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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
1
Indianapolis civic leaders press for a location as Mayor Bookwalter blasts hard selling by real estate dealers. He criticizes delayed pride and urges progress while the Civic Improvement committee offers broad guidance and study on site options.
G A R members found the parade warm as Co W Fairbanks of N Meridian St spoke Tuesday. Miss Florence Derbyshire and Jack Zinn secured civil service posts in Indiana and Dickerson. Notes on politics, parks, and school contracts mingle with chatter of rain, crowds on Interurban cars, and a waning park season.
Miss Sarah Cotton works in her brother Fasser A Cotton’s office to prepare material for the Arbor and Bird Day Manual set for release in a few weeks. A leading piece will be by Dr Hiram Kellogg of Wilmington Delaware formerly pastor of Central-are Church on the topic “Companionship With Birds” with emphasis on the great heron and harbor illustrations from Kellogg.
The Entucky-ave sewer contract went to the lowest bidder M. Defress after a bid challenge. Defress failed to deposit the required bond causing discussion on the board about awarding him the contract despite his bid being the lowest.
Fort Benjamin Harrison notes heavy firing near Baker's Bridge as Blues led by Col. Thayer and Browns led by Major Coulter clash while both sides maneuver around the camp. Units move with two days rations, cannons and ammo counted, and communications cut while expectant headlines echo casualties and strategic tension.
Gov John Johnson visits Hibbing amid mass meetings denouncing the strike and vows he could deploy troops within eight hours if needed. In Virginia three thousand strikers paraded and 2000 workers were sent home, eight mines closed, Bovey sees arrests, Tecofilo Petriella calls for peace and restraint. The overall force of miners is around four thousand of twelve thousand workers in the district.
A program for the Christian Stewardship conference at the Brotherhood of the South Street Baptist Church, corner Noble Street and Fletcher Avenue, is distributed. Rev. C. A. Cook of Bloomfield NJ will lead sessions on devotion, stewardship and revivals with several discussions and guests over Thursday and Friday.
Gus Habich offers baseball shoes with prices listed as two and three quarter and three seventy five dollars at 121 West Washington Street. The ad promotes One pair at best value and highlights affordable options.
August Mischnick of Cortland Nebraska sent a 3 draft to U S Marshal Pettit to cover the bond for Mrs Violet Lancaster held in the Marion county jail on a charge of running a fake matrimonial bureau at Evansville. Lancaster and her daughter were arrested near Evansville and bound over to the federal grand jury. Mischnick, a young farmer, answered an ad for the bureau, traveled to Evansville to marry the daughter, then returned home and paid the bond for his wife and her transport. Mrs Mischnick said her husband would bond her mother. The woman has been teleaged.
An estimate filed with the county board shows 1908 expenses for provisions, dry goods, medicine and salaries at $20 221 with a $507.90 increase from 1907. The report notes crowded conditions, reforms requested, and lists major costs including bread, meat, lard, castor oil and bedding for inmates.
A partial lunar eclipse will occur tonight from about 9 to 11 42. The Earth will pass between the Sun and the Moon causing more than half of the Moon to darken. The event will be visible to a large portion of the northern hemisphere.
John Moorman publisher of the Starke County Republican represented Starke county before the state tax board in Knox on Wednesday. He urged the board not to raise the assessment citing a 21 percent land valuation rise four years ago and previous increases of 15 percent by the local board and 60 percent on improvements.
A suit filed in Superior Court by Elmer S Long seeks recovery of stock money and the appointment of a receiver to dissolve the Co operative Department Store company. Long alleges mismanagement and waste since organization, with three presidents and many secretaries, high rent, and dwindling stock market. He notes stock sold in small lots and rents totaling $3 750 paid so far. The case traces the firm to Wasnburn Bowen and Bullock and mentions lease terms and commissions.
Shortly after midnight false alarms were reported from box Meridian and South-side and again from box 5 at the English Hotel. The police were alerted and renewed efforts to catch the caller were promised. The Board of Safety discussed the issue and vowed to make an example of the offender if caught.
A wagon owned by the Adams Express company was struck by a Bright Wood car on Massachusetts Avenue and Michigan Street on Wednesday. Driver George Roetter was delivering a package in a store when the horse wandered into the street and onto the car track.
A lawyer urged the jury to weigh only the evidence in the Hawley trial, defending W. D. Haywood against charges. The attorney argued the press lied and urged jurors not to be cowards, insisting the case should rest on facts, not rhetoric.
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