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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1907
Page
3
Edward H. Knight of Indianapolis won 920 dollars from Elmer Stevenson in a fee dispute over a 3000 dollar division. The high profile trial drew Marion County legal leaders and was described as a school for young lawyers.
In probate court Judge Walker dismissed jurors after two found the will invalid. Karl Hudson claims he is the sole heir to Girton estate, valued in the thousands, and contends the will was dictated at his bedside as Girton died, unsigned and made for peace. The defendants are Charles Hagsselberg, Harry South, and John Foltz. The case will be retried.
Atlantic fleet sails for Pacific with 16 battleships and 12,865 crew aboard. Articles of war read as preparations begin for the voyage from Hampton Roads toward Callao with heavy powder, mines, and munitions aboard. Tensions with Japan cast a wary hush over the fleet and fortifications.
In Kokomo Indiana Justice Doty fined William Daily of Liberty township $15.50 for killing a rabbit on Sunday December 1. Daily claimed he was hunting wandering chickens and the rabbit appeared as he aimed at a chicken, forcing the shot and the ensuing court appearance. The court did not accept his defense and upheld the fine.
The estate of John Kiley of Marion Indiana who died in Indianapolis on Thanksgiving at a daughter's home has been settled without a will or court action. Widow Catherine Kiley receives the entire $50 000 estate as heirs sign a deed transferring property to her without conditions. Signers include James Corbett Nora Corbett William Maher Mary Maher Thomas Mahaffey Catherine Mahaffey Frank Kiley Hattie Kiley George Kiley John Ruckelshaus Cecelia Ruckelshaus Gus Condo Nellie Condo.
George M Gould argues mentality creates structure and examines how speech writing and vision favor one side. He notes 97 percent of children have the right eye as the better seeing eye and warns against forcing left handed children to use the right hand, which can impair faculties and writing.
Lieut Clarence Chandler A S N married Miss Havelene Tompkins of Fairfield Indiana here on Saturday. The couple wed as the battleship fleet sailed today for the Pacific. After the departure Mrs Chandler will go to Fairfield to settle her father’s large estate.
State members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians met at the Denison hotel to hear a report from the national convention committee and discuss July’s convention. County representation and a program followed with speeches by State President W W H Kelly W N Bergen and P H Kelley. Rev Father F J Stanton of Daviess county was elected state chaplain.
Mrs. E. I. Ingles of 614 East Twenty-second Street reports in a department store two well dressed women crowded her and her pocketbook containing $20 was taken. Police believe a man pickpocket, unseen by the witness, carried out the theft.
Mrs Clara Jane Turner wife of Chauncey L Turner died suddenly at her home on N Pennsylvania street Sunday afternoon from heart trouble. She had lived in Indianapolis for over six years. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
The North Western avenue offices of the Fred Miller Brewery were broken into on Saturday night and the safe rifled of 3000 dollars and papers. No tools were used and cashier Albert Rathven is detained at the police station as a suspect.
A chat at a late night lunch counter centers on tips for horse betting and near misses. The youth in the dented derby frets about prospects while the counter man recalls past plays and a stubborn belief in a sure thing, even as he admits it has failed him before.
The subscriber notifies Marion county Indiana officials of a January 1908 license request to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking. The business sits the northeast corner of Alabama and Pearl streets, 18 by 49 feet, in a brick building on first floor. Pool table privileges also sought in the same room.
A New York feature argues it is possible to live well on nothing per day in the city. It outlines methods to secure free services such as shaves breakfasts at department stores, coffees, and samples from shops, plus free lodging at a municipal house. It notes obtaining meals, reading, and testing products in exchange for access and nerve.
A fragmented text describes living on nothing a day and moving between places. It suggests a person adapts routines to avoid appearing too often in the same locations. The tone implies caution about visibility and repetition in daily life.
U S customs officers are tracking a $200,000 Van Dyke painting The Elevation of the Cross stolen from St Martin’s church Courtrai Belgium on December 6 or 7 It has long hung above the altar and is believed to have been placed on a steamship bound for America as Belgian police pursue thieves.
Charles Thatcher, civil engineer from Wheeling West Virginia, tours cities to promote good roads. He travels in a prairie schooner pulled by two Spanish Mexican mules with a Rocky Mountain burro and a dog. He has logged 8006 miles in 18 months and plans to lobby Washington for road improvements, carrying a petition with about 10009 signatures.
Father Francis Gavish of St. John’s Church spoke to the Boys’ Improvement Club Sunday afternoon. His address centered on the topic The Hebrew Greatheart.
The Northwestern Relief association funded by the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern traction company will stage its fourth annual ball at Tomlinson hall on Wednesday evening.
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