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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
3
Howard Dean arrived two months ago at the Williams house in Washington and left Bloomfield after paying a $2.75 board bill when a train money arrived. He was rearrested by Marshal Thompson and taken to Crawfordsville where a girl reportedly pressed charges.
Bloomfield August 24 The marriage of Charles Bright an express messenger on the Indianapolis Southern railroad to Beatrice Bright of Littlemore California concludes a romance that began weeks ago when Bright found a parcel addressed to a young woman bearing his name. The couple will reside in Linton.
At Rockford Ohio a track episode disrupts a trotting event when a woman accuses John S. Lackey of Bloomington Indiana of swindling. Lackey denies the claim, the mayor intervenes and clears the confusion as the race delay ends.
A humorous domestic exchange urges using Fels-Naptha soap to ease swollen hands from washing. Anty Drudge recommends the soap’s cold water method to save time, fuel, health, and effort. The gag contrasts a busy homemaker with a pianist at home.
Former hay fever sufferers report that ascatco, an Austrian remedy also used to treat asthma, prevents hay fever when started weeks before expected attacks. A full month’s treatment costs $2 and is available at Henry J. Huder and other Indianapolis drug stores, with a 50 cent bottle for immediate relief.
At Goshen Indiana on August 24 Rev. Lowe a Mishawaka and Lagrange preacher sought to speak against religious doctrines at a Mennonite Brethren in Christ camp meeting. He was refused mounted a stump began his own meeting. Police removed him and he circulated a pamphlet titled Sectarianism is Sin before leaving under threat of arrest.
Anderson Indiana reports that forty seven saloons will close tonight after a nine day limit election. Less than a dozen remain open and eight more will shut in early September. Several social clubs prepare to incorporate to avoid the ban, while the county auditor plans two thousand five hundred dollars in rebates to departing saloons.
Laporte Ind August 24 An automobile carrying Billy Sunday the evangelist and his wife overturned yesterday near Yellow Lake in Fulton county Mrs Sunday suffered serious injuries while Sunday had minor bruises The crash occurred as Sunday tried to pass another car and the vehicles collided The evangelist's car was wrecked
Goshen resident Amy E. Garrison wed Joseph T. Pierce of the United States Navy in a secret ceremony on June 5, 1907, three days after her Goshen school graduation. The marriage was disclosed in Goshen, Indiana yesterday.
In Princeton Indiana on August 24 Seigal Thurman ten and a companion played with a loaded eight gun. Thurman warned the others to leave then snapped and fired hitting Henry Jones eleven in the left shoulder. Police believe the incident was accidental and Thurman fled but later may be located.
Linton Indiana August 24 Mr and Mrs D R Scott and Mr and Mrs W A Craig and their daughter Martha Gray left for an overland trip to the east. They plan to visit Mr Scott's aged parents in Frostburg Maryland and take side trips within the state. The journey in Mr Craig's touring car will last two to three weeks if all goes well.
In Vincennes Indiana on August 24 William Betz of Indianapolis and Miss Berna dette O'Donnell and Dr Louis J Downey and Miss Mae O'Donnell will marry September 8 at St Francis Xavier cathedral in this city The brides to be are sisters.
D H Hensley reports his pony escaped grazing near the G R I railroad and outran a freight train for about four and a half miles toward Kendallville. An engineer halted the run by spotting the pony and a farmer redirected the animal into an orchard, narrowly avoiding disaster.
An Adrian Michigan party traveling to Fort Wayne in a car turned from the road between Auburn and Waterloo and overturned in a ditch. All occupants escaped unharmed except the driver who suffered a severe cut above the right eye.
Il lard Holcomb presents St Elmo a stage version authorized by Augusta Evans Wilson with exclusive rights secured before her death. The Park theater runs three days starting Monday matinee Aug 30. Production mirrors the original with 1850 scenery furniture and life size staging.
The Indianapolis Military band of 36 musicians performs a grand midsummer concert at Fairview Park next Thursday night. Vocal soloists Pink Hall and Josephine Edmunds join a special program featuring overtures and selections from Wagner Luders Pryor and others.
The 2th old settlers meeting will take place at Broad Ripple park on August 2 with $200 in presents. The program lists 19 contests for locals aged 50 and up, plus bands, readings, and speeches by Mayor C A Bookwalter and others. Robert Johnson presides. C G Walter is secretary. deadline for entries is noon on August 2.
Charles Cartwright, a threshing crew member in Atwood Indiana, was bitten on the arm by a rattlesnake hidden in oat stacks. He was taken home in serious condition after men attempted to treat the wound with whisky and rush to medical help.
Charles Tucker, employed at Madden foundry, stepped into molten iron covered with sand and burned his right foot. He was able to leave the scene on crutches and had come from Plainfield to visit his brother George, staying briefly while seeking work.
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