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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1907
Page
3
Peruna is described as a universally valued catarrh remedy. The text argues each ingredient is proven for chronic catarrh and that the product combines multiple medical traditions plus Dr. Hartman’s experience. It emphasizes honesty, uniformity, direct-to-consumer supply, and transparent labeling of active constituents.
The National Educational association delegates failed to reach a decision on adopting simplified spelling. The convention ordered a printed report with 900 words in simplified spelling, while the directors ruled the spelling illegal, leaving the secretary to defer to the executive board for final action.
New devices at Western Union automate telegraph work. A Chicago machine prints from perforated tape to a blank, while operators prepare messages on a standard typewriter. Inventor J C Barclay, with 38 years at the company, expects expansion to submarine cables. The system currently handles about one sixth of business, increasing efficiency by about 38 percent. The longest line tested runs between New York and San Francisco, 3,500 miles. Potential future uses include attaching to a typesetting machine for Chicago newspaper reproduction.
New at Jamestown exposition a monorail system on a half mile track demonstrates a practical passenger carrier. Newark to Jersey City line aims for three to five cent fares with speeds up to 69 to 10 miles an hour. Officials claim low vibration and safety, with construction planned to start and a target operation within a year.
A novelty zeal for commemorative hatpins highlights a jagged irregular pearl set in guinea gold forming a capsule of the cotton plant while the pearl imitates the cotton boll. This original motif marks the Jamestown exposition with artistic symbolism and vintage craftsmanship.
Soap Swift's PRIDE Soap is promoted as ideal for clothes, table linen, bedding, dishes, windows, curtains, hardwood floors and more. It emphasizes purity, expert production, rigid hardening, and economy, urging customers to ask their dealer for Swift's PRIDE. Swift & Company, U.S.A.
City of Indianapolis announces a public vacation for a portion of the first alley west of Missouri Street between Twenty-Ninth Street and a point 138 feet south. The Board of Public Works sets July 24 1907 for remonstrances and hearing at 10 oclock to consider final action.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier proposes a railroad encircling the world as Canada’s wheat wealth grows. He spoke at the Dominion Bay dinner hosted by the Canadian club, arguing the project will become imperative in coming years.
Miss Olive Terry, niece of famed actress Ellen Terry, debuts in London theatre. She has studied her aunt's methods and aims to follow a storied stage path with an intellectual perspective. Ten words free three days in The Sun under For Rent Rooms, Wanted Help, Wanted Situations.
State of Indiana copies the Met life statement of condition as of December 21 1906 listing assets such as cash on hand real estate stocks and bonds loans on bonds and mortgages and other secured debts. It records liabilities including losses adjusted due and due and other claims as well as a legal reserve totaling over 160 million. The Auditor of State certifies the document as a true copy dated February 28 1907 with official seal.
A 1905 financial snapshot shows Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company assets at 35 438 095 88 with admitted assets 34 952 351 69. Liabilities total 34 082 321 69, including reserves and losses, audited by J. C. Billmeimer, Auditor of State, on February 2, 1907, at New York address 3799 Broadway.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals on July 17 1907 for multiple sewer projects. Plans include Kentucky Avenue main sewer from Harding Street to near White River Bridge and several branches, plus a Missouri and Tenth Street local sewer and more, with costs, assessments and bonds outlined.
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