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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
2
Readers are invited to purchase Madras and Oxford soft shirts in all new patterns. Shirts feature separate or attached cuffs and are priced at two dollars and one fifty each.
Street gloves in mocha color with cape and kid leather are on sale at Denis and Perrins. The offer includes gloves priced at two dollars per pair.
Dwight L. Elmendorf traveler presented a Tuesday evening lecture on Panama with stereopticon images. He contrasted French and American canal efforts, displayed rusting French machinery, and showed modern US equipment moving track and filling swamps. He noted fare changes and urged clubs and an army canteen to manage veteran spending. He announced a follow up talk on Mexico.
William H. Taft secretary of war has not arrived at the Grand hotel where his mail and telegrams accumulate. A Wednesday telegram adds to the stack awaiting him while hotel manager William A. Holt withholds action pending instructions.
Sands beat Buser 50 to 47 in a three-cushion billiards match at the Board of Trade parlors Tuesday night. McBride and Neal are set to compete Wednesday night.
At 2 AM a gas explosion at National Tube furnace No 1 in McKeesport Pennsylvania injured two men fatally burned Alexander Smith 35 and Thomas O'Toole 40 and scorched three others. The blast shattered windows in a mile radius and caused extensive property damage while rattling patients at the nearby hospital.
An attempted blaze at 425 West Pearl Street damaged a large hayloft barn used by Acme Transfer. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. losses totaled 160 dollars and six horses were removed from the building. The same night a frame dwelling at 48 North La Salle Street suffered unknown origin fire damage and spread to neighboring property, with damages of 25 dollars noted.
Excerpts praise Hood’s Sarsaparilla for eczema relief with personal anecdotes. Patients report relief from severe itching and skin symptoms after using the remedy. Advert asserts the tonic offers more relief than alternative treatments and mentions available formats and price.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs John A C Spooner of Olney Street that their daughter Lulu B Spooner will wed Raymond Is Nevitt. The ceremony is planned for Merch. The Philomathhean club schedules a Friday meeting at Mrs E E Flickinger's home with music and a Henry IV paper. Mrs W J Engle hosts a 4 pm matinee party with luncheon. Grace McQuiston visits Amy McCarthy and is honored at the gathering. Ruth McCarthy hosts a card club in honor of Miss McQuiston.
Washington February 12 former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis and Miss Maude Ash ford end their engagement after two days of protest. Miss Ashford receded and announced the engagement is terminated by her, stating she holds kindly feelings toward the senator. Rumors of a damages claim are denied.
Colored baseball league organizers led by Charles Marshall plan a Sunday meeting at the Freeman office in Indianapolis. Cities seeking representation include Covington Louisville Nashville Cincinnati St Louis Danville Springfield Columbus and Cleveland. Indianapolis will not receive a franchise and Sunday ball only is planned.
Taft supporters overwhelmed Foraker in Ohio primaries. Delegates chosen to state convention unanimously back Taft for president with a solid national delegation likely, as only Knox county saw a rival Foraker ticket. Delegates will go to Chicago with Taft instructions.
The following young women will enter tain with a Jean year dance Friday evening at the Linden hotel: Misses Wate Gambold Bess Martin Julia Neibergail Edith Beck Ethel Ayres Maud O'Hearn Florence Lowe and Alice Clemens.
Mrs. Robert Todd hosted a small bridge party Tuesday afternoon in honor of Miss Henning of Pottsville Pennsylvania and Miss McClure of Chicago, guests of Miss Elsie Appel.
The Laff a Lott club will hold a second dancing party Thursday evening at Brenneke's academy. Out-of-town guests include Miss Fannie Porter and Hazel Warner of Rensselaer and Miss Inez Lockhardt.
The fourth Roberson lecture will be delivered in Caleb Mills hall Friday evening on In the Land of the Incas. Mr Roberson travels widely and has drawn crowds to his three prior talks. The talks are under Mutual Services association auspices which plans a lunchroom for working girls and women downtown. Pictures illustrate the travel talks.
Joe Dardash a Roumanian man was stabbed in the back by Alex Maleck and John Swartz at a boarding house at 613 West Maryland Street after a quarrel. The attackers were arrested by Bicycle Officers Schlangen and Radamacher.
Mrs. E Stoddard hosts a card club as Mrs. Charles B Clarke of Irvington travels to Frankfort to read a pauper before the Aftermath club. Clarke tours South Bend with Mrs Kirsey and attends a Program club luncheon. Various engagements include dinners, breakfasts, bridge games, and visits among a wide circle of Indianapolis residents and guests with multiple travel plans to Chicago New York and Dublin Ireland.
New York reports Arthur Osborne blocks a quick remarriage for Helen Maloney to Samuel Clarkson, asserting the elopement with Clarkson was a real marriage. Osborne, once trusted by the bride’s Philadelphia family, vows to tell the full story of their escapade and maintain the union was genuine.
The Mapleton W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. McClintock at 3430 N. Illinois St. on Wednesday evening to mark the fourteenth anniversary of its founding. Rev. Orcutt will give a talk on The Influence of the Religious Press to Unify the Church for the Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, with special music.
The state treasurer reports $2,090 accrued interest on public funds for January. Due to large school fund expenditures last month the monthly interest on state funds is now estimated to be limited to $1.50.
The long running strike by painters, paper hangers and decorators in Indianapolis ended at Morrison hall on Tuesday night. It affected only shops hiring non union workers and featured George Campbell, special agent for the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers as the principal speaker. A banquet and talk fest is planned for February 25.
Wabash defeated Rose Poly 55 to 32 as Rose Poly could not score in the first half. The win Tuesday night at Crawfordsville showcased Wabash’s strong defense and scoring pace.
At a statehouse meeting of the memorial committee the G A R and W R C chose officers for 1908. A resolution was adopted urging all to desist from any Memorial day demonstrations not related to decorating the graves of the honored dead.
Chicago Jil Feb 12 Orval Overall will marry Miss Ethel Hinson of Chicago on Feb 27 Artie Hofman of the Cubs has announced his engagement to Miss Rachel Waler of Chicago and their wedding will take place next fall
A sales pitch claims a guaranteed cancer cure in 10 to 20 days with at home treatment possible. It cites a sanitarium and promises dramatic results after doctors supposedly lost hope, urging readers to send name and address via a free coupon.
A vintage appeal invites cancer patients to send name and address for a home cure kit from Dr Curry Cancer Cure Co at 2896 Curry Sanitarium Lebanon Ohio. It offers private contact with E W Ramsey private secretary and a Riverside Indianapolis drawer option.
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