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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
5
A shipment of longcloth sold at 12 yards per quantity for $1.25 per yard. The Hurly Burly brand is described as a soft fine grade and yard wide.
Nelle Railsback described a stage play about John Stowe a wealthy iron executive who divorces his wife Ellen Stowe for Adelle Neilson an actress. Ellen repairs her fortune with alimony wife’s bond and Ned help while Adelle’s schemes fail leading to penniless ruin and social downfall.
Firemen were overcome while combatting a stubborn fire among bales of jute in the hold of the Hansa line steamship Crosstaffels at the South Brooklyn dock. The blaze threatened to destroy the vessel.
President Harry Pulliam of the National League arrived in St Louis from Chicago in a concerned state and is being watched by friends who fear he has broken down under recent strain.
Gov. Marshall sent a message to the legislature stating he signed Senator Wood’s bill legalizing contracts made by county commissioners with tax ferrets. He noted the recent supreme court ruling that such contracts are illegal and urged the act to address past contracts while awaiting final court disposition.
The Y M C A on Illinois Street transfers control to the board of directors Friday night with dedication ceremonies planned in the new auditorium. Gov Marshall and Mayor Bookwalter will speak briefly. Judge S P Spencer of St Louis to deliver the dedicatory address.
The city notes births at several residences including Moore 306 Sanders street a boy Flack 1215 W Twenty sixth street a girl Ernsting 1118 Woodlawn avenue a girl Wrennick 1000 W Walnut street a boy Bettner 435 N Dearborn avenue a boy Peats 1521 English avenue a boy Otto 319 N New Jersey street a boy Hockersmith 2114 Columbia avenue a girl Simon 124 Columbia avenue a boy Green 1 Arbor avenue a boy Pryor 241 Manlove avenue a girl Tremaine Avenue and others appear in scattered entries.
Mr and Mrs B G Hanks and Mr and Mrs A C Reed hosted the Thursday afternoon club on Broadway. EB Le Clerc and H Le Clerc presented the closet scene from Hamlet with Mrs A B Caster and Allen Dungan assisting. Le Clerc's Hamlet drew enthusiastic applause and the encore featured the soliloquy.
General Ordinance No. 113 1908 amends Section 4 of a 1897 ordinance on uniform house numbering in Indianapolis. It requires the city engineer to assign and notify owners of new or renumbered buildings and to remove old numbers by January 1 after notice. Penalties include fines up to $10. repeals conflicting ordinances. takes effect after two weekly Indianapolis Sun publications. The clerk certifies passage dates in 1909. An adjacent ad column lists local goods and a Union ball announcement.
An old classifieds snippet lists trusses and braces from Du gan Johnson Co at 16 W Market with phones. It also shows FOR SALE OR TRADE prompts and real estate notices from Tiger Real Estate Co and James at 813 E Tenth Street with old central life building and Main 833 contacts.
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