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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
A frail woman testifies in court about Harry being mentally weak and queer when she was a boy. She requires assistance to stand, detailing the courtroom’s emotional strain and challenging testimony.
The Cormin McDeriing Press files in district court to stop the Typographical Union No. 1 and its agent from blocking access to the plant or interfering with customers after the plant refused to discharge nonunion workers. The union allegedly threatened strikes and picketing to injure business. Judge Charles T. Hanna to hear Saturday afternoon.
Archie Gunn composes a portrait of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw with vivid critique. Violet eyes predominate, the face features called beautiful yet contradictory with a voluptuous mouth and weak chin. The piece blends sharp appraisal with period tone and speculative temperament.
Paul Martin, an Indianapolis dramatic critic, spoke to the pupils of S. I. Connor on the Irish drama and folklore. Connor’s class is rehearsing Yeats’s The Land of Heart's Desire for an early presentation.
Royalton Indiana January 17 The general store and residence of James Woolen were destroyed by fire. The Woolen family escaped just as the roof collapsed, narrowly avoiding injury.
Whisperings in Newport commercial gatherings indicate many summer residents owe bills since spring 1997. Estimates place outstanding invoices over 350,000, tied to Newport BR. 1 January 17.
J. L. Arthur of Indianapolis was attacked and robbed on a street in South Bend Indiana. His face suffered deep cuts in the assault reported on January 17.
Assistant Prosecutor Frank Baker said the grand jury will be ready to issue its final report for this month by next Wednesday morning. He notes satisfactory progress on current cases and no known special inquiries this month.
Mrs William Thaw mother of Harry Kendall Thaw arrives in court from Pittsburg to support the insanity plea in the Stanford White murder case. She describes Harry as a boy and during adolescence as potentially insane, with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw expected to recount the Paris night when White pursued her. Witnesses portray Thaw as irrational, with doctors and officers testifying to violent fits and a detached, unsteady demeanor.
Arkansas Senator makes a gingerly speech at Cooper Union and flays the millionaires of the United States in a bold political moment.
Senator Jefferon Davis of Arkansas opened William Jennings Bryan’s New York presidential campaign at Cooper Union. He attacked the trusts and newspapers as subsidized power, citing Rockefeller wealth and press collusion, urging labor against greed and urging unity with the south in support of Bryan.
The Indiana engineering society met at the Commercial club on Friday morning to discuss drainage and sewage disposal. E. E. Watts of Princeton NL FL presented the paper with A. Barbour of Boston and Charles Carrot Brown of Indianapolis. An afternoon session covered smoke abatement by C. H. Benjamin of Purdue and society president.
Richard McCurdy former Mutual Life Insurance president is reportedly aboard the Adriatic returning to New York after months away. He is very old and suffers gout rheumatism and worry over the disastrous end of his big career.
William Rhinelander disowns his son Wiltimi sd C Rhinelander in a New York will granting him only an annuity of 900 a year. The bulk of the estate goes to the widow with the two other Rhinelander sons, T Z Oakley and Philip, sharing the remainder if the widow dies first. The will also restricts distributions if William C Rhinelander survives his mother. Photos of Mrs William C Rhinelander accompany the article.
The Indianapolis Telephone company asks the Board of Public Works to extend its franchise to expire in 1938, not 1943, and to raise rates. It proposes a 20 year renewal option, new minimum and maximum charges, measured service, and other contract changes with reduced bonds and altered indemnity. Officials deny consolidation motives. a meeting is set for next Monday week to review the proposal.
Harmony S. Moseby of Canelton awaits a new trial date April 12 for selling licenses to teachers instead of January 22. State superintendent Fassett A. Cotton and F. D. Hester will be summoned as witnesses.
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