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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
The text praises Taggart made GOOD Graham Bread as ideal for children and workers. It notes strong sales in Indianapolis area, attributing demand to perceived merit and health benefits. The loaf is oval, not brown, larger than typical bread, and sells for 5 cents.
A well known horse used to pull the Calais omnibus caused a grand opera at the Grand theater to halt when the crowd identified the horse as the performer Sin audiência aclamou o animal. The horse Rosa Rinante left the stage and returned to its prior stand at the railroad station Vaughan with the children born to them.
Paris dispatch reports Belgium’s anger at King Leopold rises over his effrontery in taking residence at Ciergnon castle near Namur and bringing a mistress, Baroness, to the royal retreat. The act provokes public criticism of royal delicacy and propriety.
Tommy O Keefe proved much faster than Tim Callahan in a windy Broadway Athletic Club windup last night. The veteran took more punishment than in many days, falling behind in the finish.
A parent confronts a boy who admits a minor fishing misstep. The boy requests a punishment that fits the small crime, saying he only “got one nibble.” The exchange reads as a wry moral about measured discipline.
Sweet Singer D'Hammer claims a top slot in his upcoming performance as he rehearses snowstorm scenes tearing up script pages to prepare.
At Wonderland, the Old Plantation Show features colored vaudeville acts with weekly programs. A cakewalk contest offers a $25 prize as five couples compete, drawing a lively crowd and promising a larger interstate event with champions traveling to Indianapolis for the stunts in the Afro American cakewalk tradition.
Nearly every member of the Fraser Highlanders at Fair Bank this week is described as a camera fiend. B D Gilliland, director of the Scottish Canadian concert band, notes that soloists and many band members will be ready for rehearsal any time due to the appealing scenery. The Highlanders aim for a Scotch setting as authentic as a trip to Atlantic shores. They showcase rich costumes while dancers, under Hon Pipe Major Ansus McMillan Fraser, practice new dances and steps.
The Grand presents a new bill starting Thursday featuring color tinted film strips, with each frame hand decorated to achieve vivid artful color. A spotlighted singers corps performs in front of the curtain while delivering songs, and the frames are laid out at 16 per second creating a striking visual display.
The English theater drew full houses Wednesday for both performances with standing room crowded. The well acted Humanovo pictures and a splendid company impressed audiences with Old Old Story and All Is Fair in Love and War, while other films shown included The Outlaw The Tramp's Rest Castle Ghost Magical Suit of Armour Voyage Across the Atlantic and Bogus Magic Powder.
Taylor limited Louisville to two singles and Columbus earned a ninth straight victory led by Raidy in the field. Puttmann and Adams were hit hard as Kansas City beat St. Paul, keeping pace in a tight league race. Brown starred defensively on first as New York and Detroit fell, while Waterbury sought John Dubuc to bolster their staff. Cincinnati committed seven errors in a Brooklyn win as the world champions slipped in the standings.
In Rock Island Illinois four players advance to the semifinals after a double round of match play on the Rock Island Arsenal links for the Western Gold Association championship. J. D. Cady of Rock Island Mason Phelps and Paul Hunter of Midlothian and Harry Whallen of St Louis compete today in 36 hole semis.
Sir Thomas Lipton expressed strong enthusiasm for another attempt at the America's Cup after a lengthy discussion with Sir Thomas Dewar in London about prospects for a new international yacht race to precede a future challenge.
Weber Drug Co and other city drug stores report a surge of customers seeking possum the new cure for eczema. A 50 cent package supplements the $2 jar with claims of rapid relief and healing in two weeks for chronic cases and overnight results for minor skin troubles. Send for a free sample to Emergency Laboratories New York City.
Lawrence county Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by August 10, 1908 for gravel and macadamized road construction in Marshall Perry townships. Listed road segments include Barttettsville Oolitic, Buggs Chapple, Logan Hestonville, Guthrie Springville, Avoca Harrodsburg, Guthrie Fairfax, Guthrie Chapple Hill, Springville Fayettesville, Springville Owensburg, and Springville Guthrie township with various lengths. Bids may be per township or for all. bonds equal to twice the bid required. bids to Walter G. Owens Auditor Bedford Indiana. terms subject to engineer viewers report.
Salvation Army officers reported to police that a well dressed young man has been stealing mite boxes placed in stores. He has been going about collecting the boxes.
A German-born artist’s father, once a clay modeller, faced tremulous hands and imperfect work in old age. The son secretly reworks the pieces at night, making them seem as refined as before, prompting the father to marvel each morning that he can still do as well as ever.
A compact note tracing notable youngest sons in history. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Coleridge Washington Irving Benjamin Franklin Bach siblings Wagner Mozart Rubens Webster Rembrandt Schumann George Lam and others are cited as youngest in large families. The piece remarks on how being youngest did not preclude distinction.
The exhibitor notes the snake in the show reached 31 feet, longer than the 20 foot figure published. The editor cites space limits that forced cutbacks to other content.
A shard of dialogue shows a man recalling Brown’s disapproval and his role in introducing Brown to a woman whom he later married. The remark hints at personal history and shifting relationships within a social circle.
A brief dialogue notes that one person refuses to gamble in marriage with the blunt claim that there are no chances in it. The exchange frames matrimony as a certainty rather than risk.
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