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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
9
Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges readers to practice Christ spirit in everyday shopping. She asks shoppers to be courteous to sales staff, delivery workers, and others, carrying peace and sympathy, while easing burdens and avoiding stress during the busy season.
Albany, Dec. 8. A daily prayer will be said forever for the soul of Peter Cagger of Albany. He left 5 000 dollars to Bishop T M A Burke of the Albany diocese for a daily Mass called the Elizabethan in memory of his mother. The bequest was revealed in surrogate court after a recount of Mary C Dagger's estate at Sacred Heart convent in Kenwood.
In New York on December 8 Lulu Bankenbrink, 19, overpowered her father August Bankenbrink after he attacked her mother and her with a butcher knife and a revolver. Both women were slashed in the struggle before the girl disarmed him. Bankenbrink was arrested. He is 49 and reportedly acting strangely.
Dr J C White state geologist of West Virginia warned at the Pittsburg mining congress that Pennsylvania will not exceed forty billion tons and Ohio twenty five billion tons of commercial coal, meaning the Pittsburg region faces a coal shortage lasting about fifty years. He condemned wasteful mining and gas wastage as major factors harming future fuel supplies and noted a West Virginia well losing 12 million cubic feet of gas daily while producing four barrels of oil.
The dialogue recalls a diner who ran up a heavy bill and claims he was kicked downstairs six months ago. The manager apologizes, citing business conditions, and the conversation ends with an ironic, forgiving remark as the diner asks to dine again.
Boston reports a Berkshhire trolley car no 43 in Lenox carries a crowd of millionaires daily. The car serves as a moving clearinghouse for business politics and social talk with John F Parsons, J Pierpont Morgan, William Curtiss and others sharing briefs on stocks reforms flowers and fiction ideas during the ride.
Mrs Mary Gillette mother of Chester Gillette who was electrocuted at Sing Sing fought Guard Harry Chow in the county jail corridor after being refused access to Larry Seymour and his wife jailed on counterfeiting charges. Her clothing was nearly torn as she was ejected for becoming loud and excited.
Saginaw Michigan reports a 32 percent rise in births for the year, with December expected to lift the total to 1,060 from 834 in 1907. Deaths slow, with the 1908 total under 700, making Saginaw claim the state’s strongest birth rate surge.
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