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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
6
Austria passes a law requiring citizens to vote under penalty of fines. About 1,000 people will be called up to face penalties for neglecting their duty. The measure evokes ancient Athenian practice, using a red mark as a symbol of enforcement.
A New Albany prisoner writes Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, alleging terrible jail conditions and urging an immediate investigation. The board will review the sanitary state and, if needed, take action based on the prisoner’s letter describing confinement as “something awful.”
Mrs Battie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports a nine month old baby with facial and foot rash. Night discomfort disturbed rest until Cuticura Ointment was used. Within hours improvement appeared and after one box the feet were cured. Cradle cap cleared and scalp healed too. Ointment kept on hand for future irritations. June 6 1906.
An advertisement touts Cuticura The Set as a complete external and internal treatment for skin ailments and irritations from infancy to old age. It promises cure for torturing, disfiguring rashes and humors when other remedies fail, with guaranteed purity and forms including chocolate pills at varying prices.
A nostalgic critique traces the seersucker fashion craze, detailing its wrinkled, translucent stripes and two piece outfits. The article notes how the suit appeared cool yet comically pleated, prompting headlines of its rise and gradual fall under M. Oldgigh's wry voice.
Special to The Sum Bloomington Indiana sheriff Ratliff poured nine barrels of beer into the street yesterday. He seized it at a blind tiger operated by an Italian at Smithville. The Italian was fined $9.
Special to the Sux reports abundant deer in the Adirondacks near Paul Smiths New York though deer avoid open shores. Elk once roamed nearby but have vanished. Guides largely resist strict game law enforcement, while locals mix hunting tradition with lax regard, and camps push deer deeper into woods making enforcement harder.
Special to The Sun from Sandy Hook Kentucky recounts feuding in McCreary County as Senator Alexander Hargis explains the code of vengeance that sustains long running feuds. Capt Ben Ewen crosses mountains at night to attend a high tension murder trial amid a tense courthouse crowd.
A local wedding at a aunt’s house featured That Boy Next Door who, warned against hurling shoes at the guests, released a rice deluge from a porch roof grain elevator. The couple narrowly escaped a soaked, suffocating reception as rice rained down on them during departure.
An observ er quotes a German note asking the finder of a purse on Blumenstrasse to return it to the loser. A two day later reply shifts the emphasis, asking the loser to call at the found purse owner s house on a convenient day.
Queen Victoria of Spain joins Europe’s royal authors by writing a French play to be staged this summer by noble amateurs at the royal villa in San Sebastian. She inherits the literary gift from Princess Beatrice of England, noted author in her own right.
Indiana Auditor certifies the statement of condition for the Casualty Company of America Insurance Company as of December 31, 1906. The document lists capital 560,000.00, paid in 90,090.00, assets including cash 398,417.99 and stocks and bonds 211,? with total liabilities noted. Official seal dated March 165, 1907 confirms on file.
The German Fire Insurance Co of Pittsburgh shows assets totaling 879,804 35 with cash real estate and securities. Liabilities amount to 513,620 52, revealing net equity and risk exposure for the December 1907 auditor's list.
New Zealand domestic workers union makes headway embracing leading cities within its scope. Charter provides a 68 hour week, graded wages, and indoor reforms. Membership ranked by roles: housekeepers, ladies helps, generals, housemaids, nurse maids, kitchen maids, laundry maids, cooks, waitresses and nurses in charge.
Recent surveys of the Isthmus of Panama show Gatun Lake will cover 125 square miles, up from 110. The larger reservoir will boost water storage enabling about 64,000 kil a n es a day versus 26,000 previously estimated.
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