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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
4
Cotton blankets at 35c each and 6Bc a pair from the basement west aisle. All wool blankets priced from 4.50 to 7.75 with color borders and various weights. Several pairs slightly soiled or damaged but usable, including Samarco plaid and white gray tan patterns. Other baby and single double bed blankets available.
In a dramatic divorce custody hearing for Clyde May and Mabel May, lurid testimony centered on the 18 month old child. Clyde claimed Mabel chewed tobacco and abused the baby, while Mabel denied the charges and blasted his treatment of their child and dog, with relatives’ misdeeds brought up as context.
Samuel L. Scott, rival to State Supr elect Aley in the convention and former Democratic candidate, has been offered the assistant superintendent job now held by Lawrence McTurnan. Scott, Clark county superintendent for 20 years and former County Superintendent's association president, has not fully decided but friends report strong interest. He has long led Indiana educational work.
Ray Harter, charged with truancy, wept in juvenile court as Special Judge Charles Remy noted Plainfield’s receptiveness. A repeated offender, Harter awaits Judge Stubbs who will decide his fate Saturday. He remains at the detention home and has boasted of evading the court by tears and promises.
An aggressive Cascarets advertisement touts millions of users and vast sales, claiming the product cleanses the digestive canal and supports health. It warns against imitators and emphasizes genuine Ten Cent boxes marked CCC made by Sterling Remedy Company. It offers a free bonus in exchange for a mailing to the advertiser.
Indianapolis dispatch reports hog receipts reaching 18 000, with 1 750 cattle and 1 300 sheep, showing notable gains over the previous week amid the state fair activities.
Hogs receipts 31 000 with prices ranged from light 5.15 to 5.85 and heavy 3.5 to 6.05. mixed 5.40 to 6.00. pigs 3.75 to 4.85. good to choice heavy 5.60 to 6.05. workers 5.70 to 5.75. Cattle receipts 3 000 steady. beeves 3.50 to 7.80. stockers 2.70 to 4.75. Texas steers 3.60 to 4.40. cows and helpers 1.60 to 7.19. western steers 4.60 to 5.75. calves 5.50 to 7.50. Sheep receipts tem strong natives 2.50 to 4.85. western 2.75 to 4.80. yearlings 4. sue 10. lambs native and western 4.25 to ?
The Wagon Market listing from House Bros. at 130 Kentucky Ave shows prices for various feeds and grains including New Corn 73 iic, Shelled Oats 13 giic, Sheaf Oats 14.00 to 15.00, Timothy 12.00 to 13.50, New Clover 10.00 to 11.00, Mixed Hay 11.00 to 12.00, Wheat Straw 5.00 to 6.50, Oats Straw 8.0 to 7.60, Baled Hay No 1 2.50 to 13.50 and No 2 21.00 to 12.00.
Fresh eggs 30 cents. Butter country 17 cents. Poultry turkeys 60 cents a pound. Live geese and roosters listed. Spring chickens available.
Seattle dispatch reports Gov. Mead of Washington refuses to surrender Elliot Archer, wanted in Newark for alleged $80,000 forgery. Archer, a seven year resident, argued good behavior offset the charges. Newark officials had pursued him worldwide, including a South Africa caper. Archer fled with Mrs. Everett Garrison.
Elocutionist Miss Mayme Roberts will present an entertainment tonight for charity at Barth M E Church located at the corner of Iowa and Shelby streets. The event aims to raise funds for a local charitable cause and features a program of readings and performances by the renowned speaker.
Indiana Democrats and Republicans converge in Indianapolis as leaders like Thomas Honan and Judge Edward W Felt plot the next session. Editors Garrard and Adams urge Garrard as speaker while calls for home rule for cities and police board reforms surface amid reconciliation and strategy.
Marion county continues to pay interest on old bonds with recent weekly disbursements around 5800 dollars and over 8000 dollars on school bond interest. Citizens criticize the ramshackle courthouse and high bondholders’ influence, noting bonds draw 6 percent and are treated like legal tender under new law.
A testimonial from Mrs H C Cruse of San Francisco credits Dr Miles Heart Remedy with curing childhood heart troubles and sleeplessness on the left side. The ad urges that eleven bottles restore normal heart function, claiming the medicine strengthens heart nerves and muscles and offers a refund if no benefit is seen.
New York stock activity opened strong under Hill leadership with Rock Island New York Central and Steel leading gains. Rock Island preferred hit a new high above 61 percent while Wabash preferred rose to 39 and a half. St. Paul and Reading also advanced amid active pools.
Indianapolis society notes describe the Flower Mission ball as a lavish event with stylish young attendees in evening dress and a Japanese decorative theme. Committee leaders include Nessing A. Gladding and Samuel Dowden, with many featured sponsors and box holders. Also report of Mains of Corkville minstrels, arts booth sales from School No. 24, and a Saturday program featuring a Punch and Judy show, dance supervision, and moving pictures of the US fleet and other acts.
Patrolmen Rucker and Kimpbell backed that Sergeant Stoddard unbolted a door at Chris Roepke's Prospect Street saloon and arrested Roepke for violating the Nicholson law after entering a poolroom. Police Judge Wharton discharged Roepke Friday as Stoddard did not attend trial. Stoddard and others sought ten saloon keepers selling Chicago brewed beer.
Minnewa Degree staff No 1 plans a euchre party at their hall located at 216% N Meridian Street on Saturday evening December 12. The event invites members and guests to join in the card game and socialize.
John R. Hadley of Marion argues the Republicans rapid concession after the election helped trigger a Democratic challenge. He says early defeat declarations soured party members, prompting investigations and fresh organizing that revived hope and eventually exposed supposed crookedness behind the contest for state offices.
In New Albany Indiana on December 4 P W Kennedy skinned a rabbit and discovered a gold ring imbedded in its left hind leg. Jewelers confirmed the ring is pure gold. It could only be removed after the rabbit’s leg was cut at the joint.
Pittsburg December 4 Senator Charles Dick of Ohio and George H Harrison chief inspector of mines of Ohio spoke at the American mining congress. The discussion focused on federal and state duties to conserve natural resources and determine safety measures for mine workers across coal and other mines.
Minnewa Tribe No. 38 Improved Order of Red Men elected officers: Sachem William H. Seigle senior sagamore Bruno Rahm junior sagamore Charles W. Marshall chief of records John G. Boettcher keeper of wampum John A. McGaw prophet Ed Mitler trustee James Gummice delinquent dues collector John F. Schmidt director of Red Men's Wigwam association John F. Hacker. Also listed are men’s trousers priced at 1.50 and 4. values discounted to 2.43 at Hedrick 181-188 E Washington St.
Three women were rescued from the second story of the Buschmann block at College Avenue and Eleventh Street when a basement fire filled hallways with smoke. Fireman Miles Fitzgerald found Mrs. Laura Brown nearly unconscious and guided her through dense fumes to safety. the others followed. Loss estimated around $2,000.
H. E. Cochran a 26 year old Big Four freight brakeman faced a deadly ordeal when a hand bar failed and he fell under a rapidly moving box car near Batesville. His left hand was crushed off but he kept from the truck and was dragged ten rail lengths. He survived after treatment in Batesville and Indianapolis and remained conscious to tell Ambulance Surgeon Taylor his account. He lives at 230 Prospect Street and hopes to inform his sick wife.
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