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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
A committee is named to supervise the disposal of the automatic launch offered by Che Wilke. Members include Julian Jones Ovid Butler Merle Sides Fred Goodrich Harry Thudium Carson George and Fred Knodle. The date and precise venue are not yet fixed.
A Michigan woman named Mer Hewens Bartz endured years of suffering after her husband and most children died or disappeared. Her son, long lost, recently wrote but died in an insane hospital in Minnesota. She cannot bring his body home for burial.
An advertisement-like note contends children need proper candy to avoid digestive trouble. It claims high sugar causes coated tongue, bad breath, feverish stomach, and congested liver, promoting Post Sugar and Dextro Candies from Postum Cereal Co as digestible for weak stomachs.
A garbled text fragment discusses the name Mike and a boy named Mike Jefferson. It mentions a township racer, a corker, and a fading trend of naming boys Mike. The faulty source also references fashion, names, and a western Mer area, all in incomplete form.
A wagon loaded with nitroglycerin broke loose near Hartford City on Wednesday. The team bolted, triggering fear as onlookers fled in opposite directions. The trees reportedly shielded bystanders from an explosion, sparing injury.
A fragment notes Eagle Creek offers good skating possibilities near town. It mentions a clubhouse and a path to reach the area by way of a Martine year route, with a reference to thick ice and a possible trip starting from Kash creel. The readable text is garbled but centers on skating conditions and a local access point.
In Eyringfield Massachusetts a tangled report references a trolley van hang up and a sugar action on the etree railway van. The text mentions amounts like 3000 and 35000 with unclear context while a Parkersburg West Virginia incident notes an engineer returning home to frighten his family and a death tied to a mut wit the same name.
The readable text references a drowning or disappearance speculation involving a person named Dee and mentions emotions in Cleveland. Other readable bits note New York economic or manufacturing topics, price mentions, and references to races or institutes, but the fragments are incomplete and do not form a coherent event.
A fragmentary Washington column notes Congressman Overatryet aligned with Indianapolis interests. It references Joan Garver seeking a customs inspector post, Senate action on Cuban measures, widow Minerva McMillan, and a $60 monthly pension. President Roosevelt is expected to appoint a Democrat to the civil service commission vacancy left by J Te Progtor. Several candidates are mentioned. Senator Beveridge and Senator Fairbanks are cited with anticipated holiday plans and duties. The piece closes with a December 31 timestamp.
Mrs Dawdell went to see her husband in jail to pay 45 cents and collect a handkerchief. She described him as a big husky fellow and argued with the jailer over a knife kept by Dawdell. An officer warned against trouble as Dawdell left with the knife and the money.
Calvin Snyder of Clyde, 72, had a rare bone protuberance condition for over four years. At age eight, bone-like growths appeared on multiple body points and have since grown to walnut size. The lumps are painless, with no known cause or outcome.
A sensational discovery reports that Madrid’s Patriarchial cemetery was ransacked by robber gang with chaplain and custodians implicated. Marbles, bronze and jewels valued at 400.00 pesos were stolen. The chaplain and custodians, along with gang leaders, have been arrested.
Multiple terse snippets report Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt shopping for holiday gifts in Newport on December 1. Other items note Isabella von Schellendorff’s divorce, Roosevelt era views on Manchuria, Admiral Evans arriving in Mongulu, threats to wreck a railroad express, and Princeton enrollment rising to 4252 students.
In Elwoom Indiana on December 17 a mysterious man acted to save 12 year old Edna Ribert who darted into traffic. He pulled her clear but was struck by a passing car and nearly lost his life as the vehicle stopped and wheels dragged his coat from his body.
The Park presents The Charity Nurse a melodrama featuring Selma Werman of Toronto, with a phase of hospital charity work and a story of a wronged woman who finds救 redemption. The program also includes The Telephone Girl with a large chorus, music by Gustave Kerner, and a Christmas comedy.
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Holiday rates highlight round trip tickets at fare and one third. Valid for travel within Central Passenger Association territory from January through January 4. Restored rates apply for teachers and students returning home for vacation. Details and agent contacts are noted for universities colleges and seminaries.
In Kokomo Indiana on December 10, a mob of fifty Kadilans seized a house owned by Mr Ranet and refuse to vacate though no rent is paid. Mrs Faust and others are unable to eject them as they patrol sewers and board Wilke for fuel. The Italians are said to be employed on the Indianapolis Northern traction line.
Zinc ore sold for 32 a ton in Joplin with a 1 dollar advance on new price and another jump expected. Saturday entertainment invites women to attend the Columbia club. Various local notices include a boy's toboggan slide on monument steps and a railway sleeper setting in Greenfield. News items list burial of a war veteran, a fall injuring a Meridian Street resident, city hospital ambulance transfers, service complaints about streetcars, and several civic and health notices.
Travel ads praise the New York Central lines with emphasis on comfort and service for West to East travelers. It promotes a four-track system, dining, roadbed quality, and urges readers to request illustrated catalogues from Grand Central Station and Chicago offices. Also notes a calendar promotion by Chicago Northwestern and toll-free postal requests.
Andrew Carnegie told the Armstrong Association that blacks are a blessing to America and their presence in the South makes the nation impregnable. He urged against resettlement to Africa, arguing the negroes supply 12,000 bales of cotton annually and bolster U S power through southern labor.
The Central College of Music offers day and boarding pupils entry any time with unexcelled advantages in all branches of music and allied arts. One free and two-part instruction in principal departments including piano voice and violin. A few boarding pupils, gals only, may have a comfortable home in the college building. Address Edward Taylor, Director, N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
An uneven column of advertising copy touts bargains and savings from various sellers in Indjanspolia. The Bun features promotional lines urging readers to shop and save, with a playful mock promotional tone.
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