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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement touts Liquozone as liquid oxygen that kills germs without harming tissues. It claims dramatic health benefits, lists diseases it allegedly treats, and offers a free full size bottle order via a coupon, with the druggist paid by the issuer.
In an upbeat interview, Mayor Holtzman vows to run the city decisively, aiming prompt action on substations and grade-crossing issues. He warns against delays, cites a wood-splitting work ethic as a model, and says reforms will begin during his term though details remain under plan review.
The fragment imagines Addison observing modern vaudeville acts and suggests his thoughts might spark new ideas for today’s performers. It playfully contrasts 18th century wit with contemporary entertainment venues.
County Clerk Davis announces a free marriage license and a certificate for the first eligible applicant on January 1 1904. The offer waives the usual $2 license fee and certificates, with conditions including age proof residence and consent rules, and carries no guarantee against a future divorce or related fees.
The piece notes interest in whether James Leroy Keach will assume control of the Iowa State Democratic Committee. William H. O’Brien reportedly willing to stay on if offered again. A state committee meeting at the Grand Hotel will set dates for district elections and reorganization, with Keach's rivals watching closely.
Washington dispatch reports a December cabinet meeting where a questioned missing quarter sparked jokes. Secretaries Wilson Hitchcock Knox Payne and Loeb are cited as denying loss or involvement with the funds, with Loeb to handle philanthropic routing after the joke.
A Saturday afternoon scene on Alabama Street shows a woman with an umbrella and large ostrich plume hat battling wind and rain. The gusts tear her hat and plume, sending it toward the gutter, then she retrieves it, muttering as muddy water streams off the brim and she moves on angrily.
A collage of city life items reports Francis, Hughes and a large Irvington audience, a new auxiliary order formation, a kindergarten opening, a police raid on an accidental bar, a fire in a bedroom, and detectives pursuing a Duvall case poison theory. It notes a counterfeit ten dollar bill scare, a death on Prospect Street, baptisms versus infant deaths, church union efforts, moving pictures at Masonic hall, and local incidents including elevator finds and pipe bursts.
William Ennis a Brooklyn policeman who killed his wife and was electrocuted at Sing Sing after a quarrel and divorce actions. He murdered his wife in their Brooklyn home early Monday morning and later attacked another relative, with the victim surviving. He had been married about a year before separating.
In a grisly incident, Ennis refused confession, loaded a revolver, and after threatening a child, shot his wife. He then obtained a room at the Palace Hotel and was found sleeping later by police. The tale includes a sister shielding a child and a dramatic confrontation.
The item notes William Duffy a switchman freezing to death in Nebraska as temperatures plunge to near zero. It reports Detroit and St Paul dipping below zero with frigid breezes, northern Michigan railroads strained by the cold, and Chicago registering 1s below before stabilizing.
In St Louis during a cold wave theater companies perform in street clothes as strike and weather delays disrupt transfers. Managers arrange two cars to move scenery from depot to the grant opera house area while other houses use similar expedients.
An overheated stove at 619 N. VWeat at Indianapolis Cordial Company caused a blaze at 3,000 lopy in the morning. The incident damaged $500 in equipment and $2,600 in stock. No injuries reported.
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