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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
2
A July era health note urges sun safety when temperatures near 90. It links sunstruck risk to stomach and bowel health, claiming garbled diet and fermented waste raise body heat. It touts Cascareret candy as a night time cleanser and summer shield, with dubious endorsements and misspelled addresses.
A fragmentary Chicago report outlines a plan that the Commercial Public Cable Company will encircle the globe in under 40 minutes using a world-spanning telegraph circuit. It details historical cable sections and timings, citing President Roosevelt and a worldwide relay via Honolulu, Midway, Guam, and other points, with notes on ocean depths and cable lengths.
Indianapolis prepares for a mossy patriotic Fourth celebration as one of the city’s largest fireworks dealers reports higher sales than last year. Big orders from individuals and sanities plus many smaller purchases have arrived, prices are down about half since a decade ago, and the dealer says no fireworks are sold to children citing city law only banning firearms within limits, not child access.
Thursday deaths claim George Morrison of the canal commission New York a leading civil engineer Gustav Awan Rome New York pioneer telegrapher Charles Hathaway Cleveland street railway builder Clark Waggoner former Bee editor Toledo Ohio aged 50 The notice lists notable figures in civil engineering telegraphy and journalism with their cities and roles.
The Indianapolis Board of Health studied reports by bacteriologist Dr. White and Dr. Clark about water quality. Board members concluded the water is potable and not requiring boiling, citing ongoing completion of a sand filter plant and future purification assurances.
The council committee investigating City Clerk Hitowr’s accounts met privately to decide procedure. No decision on whether to accept Expert Coons’ report or hear oral testimony was reached, with a further meeting planned. Demokrat Wahl urges a thorough hearing while Jai has not taken a firm stand.
In Hudson county New Jersey court Judge John A High sentenced William Sweeney a member of the Compressed fir workers union to six months in the penitentiary and fined him 0 for assault upon Blesor a strike breaker.
St Louis July 2 Miss Anna Woods of Millstadt Ill sues C Peffer for 25000 damages for breach of promise. Decatur July 12 Richard Pedde died in barber chair Thursday evening of apoplexy.
Births list Oliver and Vivian McCormack a seven months gestation girl F B and Besate Floyd 170 Agniana avenue a daughter John and Myrtle Apher Ta N limnota vat a girl Deaths infant Brauiinger one day 1913 Movey at Inuuition Mare Long three months 812 Oriental Heocolitis Amazon Wart 6 percent iz Muskingum street cancer Emma Hinkley Hannolx sanitorium appendicitis Marriage Licences Nathan Segal and Baron Cowen Raymond Merrill and Hosa Madison Azor Rogers and Buggie Arnota Irvin Smail and Blanche Harmore Building Permits F D McDaniel IN New Jersey street awaiting 210 Chris Butler Olney and Eleventh street dwelling 500 G Osvarne 744 N Maofield street poren no Charles Dennis 224 Gale at Tepirs 71000 H M Wilmoth 30 N Caprtobave Tex pa ir 3150 Mary A Hinchman Maryland and 4 Graals factory 4 CAL A Feltman 168 Cheatnut at Ho F L Relowper 754 Centrat avenue dwelling 2200 at MOWAL Lauracst between New
The United States government brings a federal case in Butte Montana for 2,101.08 alleging unlawful cutting of Kerber from public domain during the era, naming Bitter Root Development Company Marcus Daly estate William Scan ton and others.
July 2 New York was struck by a fierce rain wind storm after a heat wave. Trees uprooted windows smashed houses unroofed and signs blown down. Three people were killed, with four heat deaths reported earlier. Lightning caused damage and prostrations rose in multiple cities including Washington Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Clarence Butler and Edward Bottom, neighbors and longtime friends, quarreled in a restaurant on Indiana Ave over a joking dispute. Bottom drew a gun and fired two shots, striking Butler who collapsed near the drug store and died. Butler leaves a wife and two children at 741 Indiana Ave.
Earl Burkett, ready to wed with license in hand, requested Chief Gorman help force a marriage. The bride refused, remaining firm that she would not marry. Burkett then sought police aid, but the officer explained the staff was away and the woman was legally free to decide.
Mary Pollard, a girl from Wannamaker, returned home on Thursday after vanishing since May 4. Her family and relatives across the country searched for her. she refuses to reveal where she had been and was expected to visit relatives in the city.
Petersbur g Indiana July 1 The control that sells things to Milton McBride no longer commands respect McBride arrived with a water sample claiming it came from the oil well and had been pardoned by his spirit cone dre A barber tested the water and found no effects Now the farmer disputes the spirit's credence
Lillie Yally Himmer, aged four, arrives in Logansport after a long journey from Hyetrolt via the Panhandle to Columbus to visit an aunt. The child recently traveled from New Orleans to Detroit, checked as baggage and under conductor supervision.
A July 2 report from Machias Missouri states nearly 300 persons were injured when a circus tent collapsed during a performance. A strong gust caused the tent to fall on 2,800 spectators, with several men cutting gaps for exits. Aliss Lottle Clarke and James Clement are reported fatally hurt.
A promotional note outlining a four track series about summer resorts along New York and New England rivers and shores. It promises information on travel time and costs and offers the series free upon request, crediting George H. Dentelle as General Passenger Agent of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
In Leaned St. Louie July creditors of the defunct Arnold Investment Company met and heard Splamon L Swarts, trustee, report assets estimated at about 200 in cash and a farm valued at Slate. Claims against the estate totaled around 2250 with Swarts predicting payment of two to four percent in February. Over 12,000 creditors attended from many states and territories.
Washington reports that the United States relinquishes all claim to the Isle of Pines and transfers sovereignty to the Cuban republic. U S minister Squires and Cuban minister Zaldo announced the transfer on July 3, with a treaty granting land for coaling stations at Guantanamo and near Havana, Brava, and Monda.
Washington state, once famed for mountains and fruit, has rapidly become a major wheat producer. In the past decade Puget Sound ports exported vast grain, with 13.2 million barrels to San Francisco and Portland, while the wheat crop reached record highs. First eleven months of the current year show 4.66 million bushels exported, up 100,000 from last year, with substantial oats and barley also shipped, mostly to the Philippines, signaling Washington’s potential to rival top nations in global wheat output.
John Tats min was charged with improper conduct and carried through the town on Thursday. He was tarred and feathered, stripped to the skin, then rolled in tar and feathers, after which he promised to reform.
Big Timber Mont July 3 reports reveal students unearthed nine foot tall skeletons and remains of a horse and other creatures near a lake.
Mabel Mead and George Hubbard escaped by sawing bars between cells and leaving the county jail yard. No trace found. Also brief notes on Waterboy suburban renewal win in New York and a rural letter carriers strike denial in Anderson Indiana. Other item mentions Theodore Aytes assassinated in Galveston by Corinne Wilson.
In Noblesville Indiana an agreement between local ministers and the street fair management funds three weeks of August entertainment after protests over immoral attractions. The carnival will remove improper features and perform on public streets to avoid city regulation.
Richmond Indiana July news reports indicate the city will contest a decision after a local power company sale to Martrom and Horr of New York. Officials warn the move may trigger a major battle over municipal plant control and public utility goals.
Report from Allona via Maj Samuel Davin notes three Americans killed in a teri fight as Indian forces repelled gold hunters in Mexico. Veterans encampment plans unfold in Peru on July 7 with Indiana division leaders and national headquarters officials active in strengthening the organization.
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