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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
3
In Marion Indiana on February 19 George Williams colored. found guilty of stealing an opossum. He was fined $1 and costs, sentenced to one day in jail, and disfranchised for twenty four hours. Trial raised questions about statute of misdemeanors for a colored possum theft. Evidence showed the defendant took the animal.
Thirty orphan children from the Catholic Home Bureau were sent from New York to northern Indiana for adoption. Daniel J. White, senior traveling representative, and two nurses accompany 18 to Fort Wayne and vicinity and 12 to foster homes in northern Indiana. The trip was delayed from Christmas to early year due to the large number, and White had spent weeks in Fort Wayne and northern Indiana coordinating placements. He previously inspected 180 Pennsylvania placements and reports all are thriving with their new parents.
Bluffton Indiana February 19 The deputy game commissioner asks county farmers to feed quail due to sleet and snow making it impossible for the birds to find food. He urges action to help the county’s quail population survive harsh weather.
In Rockport Indiana on February 19 investigators report that Will Langdon and Roy Evans found a pistol believed to be Marshal Sessor’s weapon. The gun, recovered near the ferry dock, matches the sergeant’s listed numbers and will be returned to Marshal Sessor after verification by Squire Jones.
Transcript detail from Cecil F. Catt versus Albert Orville Catt for divorce moved from Henry to Wayne Circuit Court and placed on the docket. The wife charges he would not work and failed to provide clothing or food, and that he expressed love for a woman in Indianapolis requiring her parents to care for her.
A senate bill would require property owners to install sewer water and gas connections and bring them to the curb before street improvements. If a lot-owner fails after notice, the city may complete the work and place the costs as a lien on the property.
An essay praising hard work and moderation contrasts global eating habits with American labor culture. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a stomach fortifier, claiming they restore strength, aid digestion, and improve sleep after meals. Packaged for sale at 50 cents via druggists.
Pimples rash itching and eczema symptoms reportedly vanish after single overnight use. The passam remedy claims to hurl years of disfigurement and offers a 50 cent package alongside the $2 jar at Indianapolis outlets H. J. Huder and Weber Drug Co. Free samples are available by writing Emergency Laboratories New York City.
In Columbus Indiana on February 19 a marriage between Vernon Stidd aged 15 and Hasel Allen aged 17, wed December 23, collapsed. Stidd was jailed after a court appearance for beating his wife. He faced a $1 fine plus costs and default sent to jail. Hasel, the injured wife, testified with facial injuries as key evidence.
A three week old girl born in Washington Indiana was released from an incubator after growing strong. Father Charles H. Gibson, head bookkeeper for M. J. Carnahan company, says the infant consumes a large amount of nourishment daily.
Judge Carter in superior court No 3 on Thursday ruled on the defense motion to strike parts of the complaint in the suit brought by the state on relation of the Marion county commissioners against Cyrus J Clark former county auditor for the recovery of 25000 dollars of the county money alleged to have been unlawfully retained.
Edward Hopper, a Marion county workhouse inmate sentenced for assault on his wife, died Thursday morning at City Hospital of pneumonia. He faced 180 days in jail and a $600 fine plus costs, sentence handed down December 30. Hopper resided at 40 East Market Street.
Prominent women in official and social circles in Washington are weighing a plan to raise 1 million dollars to buy or build a home for a great women's club modeled after New York City and Chicago clubs.
Fashion and Fat discusses a slimming regimen offered by medicine, presenting Marmola and Cascara extracts with peppermint water as a pleasant, inexpensive aid. The author claims a weekly loss of four to seven pounds after meals and at bedtime, implying a quick weight reduction method.
Franklin high school youths led by Prof Alva Neal visited the legislature on Thursday. Representative Clare praised the group noting most are Agricola students and the girls were the best looking seen in the statehouse this year.
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