with capital 1 1 million 100 thousand paid up 1 108 000 real estate and securities totaling 4 861 148 and liabilities 2 358 468 with maximum risk 85 000 and one hundred thousand insurance per risk in the state of New Hampshire file on March 16 1906 in Concord.

The New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company Elm Street Manater N. H Frank W. Sargeant Esident Frank E. Martin Lewis W. Crockett Beane Della Otharwisa Reese Lana State‘gnett Menconten Company

Police and Fire Station Shuffle and Odd Jobs

At the police and fire stations LMER HALL moves from detective to his old post on a bicycle with his former partner Fred Simon. Assistant Bailiff Fields replaces Dawson on leave. Turnkey Thomas Siout is ill. Fire secretary Ben Wheat vacations. Lieut James Horan repaints fire boxes red. Corner Policeman Woodward notes declining business. William Tallentire returns from a northern vacation with suitcases.

Lmer Hall Detective Department Hall Fred Simon Fields Dawson Thomas Siout Ben Wheat Fire Department James Horan Brightwood Fire Company

The Mummy's Foot opens at Wonderland airdome

Bergen W Plummer presents The Mummy's Foot at Wonderland with playful songs like Tipsy Talk and You Can Always Tell a Lady by Her Feet and clever numbers such as Love Can Never Be Wrong. The mysterious tomb music and quirky scenery heighten the comic spectacle in premiere week.

Wonderland Mr. Plummer

Gingles Woman Returned to Ireland from New York

Ella Gingles, accused in Chicago of stealing Irish racehorses and of white slave trafficking, sailed to Ireland aboard Cunard's Cam pania with chaperone Mrs Grace Van Duren Took. Proven a perjurer, she admitted false charges and will join her parents in County Antrim as supporters deemed her too dangerous to remain in America.

New York Ella Gingles Chicago Ireland Cunard Campania Grace’ van Duren Mies Gingles County Antrim America Miss Gingles Treland

Salt Lake parade marks G A R encampment opening

Veterans march through Salt Lake City in the Forty third national G A R encampment parade. J A Wedgewood served as grand marshal with Captain J E Caine assisting. Sons of Veterans carried the Fort Douglas flag. Campaigns for S R Van Sant and William A Ketcham show strong support among delegates with Atlantic City and Van Sant favored as next meeting site and leader respectively.

Salt Lake City Grand Army J. A. Wedgewood J. E. Caine Sons of Veterans Fort Douglas Assembly Armory S. R. van Sant Minnesota Pacific States New York Michigan Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Atlanta City St.Louis Atlantic City van Sant William A. Ketcham Indianapolis van Sant Camp

Women Pick Melons in the Valley

Vincennes Indiana August 11 Water melons ripen in the Wabash valley with shipping to start in two weeks labor shortage looms as growers plan to hire wives and daughters to pick. Women earn two dollars a day, considered fair pay for field labor.

Vincennes Ind Wabash Valley Wabash River

Kitten Returns Home From Indianapolis Trip

Six weeks ago the Roebuck sisters from Greenfield brought a kitten to Indianapolis as a gift for their aunt Miss Amanda Roebuck. After the visit the kitten disappeared until Sunday when it reappeared in the Greenfield yard after having traveled to Indianapolis and back.

Jack Roebuck Greenfield Indianapolis Amanda Roebuck Miss Roebuck Mr. Roebuck

Leut. Coil Seeks Reconsideration Of Fire Dept Resignation

Lieut Dennis Coil of Hook and Ladder No 2 resigns after aiding Halleck Ranger in removing Selig Joseph 16 and other boys from Schopp s drug store 602 S Illinois street He plans to ask the Board of Safety to reconsider the resignation at Wednesday s meeting

Dennis Coil Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 Halleck Ranger Schopp Illinois Street Selig Joseph Board of Safety

Petersburg Republicans Nominate Local Ticket

Petersburg Indiana August 1 local Republicans nominate officers at yesterday's primary with Meredith Masters as marshal Joseph Patterson as clerk Charles Schaefer as treasurer and councilmen: Elijah Smith W D Goad Charles Nanney Salem Hammond and William Davison.

Petersburg Ind Meredith Masters Joseph Patterson Charles Schaefer Elijah Smith W. D. Goad Charles Nanney Salem Hammond William Davison

One Budweiser Brew, Corked or Crown Caps, Same Brew

Notice clarifies that Budweiser is one beer regardless of corked or crown capped bottles. It states the brew is produced only at the Budweiser home plant in St. Louis.

Monkeys Removed From Children at Matter Park

Marion Indiana August 11 William Paulus custodian at Matter Park moved the park monkeys out of children's reach. He set the cage back several feet and added wire netting to keep kids away while allowing adults to feed the animals. Anyone teasing the monkeys will be punished.

Marion Ind Wiliam Paulus Matter Park

Bluffton bootleg arrest sparks drive against drug stores

Bluffton Ind August 11 Walter Luger of Liberty township was arrested on bootlegging charges. Reports claim he bought whisky for sale in a drug store and alleged that other stores also sold whisky, prompting a wholesale crusade against local outlets.

Bluffton Ind Walter Luger Liberty Township Luger

Boy Dies After Train Jumping Incident in Mitchell

Alvyrian Darnell, 16, son of John Darnell of Mitchell, fell under a westbound local train while jumping on it with other youths. He was so badly injured that death seemed imminent, with hours left to live.

Mitchell Ind Alvyrian Darnell John Darnell

Wizard of Wiseland Opens At Park Theatre A Musical Comedy

Blanch Ellice stars as the Fairy Queen in this mythological musical comedy at the Park theater for three nights. The plot follows a seaside college professor’s wand like potion, a war balloon voyage to a talking island, and a merry tale of wish fulfilled and fortunes reversed, ending with a return home.

Blanch Ellice Wiseland Park Theater Paul Jones Hodson Pacific Ikey Goldenburg Professor

Coffee to Wellville: A Woman's Postum Turnaround

A reader recounts quitting coffee after years of headaches and illness from excess intake. Switching to Postum, she reports relief from rheumatism, stable nerves, improved digestion, no further sick headaches, and steady weight gain. The letter promotes Postum with a “There’s a Reason” tagline and references The Road to Wellville.

Helf Wellville

City Campaign Plans A Quiet Run Until September

Indianapolis races for mayor expect a brief campaign with quiet months September through October. Democratic nominee Co A Gauss pledges an honest economical administration free from graft and special interests while inviting broad support. He notes Terre Haute critic Fairbanks favors him despite not living in the city.

Co. A. Gauss Crawford Fairbanks Terre Haute Fairbanks Indianapolis Cc. A. Gauss

Westward land purchases and wedding announced in Decatur

A. M. Fisher and George W. Rupright returned from the west and bought 320 and 640 acres in Pawnee county Kansas. Miss Violet Miller daughter of Mrs. Mary Miller and Charles Russell Wilson will wed Saturday morning at the bride's Park avenue home.

Decatur Ind A. M. Fisher George WW. Rupright West Gcen Mr. Fisher Mr. Rupright Pawnee County Kansas Violet Miller Mary Miller Charles Russell Wilson Park Avenue

Dixie Amusement to Open Gayety Season With Charity Tie

Dixie Amusement announces the Gayety family theater opens August 30 with a fresh air farm Salvation Army summer mission and Cheeryvale benefiting from the first three days receipts. The theater is under renovation with new scenery and lights. Vaudeville acts will be higher class and shows run daily with an hour and a half program for ten cents.

The Dixie Amusement Company Salvation Army Fresh Air Farm Summer Mission Cheeryvale

Bank Examiner Appointed by State Auditor

Charles C. Kelly is named bank examiner by Auditor John C. Billheimer and will begin duty Sept. 1. The appointment is ratified by Governor Marshall, filling a vacancy that has existed for months.

Charles C. Kelly John C. Billheimer Mr. Kelly Marshall

Also Mentioned on This Page

Safe Deposit Boxes American National New Hampshire’. Fire Insurance Company Petel Ase Od Gee Eof Indiana Office of Auditor of I. C. Billheimer Auditor of State Woodward Wiliam Tallentire Bergen W. Plummer Kitten Anheuser-Busch Ralston Ralston Boot Shop Penn. and Ohio Sts Mass. Ave East Side P. Bldg Miss Blanch Ellice the Park Theater Wizard OF Pree Broad Ripple Park N Quintano Royal Concert Band Broad Ripple J. H. Reed Jeweler West Washington St Fiechtl Vodlers el Buen Concert Co Merchants National Bank Castoria Victor Records Massachusetts Avenue Kelly
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