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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
3
Rutherford secretly buys the inn and grounds in a Connecticut valley to honor Miss Ainsley. He hires preparations for her father’s grave, exhuming the body and placing a modern headstone in New York. Hurst schemes to win Miss Ainsley for a ride, challenging Rutherford’s honor with a glove duel in the club.
Rutherford and Hurst quarrel over alleged insults to a young girl. A pistol is drawn but stowed. They agree to a noon duel at the grove behind Pike Mansion in High Bridge with revolvers. Rutherford asks Jack Hamilton to act as his second and to draft his will tonight. TO BE CONTINUED.
Dialogue excerpt shows a wife scolding her husband for muddy feet as he apologizes and explains he did not have others to bring home, indicating a domestic muddle and social tension.
A free trial of Rholoids for rheumatism is offered to Indianapolis residents. Send name and address to The Rholoids Company in Washington DC. The remedy targets hereditary uric acid problems and gout risk in older adults. If satisfied, full treatment may be purchased for $1 at B J Huder's near Washington Street.
Philip Kramer an American employed as a locomotive engineer in the Panama Canal project was murdered in his Panama hotel room. His skull was crushed and his money and valuables stolen from a trial case and valise. Authorities offer a reward. Kramer left a daughter in Portland Oregon.
Washington February 2. The house blocked the army pay raise by a point of order deeming it improper in the army appropriation bill. If the measure reaches the senate it may be amended and returned to the house where it will be rejected, sending the issue to conference. Meantime the house military affairs committee will likely draft separate pay increase bills. No opposition has formed in either house to the raise thus far.
The City Board of Health will investigate the arrest of Edouard J. Dubois, city bacteriologist, at a meeting Monday. Dr Eugene Buehler, city sanitarian, told Dr DuBois to resign after a Thursday talk in which he said witnesses would testify that Dubois was drunk.
Seven boys tied to alleged corner gangs were admonished in juvenile court for throwing snowballs at Fountain Square and Prospect Street. Judge George W. Stubbs stressed considering others while avoiding discussion of past boxy incidents. The prior day eleven snowball offenders also received lectures.
Twelve six inch guns weighing 12 tons each, designed for U S coast defenses in the Philippines, began their voyage aboard the British steamer Inveresk leaving from Bush Stores Pier in Brooklyn on Friday.
A fragmented testimonial ad copy notes Londox Sarsaparilles claimed to help eczema and rheumatic complaints. Statements from individuals in Lowell and Springfield praise the medicine Hood’s Sarsaparilla as sold widely, with references to liquid and Sarsatabs forms and prices.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis announces a declaratory resolution to vacate part of Union Street and the first alley east of Union Street. A remonstrance date is set for March 11, 1908, with a public hearing at 10 a.m. at the Board’s office. Provisions describe the exact street and alley segments affected and note the impact on adjacent properties. JOSEPH T. ELLIOTT, President. PRESTON C. TRUSLER. FRED J. MACK, Board of Public Works.
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