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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1909
Page
2
Labor leaders press for a Texas style measure to exempt unions from the trust law and permit wage control through collective action. They warn lawmakers face a busy session with many labor bills and threaten public utilities reform to place railroad commission members under popular vote to curb appointed power.
The city committee weighs expense of three new municipal courts and backs reform bills. Proposals include banning outside JP possession suits, extending police court hours, and fixing salaries for justices and constables to curb fee incentives.
Wilbur Smallholtz fled after bond on abandonment charges leaving three other children and a badly ill four month old in a destitute home. Humane inspectors press the case as dispensary doctors treat the infant’s pneumonia while the mother struggles with poverty. Smallholtz’s family history includes two marriages and multiple children.
Rural districts push to repeal the 2 year old consolidation law as senators hear eloquent pleas for the old one room school. Moore argues to curb hauling with a 12 mile round trip cap while Powers Cox Mattingly Bowser Kistler and Leal press for repeal or tighter limits. Vote 20 against repeal leaves law intact and Moore bill as special order for Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Wilkins returns from Bellefontaine to find her son Gal, a 280 pound custodian, has married a wife who weighs nearly as much. The groom greets her with the news, and onlookers wonder if groundhog folklore or thrifty living prompted the union.
Silas B Dutch er, president of the Hamilton Trust company, died of heart failure at his New York City home this morning.
Digestive relief advice promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy. The pitch claims 40,000 physicians endorse them and urges readers to buy for immediate meal comfort, promising a free trial package by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
In Devils Lake North Dakota on February 10 a jury found Mary Wright guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for killing her stepdaughter Babe Wright on August 11, 1908. She choked the girl in bed after her refusal to obey an injunction and then smeared carbolic acid on the lips to suggest suicide, receiving a five year prison term.
SpringfieldMass February 10 A young man Albert Helnsath of Cleveland president of the senior class at the International Y M C A training school in Springfield dies after skating accident. A girl Misgi Hurd two years old also drowns in the incident.
College Corner Ohio Feb 19. S. P. Kellum editor of the College Corner News was shot as he walked to his office after a summons from a friend. Clyde Henley fired twice then killed himself after police arrived. Henley had been sued for divorce and Kellum had prosecuted the case.
New York February 10. Judge Huffman of the first district municipal court ruled proprietors responsible for lost items despite notes stating not responsible for loss of patrons overcoats hats and umbrellas Mortimer W Solomon a lawyer won five dollars after his overcoat disappeared in Childs restaurant on Thirty fourth street near Broadway on November 2 last year
Maj Escott of the Salvation Army distributed half ton loads of coal to destitute families on Tuesday in addition to 49 loads the day before. A carload donated by a friend and freight charges of 16 dollars amplify this notable relief effort. Escott plans to publicize the aid in national Salvation Army channels and calls for further donations to supply food and fuel to those yet unsupplied.
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