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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
The advertisement urges women with kidney or bladder symptoms to try Swamp-Root the kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims many illnesses stem from kidney issues and promises renewed health through the product with a free sample offer from Dr Kilmer Co and availability of fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
Dispatches report the United States formally demands President Zelaya resign. Zelaya orders death to Americans and to shoot anyone fighting for revolutionaries, prompting U S naval reinforcement at Corinto and four American warships offshore. The Vicksburg seeks coal and may move to Panama for fuel.
Cleveland dispatch reports the freight steamer Clar ion of the Anchor line burned to the water’s edge off Southeast shoal Point Pelee Ontario. Six crewmen reached Cleveland this morning with the first mate and one crewman dead. The captain and 12 crew escaped in a steel lifeboat and have not been heard from.
A fire gutted the Burdick hotel in Kalamazoo Michigan destroying half a block and causing one death. About 200 guests fled in night clothes as eight firemen were overcome by smoke and hospitalized. Fire started in the Star bargain house and spread quickly with aid from Battle Creek and Grand Rapids.
New York December 8 Gould interests are out of Western Union as the union with the American Telephone and Telegraph company completes with resignations of directors from both firms. Western Union reports quarter results ending December 31 with net revenues about 2 million dollars, up 69,936.
Mrs H J Welsh of Wabash Indiana is confined to bed after a coal stove accident Saturday evening. While shaking ashes she slipped fell and sprained her right leg badly. Daughters and neighbors helped and a doctor was called. Recovery may take two to three weeks.
The Hebrew temple quartet will present a song service Friday night directed by Frank Lin N. Taylor with Riley Small as organist. Miss Marie Haller Dawson will assist on violin alongside a program including Salome, By Babylon's Wave, a Mendelssohn quartet, a contralto solo Show Me Thy Ways Do God, and a Festival March postlude.
Pittsburg December 9. Judge McFarland imposes the maximum under the state pure food law. John Preach receives a $600 fine and costs and six months in county jail for illegal selling of colored neomargarine, the first such sentence under the law.
Pearson Mendenhall paid 240 to Henry C. Schroeder to settle all claims while he served as township trustee. Alleged debts exceeding 1,000 were reviewed, then narrowed to school enumeration. Schroeder claims employees were overpaid. Mendenhall also faced unsettled claims against Harry Smith and Cyrus J. Clark.
Judge P. W. Bartholomew will address the Brotherhood meeting at King Avenue M E church Thursday night at 7 30. The event is hosted under church auspices and invites the community.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a remedy for piles with hundreds of testimonials. It offers a free trial by mail and, if effective, urges buyers to purchase boxes from a druggist at fifty cents. A coupon is provided to request the trial.
A vintage coupon sheet invites readers to fill in name and address to receive a free Pyramid Pile Cure trial package. It directs mailing to Pyramid Drug Company at the Marshall Michigan address and promises delivery in plain wrapper.
Mrs. Fred Lamping was bitten by her cat Taebbre while playing with it at 1100 8 Governor Street. The bite caused a painful hand wound with potential blood poisoning. Separately a Garfield park street car collided with a Pennsylvania railroad train at South Street crossing, injuring multiple passengers and prompting hospital care and police aid.
At a board meeting of the Indianapolis Humane Society in the American Central Life building, secretary Sheets outlined a plan to establish a home for aged infirm and dependent men and women, which the board endorsed. Efforts to obtain charitable donations in Indianapolis are anticipated. Humane officers Shine Merrill and Gunsolus reported $1,266.50 in fines collected in November.
The Indianapolis Humane Society warns that during cold weather horses left in the streets must be blanketed. Society officers and city police will monitor and enforce this safety measure.
The Indianapolis Sun clarified that Public Savings Insurance will conduct standard old line insurance, not sick and accident coverage. Incorporation papers were cited as broad, not specifying the exact line of business to be carried by the company.
The ad claims Miona stomach tablets cure indigestion and stomach misery. It promises rapid relief from sour stomach, gas, dizziness, and headaches, and promotes continued use to “build up the stomach” and purify the liver. Sold by druggists and Henry J. Huder with a money back guarantee.
Welterweights Billy Griffith and Jack Morgan meet at the Clifton Club in Cincinnati tomorrow. Morgan, in good shape, hopes to check Griffith's rising status. Morgan and manager Buck Carroll arrive in Cincinnati today. Griffith trains daily and yesterday boxed six fast rounds with Young Dobbs, a colored boxer.
Bert Keyes the prize fighter was discharged by Magistrate Ker nochan in Center street police court for lack of evidence after the shooting incident at Madison Square Garden during a six day bicycle race.
The board of education in Greater New York resolved to bar football from public schools yesterday amid protests led by James E. Sullivan, longtime A A U leader and former president.
In Fort Wayne Indiana December 9 a church supper near Stoner’s Mills was disrupted when a horse and buggy outfit were taken by a boy. Sheriff Reichelderfer found the missing rig at a livery stable after learning several boys had driven it around the city. An inventory showed groceries and dishes missing and motive unspecified.
Mary Leigh, suffragette, sues Home Secretary Gladstone, Governor Greene, and Dr. Kelly of Birmingham jail for damages. The action follows protests over suffragette treatment during confinement and forced feeding after hunger strikes.
Dr Cleveland Floyd and Dr William P Lucas of Harvard Medicine foresee a universal cure all for infectious diseases. They developed a leucocytic extract from fighting white corpuscles after a year of experimenting. At Massachusetts General Hospital mortality from pneumonia dropped five percent under the treatment.
R L Hedges announced dates for the American League club's spring schedule. The camp runs March 3 to 18 in Houston with possible Saturday games in San Antonio, then Dallas March 19 and 21, Oklahoma City March 22 to 23, Kansas City April 4 to 9, St. Louis April 16 and 17, Louisville April 12 and 13, and Fort Wayne April 9? The note lists locations and periods for the team’s training tour.
Saratoga Racing association announces a stake program for 1910 totaling $200,000, a substantial increase over 1900 offerings. Turfmen see the rise as evidence of track managers’ confidence in the sport’s future.
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