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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
3
The ad extols Cascarets as a trusted health aid used by millions, claiming 220000 tablets daily and over six years of steady purchases. It denounces imitators, touts plant-based safety, and positions Cascarets as a guardian for children and digestive health.
An ad warns buyers against false claims and a slick salesman bearing the Just as Good tale. It promotes Cascarets from the Sterling Remedy Company of Chicago or New York, sold only in boxes marked CCC and not in bulk, asking ten cents in stamps to cover costs and shipping.
Ind Jan 6 Cupid marched from Royal Center with Jack Frost contesting every inch of the way after a six hour battle. He won the race to the county clerk’s steam radiator while attendees secured a marriage license. Patrolman Kroeger questioned the couple seeking the license and learned they planned to return to Royal Center that night.
A groom Fred Wirwahn and bride Caramine Close from Royal Center obtained a marriage license after a snowbound journey of four miles. The county clerk Hankee, impressed by their determination, granted the license as they hoped to marry last night if they could reach home in time.
In Huntington Indiana a malfunctioning alarm clock doomed to ring at 6 pm saved J. W. Bowers and his wife from gas poisoning after it failed at 6 am. Visitor Mrs. W. H. Mitchell collapsed from fumes and is not expected to recover. A doctor arrived just in time to rescue them.
Signora Guerrero starves a stray dancer in a storm tale where a bandit’s scheme turns to tragedy and romance. The Daley warning on Cook or Peary stirs company controversy amid AJESTISO The Great Divide prep with Forepaugh at Majestic, promising a landmark production.
Miss Lena Wood of Yorke and Adams leads a faction backing Dr. Cook the Arctic explorer at the Park theater this week, while rivals tout Commodore Peary. the squabble among chorus members and the cast disrupts performances.
A trained chimpanzee Consul appears at the Colonial Theater this week after ten weekly bills at the Empire in London. An elderly Englishman, longtime patron, confuses Consul with a human act and exclaims, Deucedly clever, they've got the hoogher to talking.
Alvora the dancer presents The Devil's Temptation a pantomime dance at the Empire theater with two helpers. A wood path scene opens as an old woman longs for youth. The devil grants youth but demands her soul. She hesitates then bargains. Youth returns briefly but she defeats him by dancing, yet she dies by dagger ending the tale.
A compiled Indiana dispatch reports a hot water tank explosion at a Corrnersville area property causing $1,200 in damage and minor scald injuries to three local boys. Evansville and nearby towns recount hunger, exposure, and a found 22000 cash, plus a hoarded case of a man missing from a hut. Richmond notes an insane woman escaped hospital and froze. In South Bend Major General Perrin announces a transition in Patriarchs Militant leadership, with Deharity and Funston promotions. Columbus reports Sutherland nearly freezing after a car fall. Peru notes a moving picture gas tank explosion injuring D B Davis. Evansville bankruptcy filing by A J Rosenthal. Bloomington marriage of C O’Dell and Clare Williams. Westport house fire. New Castle motorman Claude Roland recovering from a wreck. Columbus farmers kill and sell rabbits. Shelbyville barn fire.
Funeral services for Mrs. Frederick W. Chislett 30 will be held at her son John Chislett’s home supervisor of Crown Hill cemetery at 2 PM Friday. Rev. Owen Odell of Second Presbyterian will conduct. She resided in Indianapolis four years and was a direct descendant of Jonathan Edwards. She helped found the Propy lasum and was a Daughter of the Revolution. Her husband F W Chislett was the first Crown Hill superintendent.
The steamer Norse Prince, traveling from New York to Capetown, was burned to the waterline near Ascension Island. The crew abandoned ship in lifeboats and all were saved.
The writer admits being a crank on personal liberty and condemns laws restricting private conduct. He blames lawmakers with long noses for policing morality, argues Americans are bound by intrusive statutes, and predicts a future personal liberty party to emancipate people from arbitrary rules.
Consul the educated monkey or chim panzee appeared at the Colonial theater this week and was guest of honor at a Claypool atrium dinner Tuesday. His vaudeville rate is $2,000 weekly, valued by owners at $100,000. He dined with trainer Cecil Owen and guests, ate with a fork, and smoked a cigarette, drawing astonished reactions from onlookers.
Judge Leathers names Frank D. Stalnaker receiver for Interstate Life Assurance after its sale of business to Federal Life Insurance for 85,000 dollars. Attorney General James Bingham urged the action saying the retiring company holds over 150,000 in real and personal property and a receiver would preserve funds for fair distribution.
Notices announce licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in Marion county ward by ward. Names include TONEY MARVARK and GEORGE F SIGNOR along with addresses in Indianapolis Center and Wayne townships for February 1910 terms.
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