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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
3
Park theater reports Miss Carolyn Ryan, a leading actress, left illness to rehearse and then perform. Though advised to stay in bed for a week, she insisted on joining the cast as understudies were prepared. Manager Boyle Woolfolk warned rest but Ryan resumed duties for the Saturday engagement at the Park.
Bowerman, the new catcher, is reportedly the league’s highest paid in the American Association. He was hired to finish the season and his pay prompts retrenchment to meet the salary cap. Monte-Cross, on a big league salary, is released. Bumpus Jones sold to Montreal. waivers asked on Shaw. Wakefield won’t be paid until his arm improves. Howley told to rest.
A Riverside advertisement touts Cascarets as a daily necessity for millions of Americans. It claims high, continuous demand with vast sales metrics, praising consumer trust and years of use while warning against counterfeit imitators seeking unearned profits.
A promotional note extols Casearets as a sound business founded on merit not accident. It claims Cascar ets cleanse and strengthen the digestive canal, act like exercise for bowel muscles, and keep children safe from deathly dangers. The piece stresses they are purely vegetable, painless, reliable and efficient.
A critical note warns against dishonest sellers promoting a questionable product and urges buyers to choose genuine Cascarets by Sterling Remedy Company. The ad highlights the Ten Cent West Pocket box, CCC marked tablets, and a free French defined gold plated bonbon offer, with a request of ten cents in stamps to cover coat.
Charles Hummer, 24, a West Point native recently in Denver, shot himself after his wife Florence Hummer refused a kiss and announced plans to leave. Domestic troubles years two and a half. he died at home in Lafayette. His mother lives in West Point.
Louisville wins 10 innings to open the series as Hughes Peltz and Dunleavy deliver decisive singles. Halla edges Swan in a pitching duel. Beckley and Tate suffer injuries requiring doctors. Olsen and Love provide key catches. Danny Shay, ex-St Louis Cardinal, debuts as Kansas City manager.
The Hungarian poet, novelist, and traveler Jules de Rudnyansky was detained at Ellis Island, New York, by federal authorities for three days for lacking a required 325 and on the ground he might become a public charge.
The young divinity student George A. Fitch, granted a license to preach by the New York Presbytery, faces opposition from a strong minority who deem his views heretical. He warns that his opponents have distorted his positions and threatens a split in the Presbyterian Church in New York.
California potato king Georges Shima funds a bold horticultural project guided by Hugo Lilienthal to graft a single rose bush into a hundred varieties in red, yellow, and white. The plan centers on Shima’s garden on College Avenue as Berkeley’s horticultural talk of the town grows.
Otto Jordan captain and second baseman for the Atlanta team and noted as the Southern League’s premier infielder has been sold to Detroit on condition he joins the Tigers.
Tom Chivington of Louisville bid for Blaine Durbin who had been farmed to Harrisburg and is expected to move. The deal centers on Durbin with Barney Dreyfuss as the target.
A Bareline reader describes coffee as a life necessity and its harming effects. After stopping coffee and trying Postum, she reports weight gain, restored health, disappeared headaches, and her husband’s indigestion relief. A promotional letter invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
The Castoria makers spent hundreds of thousands to educate the public on the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher to combat pirate counterfeits. The notice urges parents and especially mothers to verify the facsimile signature on the bottle wrapper and to trust the Fletcher supervision spanning over thirty years.
Lafayette July 28 Prof William Stewart formerly with Purdue experiment station where he served as assistant botanist under Prof Arthur has been appointed to a key post in the agriculture department in Washington D C Friends describe him as a capable botanist whose government career is expected to rise He left Purdue for Burlington VI where his work drew government notice and led to this appointment He was among the leading botanists at Purdue in the West
The document lists the 31st December 1605 figures for Westchester Fire Insurance Company in New York City. It shows assets including real estate, securities, cash, loans, and bonds, totaling 3 942 359 16, with liabilities of 2 528 269 78. The report notes capital of 300 000 00 and identifies officers John H. Kelly secretary and George R. Crawford president, with an Indiana auditor certifying accuracy as a copy on file.
Audited balance sheet for December 1908 shows cash in banks and office at 878463, real estate 2423200, bonds and stocks, loans to policy holders, and other assets totaling 47,960,647.74. Debts for premiums and losses, reserves, premiums paid in advance, and legal reserves are itemized with totals of liabilities and assets, as filed in Indiana Office of Auditor of State.
Columbus defeated Milwaukee 1 to 0 in a pitchers duel as Goodwin outpitched McGlynn. Milwaukee managed only three hits and a lone runner reached third base. Kruger's fielding highlighted the game in Columbus.
Toledo scored on two doubles in the second and a triple with an error in the fifth to beat St Pauls 4 to 1. Kilroy forced in a run by hitting Lynch with the bases loaded in the eighth. St Pauls managed one run on a hit and a wild pitch.
Martinsville Indiana July 2 Captain and Mrs John Welch announce son Frank Welch and his wife will relocate from Montgomery Alabama to Indianapolis. Frank has accepted a position with Western Electric in Indianapolis.
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