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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
4
Sale offers loom end ginghams amoskeag lancaster aprons and singhams at low prices. bleached toweling and towels 2 yards wide. fine edgings and swiss cambric 2 to 4 inches wide. loom end embroidery inserts 5 inches wide 4 to 110 yard lengths. prices range from 2 to 6 cents per yard.
Evansville Indiana August city desk reports Mayor Nolan received a letter from Los Angeles California. The writer Dan Mounts claims to be the boyhood friend who helped end a local street car strike. Nolan recalls Dan left home young and later worked in the gold fields and plans to renew their acquaintance.
Crawfordsville Indiana reports an extraordinary building boom with over 50 new residences under construction. The city also sees many additions and repairs driving thousands of dollars in outlays, including 108000 plus for new residences and business buildings, reflecting rapid growth.
Miss Nora Herod of Lafayette Indiana learns her brother Charles Herod died in San Francisco after a quarrel over real estate. Lancaster Howard of Seattle shot him, fled the scene, and has not been arrested. Miss Herod travels to attend the funeral.
On Thursday night Cumberland Printing invited friends to the Marion County Times office in Cumberland. The Cumberland band played brief music while refreshments were served. Ben Strickland, plant manager, greeted guests and led them through the busy presses with many Cumberland residents and visitors from Indianapolis and Greenfield in attendance.
Evansville Indiana reports 96 degree heat as Dr Laughlin, superintendent of the Southern Indiana Insane Hospital, says hot weather caused a 25 percent rise in insanity cases yesterday.
Fairfield Illinois recalls a famous mistaken identity tale. Augustus Newby died in Wichita Falls Texas while his brother William Newby fostered a complex reunion. A 30 year mystery began with a demented wanderer claiming to be the long lost Bill Newby and ending in a federal dispute over whether the man was the true husband or an impostor Dan Benton. Government detectives pursued clues across multiple states.
A long drawn case centers on Dan Benton and Newby name swaps. Benton’s identity contested by fifty Tennessee witnesses as Benton and two dozen friends and Army comrades from near this city and Carmi testifying for Newby. Fairfield witnesses support Benton. Jury finds Benton guilty, two years in Chester Illinois. Paroled after about a year, Benton returns to his wife who rejects a pension while he lives. Benton dies, widow gains pension again. Mrs Newby later dies in Alabama. Gus Newby, once near this city, died recently after moving to Wichita Falls thirty years ago.
Staunton Indiana August 13 The Van Cleve Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will hold a picnic at Van Cleve grove on August 14 Three prizes of ten five and two and a half dollars will be awarded to the three largest schools involved in the event.
The Wizard of Wiseland opened at the Park theater with daily performances. Nat Phillips as Ikey Goldenburg and Harry Eldon draw laughs while Miss Fannie Pinkham and David H. Grosch have notable numbers. Electric lighting enhances scenes as patrons praise the costumes and overall production.
In St Louis Mollie White a 30 year old woman was knocked down and run over at a crowded downtown corner by an Indianapolis man driving a car. She accepted a ride home in his auto instead of pursuing damages and planned to see him tomorrow.
Fort Wayne resident M. W. Meyer and Huntertown's Miss Peatrice Fitch drew homesteads in the Coeur d Alene reservation land lottery in Montana. Editor Karl Gerner of the Waterloo Dawn was also among the winners in the Fort Wayne dispatch dated August 13.
Workmen grading a rural road near Washington Indiana uncovered a human skeleton believed to be Claud McAlpin, who vanished several years ago. The discovery occurred during grading work on a country road.
Bluffton Indiana August 13 James Zent fell from a water tank at a threshing outfit west of town and was severely injured. He became delirious and barked like a dog after the fall, initially feared to have hydrophobia until a hypodermic tranquilized him and he grew calmer.
James Wade Emison an attorney filed with Knox circuit court a petition for a major levee project intended to reclaim thousands of acres across southern Knox county along the Wabash White and Duchee rivers. The plan promises protection for vast land from overflow and marks a landmark in Indiana levee construction.
George Booher and his mother Sarah Booher were found seared on the floor of a vacant house at 426 Louisiana street on Thursday. They had only half a loaf of bread and parched corn to eat. The pair, homeless for over a month, were allowed to stay overnight by Bicycle Policemen Simon and Hall.
Booneville Indiana Aug 13 Mrs Johan Wheeler believed gasoline was kerosene and lit a fire Her clothing caught fire she jumped into a water barrel to extinguish the flames amid the blaze likely causing fatal burns and injury to herself
In Carlisle Indiana August 13 a jury acquitted James Howe of assault and battery against his former sweetheart Mrs. Mor and an alleged attack on Mrs. Ruby Evan the day after her marriage to Ruby Sullivan. The case involved Howe visiting the homes of the women and striking them during the incidents.
Desk Sergt. John Corrigan has been granted a leave of absence by the Board of Public Safety and his wife will leave Tuesday for Col., where they will visit Corrigan's sisters. Corrigan has served in the department for M years, the last eight as sergeant.
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