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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
12
A burglar who feigned surrender at Frank M. Mikels grocery on Fourteenth Street and Senate Avenue kicked Mikels after being captured. Mikels fired, the burglar fled through a window and later pretended to be dead. Despite the kick to Mikels, the sheriff or police expect further action.
In Cottagewood near St Paul a Minneapolis and St Louis train struck a car carrying John B Glueck secretary of Glueck Brewing Co Minneapolis and his wife The wife was burned to death when gasoline exploded Two children and a sister in law were perhaps fatally injured and hurled against the depot The injured were taken to the hospital
Peter E Pfiefer of 925 Tacoma avenue remains in serious condition after attempting to take his life by stabbing his breast. Dr C N Harold says recovery is possible if no complications arise. WRITE US ABOUT Stairs grilles columns models fixtures 1D Rohan 1011 N Arsenal New phone 2297
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces prima facie assessments for Lewis Street grading and brick paving from Fifteenth to Sixteenth Street including utility extensions. Remonstrances may be filed or heard on August 28, 1908. assessment roll on file at the Board office. Joseph T. Elliott presides with Preston C. Trusler and Fred J. Mack on the board.
Probate Judge M N A Walker battles typhoid fever with two nurses at his bedside. Though very weak, he holds on and remains mentally alert, receiving constant care as he fights the illness.
Rev. Lewis former Wilbur Chapman evangelist Rev Albert Garwood Detch of Indianapolis and Rev Short of Virginia presided as two weeks of camp meetings closed near Franklin Indiana Seven thousand people attended with overflow tents and Gordon of Indianapolis leading the music as cornetist
Bicycle Officers Hull and Ulery arrested Fred Deitzman after he was found sleeping in a barn behind Gro. Killinger’s residence at 420 N. California Street on Tuesday night.
A city record lists numerous births with pairs of parents and residences, including twins and several listed street addresses. It then enumerates deaths of residents with ages and causes such as chronic myocarditis, accidental drowning, convulsions, uremia, and typhoid fever, along with names and last known locations.
Harriman brokers push Southern Pacific to a peak of 98 1/2 amid early trading. Union Pacific gains 5 8 to 463 1/2, Smelters steady. Rose and Nipissing lead curb market with Silver shares. Gold Field Consolidated attracts buying on dividend hopes. Cotton falls about 50 cents per bale. London sees advances in most American stocks. Investors fret over Vermont and Maine elections due in September, hinting at possible shifts in public sentiment and Republican majorities.
Indianapolis August 19 hog receipts totalled 1 750 with 700 cattle and sheep. Buyers pushed prices down about ten and a half cents from prior levels as trading stayed quiet. Tops reached 6.75 dollars, many hogs sold between 4.25 and 6.65 dollars, cattle were steady to weak, bulls and calves firm to strong, sheep and lamb demand roughly matched by supply with lambs around 5.25 dollars and sheep near 4.00 dollars.
Indianapolis Produce shows prices for corn shelled oats timothy hay and clover, with figures for old and new oats timothy and baled hay. Fresh eggs butter poultry and various fowl prices listed. Prices quoted in cents per unit with range notes and market terms from the regional market page.
Chicago wheat opened firm with a fractional gain as light offerings grew and buying slowed. September prices showed small advances, then reversed. closing for wheat at 91 1/4 cents. City grain quotes list No 2 red and various through billing prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, with inspections and outgo totals included.
The grand jury will file a partial report probably Friday to identify persons who deserve discharge from custody. This aims to release eligible inmates formally before the criminal court judge goes on vacation. The rest of the text mentions a seashore scene and a dream about a wife writing him.
In Madison Indiana on August 19 Ernest Four year old son of Rolla Fewell died from paralysis caused by a fall of two feet while sewing. The incident occurred last night and the boy did not survive.
A new eczema remedy named possum is distributed through druggists after direct lab sales. It claims rapid relief for itching and healing, with immediate impact in minor skin troubles like acne and rashes. Experimental samples are offered free by mail from Emergency Laboratories, 2 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York.
CTs New York Aug 19 Mystery surrounds the death by self inflicted gunshot of Rev James Duane Phelps treasurer of Syracuse University. His body was found in his room at the Wurg hotel with a note saying he did not care to live any longer. He was formerly connected with the Church Advocate.
Lewis Sleaver former Commerce Club secretary and G W Watson ex Louisville Courier Job Printing acquire the large printing plant at 227 Bd Ohio Street. They plan to incorporate for 40000 under Hoover Watson Printing Co to carry a general job printing business.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip imagines an editor offering to pay Roosevelt seven dollars per word if allowed to choose the words. The mock exchange hints at editorial control and sensational editing in a historical magazine context.
A clarification notes that a recent Indianapolis Sun piece falsely linked Moy Kee Gafe to a Chinese joint on E Washington Street. The report asserts Moy Kee’s establishment is a reputable, legitimate business and not connected to opium or wrongdoing, urging fairness to the firm.
The sanatorium trained seven new nurses on Tuesday night including Luria Schlosser Blanche P Peil wah M Fiji Margaret FE McGrath Mary McVedrand and John J Lynch.
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