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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
4
Mr. Arden Butz of Clermont wed Miss Hazel Featherstone of New Augusta in a Saturday morning ceremony conducted by Rev. J. S. Ranier at the King Avenue parsonage. The couple will reside in Indianapolis. A Paris dispatch reports French warships to Crete ordered to intercept the Turkish fleet.
In Atlanta on August 14 two fire companies and a hose cart battled a blaze on the roof garden of a hut's hat worn by a traveler en route to New York. A cigar lighter sparked the flames, destroying $29 worth of adornment while a waiter sounded the alarm and guests aided in the disturbance before the train resumed after the victim recovered.
A prize banner for the baseball benefit at Washington park on Aug. 2 features 30 possible names for contributors. Sixteen names are recorded with donations spanning Marion club and Sherman council YMCA teams for St. Joseph's Training School. Names include Mrs. S. P. Sheerin, William J. Mooney, and Dr. E. J. Grannen, with contributions due by Aug. 12 to Mrs. Margaret Peelle.
In Terre Haute Indiana Jacob Rhoads was judged insane with the mental illness traced to jealousy of his wife Mrs Rhoads. testimony described his jealous accusations threats and spying while once mistaken for a burglar when peering into a window a shot was fired at him. He will be sent to Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis.
Arlie A. Heaton of Usak town Knox county filed an alienation suit for 10000 against his brother in law Tammas C. Snapp. The litigants married sisters and are wealthy business men. Heaton alleges Snapp and Mrs Heaton traveled together to Ferre Haute and Evansville.
The Continental National Bank of Indianapolis will open for business September 1 with George F. Quick of Anderson as president Mord Carter of Danville as vice president Brandt C. Downey of Indianapolis as cashier A F Taylor of Indianapolis as assistant cashier Lewis Coleman of Indianapolis as attorney.
Princeton Indiana reports an autopsy showing Henry Horn shot Louis Geiser through both heart chambers with a single bullet. Geiser collapsed after leaving a knife, door, curb, and street crossing. physicians call the wound nearly perfect and fatal. Horn pleads self defense and is held without bail awaiting coroner’s verdict.
Market offers sugar cured hams 154 17c black or skinned hams 1654 18c English style hams 1é 17c boiled hams 22.4 24%4c breakfast bacon 24 23c sugar cured bacon 16 20c English style bacon 1714 19%c dry salt pork 114 14%c smoked bacon 12% 15%c fresh pork loins 13% lée fresh hams M i5e
German farmers in Vanderburgh and surrounding counties back a German day in Evansville on September 29 with a parade featuring a horsemen troupe and two floats. Township committees will showcase pioneers near cabins, while about a thousand farmers are expected in line. The second day offers gymnastic exhibitions at Garvin's Park and a froat by the St Michael's Catholic Society in the parade.
Hartford City Indiana August 14 An drew Jackson Klugh has returned home from a month long visit with relatives in Oklahoma He says the heat was intense and forced him to shorten the stay by a couple of weeks before returning to Indiana.
The New York stock market firmed in early trading with less excitement over Harriman shares. Union Pacific opened wide, People's Gas rose to 119 1/2, Amalgamated gained, and Steel common climbed on reports of Paris listing. Rubber first preferred jumped as French bankers bought $5 million. rubber common weakened on profit taking. Pennsylvania traded strong above 143 amid a bank statement showing reserves down 2.6 million and loans down 795,900.
A.M Grath's The Goose Girl follows the abduction of the Ehrenstein princess and her eventual return. Key figures include the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, his chancellor Herbeck, Frederick of Jugendheit, and American consul Carmichael. The tale blends adventurous politics with romance and features clear, forceful character descriptions and notable illustrations.
Norfolk Va August 14 A $1,000,000 suit was filed in the U S circuit court by the Ware Kramer Tobacco company of Norfolk against the American Tobacco company. The Independent company charges the trust used illegal methods to insure its business.
Indianapolis reports 5 000 hogs and 70 cattle received with demand easing from outside buyers. Prices slipped about 10 cents from morning to near Thursday levels, top hog price $8.40. Sluggish regional demand echoed in unions, with mixed cattle and steady to lower sheep and veal reports across multiple markets, including Union Stockyards and East Buffalo.
Fragmentary notes indicate Toledo grain market activity in September with mentions of Ray, Cre cash, and Rye cash terms. The text is garbled but suggests prices or cash offers and multiple entities involved in a September trading snapshot.
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