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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
4
A fragment notes old and new telephone figures, listing 626 then 3411 and referencing two phone lines as 690. It reads as a concise catalog entry or classified snippet. The brief implies a change or comparison between older and newer dialing numbers and suggests a branding or listing context.
Ex consul Luther Short declares the Beirut consul Magersson attack a personal quarrel, not Turkish policy. Short notes Turkey seeks good US relations and expects no conflict. misgivings about Turkish life value and murder. Also mentions Indianapolis anti tobacco activity, Mayor Bookwalter, saloon licenses, a military carnival, and railroad surface crossovers.
Disjointed city items note park concerns and public works, with references to Brookside Park and a statue site. Reports mention May price rises for federal bulding, Halloween-like store displays, and the Johnson County fair drawing crowds. Several lines mention schooling, parochial schools reopening, bicycle safety lamps, local political figures, and routine city concerns.
A string of editorial jabs against Governor Durbin circulate from the Waterlo o Press to the Anderson Bulletin, accusing him of delays and missteps on labor unrest and civic appointments. Proclaimed greatness contrasts with criticism over police leadership and handling of the Marion uprising, Franeville riot, and Kentucky ties.
The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Ray Fullerton of Shreveport Louisiana was kidnapped Thursday night while the parents were at lunch. A deformed infant replacement was left wrapped in a blanket. The Fullertons returned Friday to Mena Arkansas with the deformed child.
The item lists several society figures including Gen and Mrs Willem J McKee, Mr and Mrs Carl Walk, Mrs Harry 8 Now, Miss Mary Parrot, Mrs Marie Atari, Miss Marjorie Potiu, and Mr and Mrs J M Dungan. They travel from Boston New York and Toronto area visits to places such as Turtle Lake Michigan and Chartavoix, with plans to return midweek and early September after extended trips including Cleveland, Niagara Falls, and the Dominion exhibition.
A compilation of voices from Casey Cox to Police-matron Resner covers summer heat, local life, and candid opinions. Citizens discuss politics, sports, family, business, and charity with humor and blunt observations amid a hot season.
In a city square a dying statesman’s fanfare ends with a black butler’s duty and a hand organ. For a week the concert plays on until a crepe announces Evary’s death and the audience disperses. An odd vignette closes with an obituary-like cue from a magazine notice.
The Beacon notes subscriptions items at market price for tea sugar beans and other goods. Tobe Meltner’s baby wins the leading prize at the baby show Saturday night. A church bell explosion caused roof damage and steeple collapse, prompting donations for repairs and extra sermons by Rev. Snodgrass while Phizem hosts a beauty drops event.
A local column recounts quirky incidents and household mishaps, including a collapsed stairway adjunct, a prize party with red penny prizes, a tooth extraction mishap, and a run of minor local events. It notes births, a traveling artist, a deck neck carpanel, and various small community updates and advertisements.
A long reader note describes home craft ideas for living room and porch decor with tin bread boxes linen cushions and grass baskets. It includes food and health tips from a 1910s style column and a dramatic fiction excerpt ending with a police arrest of Albert G. Stiefel in St Louis for defrauding a Cincinnati company.
An account recalls a chaotic auto ride ending with a runaway vehicle and a stumble into a street accident near Yerington Street. Gray is examined for knowledge of the leak as the scene unfolds with a dramatic fall and a tense confrontation between Miss Harrow and Mr Gray in a Harrow residence.
Despondent over heat, Mrs. James Castleman of Culver, formerly of this county, drowned herself in four feet of water at Lake Maxinkuckee. She had been ill for several months.
A fragment describes indigestion as Auspepsia causing misery and irritable feeling. Patients eat not for pleasure but out of compulsion, with bad mouth taste and tenderness at the stomach. The text hints at relief through Hood's Sarsaparilla based on permanent cures.
Fragmentary text discusses The Indiana Trust Co. savings department and a note about people learning to manage money. It mentions a habit of prudent, regular saving and warns about dangers of predictable rain or wet conditions. No clear names or events emerge from the readable portion.
A fragmented humorous page features verses about rhymes and a singer named Edward Singer. It includes quips about a detective agency sign umbrellas recovered and a life insurance scare. The text also references a court case and an amusing exchange about a plugged quarter at a grocer. The piece ends with a note inviting readers to use ten words for free under classified headings.
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