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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
3
A pale yellow straw hat is trimmed with pink chiffon ruffles and a wired tulle puff around the crown. A Mechlin veil covers the puff and is held by a topaz pin. Pale yellow roses form an arch over the crown with pansies at the back.
A dealer touts Fit Reform with advocates claiming advantages, but notes the line remains appealing on its own. The sale highlights the cream of stock priced from $18 to $25 as an advens itious offering to customers.
A pricing rundown lists suits at 25.00 22.50 20.00 and 18.00 dollars. The ad emphasizes affordable menswear options with a simple, sales tone.
The notice claims a universal fit policy describing tall, short, stout, slim, normal build, over erect, sloping, stooping shouldered, portly, and small men as eligible. It appeals for a trial, inviting readers to participate to prove the fit. The language emphasizes inclusivity and invites action.
Paris report confirms Augustin Daly prominent manager and playwright died suddenly at age sixty one from heart failure. Daly began as New York dramatic critic in 1859, opened Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1889, later Daly's on Broadway and a London theatre, with works including Divorce and Horizon. Ada Rehan aided his productions.
Greensburg Indiana June 8 Indiana state committee member A M Chipman asks O L Pulse Co to break the contract for the new orphans home. The move follows city authorities failing to annex the site and a water company fire protection contract. The Indianapolis Commercial Club reportedly offers to cover damages if the site moves to Indianapolis.
Boone County commissioners approve specifications for a new Lebanon court house and will invite bids for the contract set for July 29. Impeachment proceedings are pending against two commissioners, yet the board proceeds, contending the order was issued before the new law took effect and is legal.
Hazel Dyce seven years old of Ogilville Indiana died after she apparently ran a needle into her breast. The mother pulled at a thread to remove it but broke the needle. A doctor failed to remove the fragment and left promising it would work out. She later grew ill.
The report notes convulsions the next night and a subsequent death within a short time, detailing the sequence of events and medical responses.
In Vincennes Indiana the three day ballot count ended with 265 votes but no winner for county superintendent. The five trustees remain evenly split and will reconvene Thursday. If tie persists the auditor would declare the result for the Republican candidate.
Mrs Margaret DeWitt of Weystone attempted suicide by stepping onto a rail approach and turning away as a rust train neared. She was thrown high in the air and is not expected to recover. The incident occurred two miles east of Montpelier, Indiana, on a Wednesday morning, June 8.
In Muncie Indiana the Elks held a social at Shirk's hall with wives of members entertaining visiting ladies. Toats flowed and at 11 o'clock the visiting ladies sent a complimentary toast to "the boys" in the other hall.
Bedford suffers storm damage while Alexandria reports dice use in local efforts. Dearborn county records tobacco harvests. Greencastle sees lightning strike Madison Moreland. Putnam county ginseng grows as a profitable industry. Muncie hosts Elks carnival with fakirs and Nettie Levy dedicating a march. Crawfordsville hosts annual trapshooting tournament. Andersonians dispute post office site. Union City suffers $8 000 fire loss from gas jet. Richmond storm brews unroofing at Quaker City machine shops, damage 200 feet. State liquor league HQ noted.
Indiana notes report thefts of poultry near New Pittsburg and thefts across multiple counties, church anniversaries at Otis and Honey Creek, policing curbs on gambling and crime, rising school enrollments, smallpox at Valparaiso, and local political dramas from Goshen to Muncie. Highlights include the Northern Indiana normal school enrollment, Peruvian weather damage, and ongoing public notices.
Vincent McLaughlin publisher of the Philadelphia Times died at his home at 2 o’clock Thursday morning after months of pulmonary and stomach troubles. He succeeded to the paper’s ownership about 38 months ago on the death of his father Frank McLaughlin. He leaves a widow and two children.
Two notable men died in Winnipeg at St. Peter's reserve on Wednesday. Henry Prince aged 75 led the Ojibway Indians and was the son of Penguis, a friend and defender of Lord Selkirk's colony. Joseph Monkman aged 89 assisted Sir John Schultz's escape from Louis Riel authorities to St. Paul and Chicago.
In Cleveland Ohio on June 5 Senator Hanna flatly denies he will resign from the chairmanship of the national Republican committee. He calls reports of his departure a fabrication and says the position remains with him.
Birth notices report six boys and five girls born to local couples at addresses on Morvis Blake Winton Fountain Cooper Nebraska Madison Delaware and Prospeist Will Clarke and Benson Hanes Munson Gill Copley and others. Deaths record Ethel Clare and W H Eden. Numerous marriage licenses issued including Garstang Levings Slate Whitman Stahl Townsley Davidson Offutt Schafer Haymaker Noffke Clary Rollings Rausch Martin Timberlake Grim Wallace Wilson and others.
Mrs. S Doty of Des Moines Iowa expresses lasting gratitude for Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for coughs lung troubles and whooping cough noting perfect satisfaction and recommending continued availability through all druggists.
Chicago June reports Senator Mason halted the pure food inquiry until at least one committee member joins him. He alleges sustained pressure from manufacturers of adulterated foods including threats of political destruction and bribe offers. He says evidence supports a labeling bill and proposes a national board of health to Congress.
In Chicago in June reports suggest former Maryland Senator Gorman may run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee if Chairman Jon resigns at the meeting to be held in July in this city. The item notes Gorman as a strong possible candidate for the post.
West, a Chicago graduate of the Associat training school, succeeds John G Nehr as Y M C A athletic director. He stands six two and has twice won all around honors at the Lake Geneva physical divers meet. West shifts fitness practice from gymnasium to outdoor field work in summer, plans fall resume of regular classes with a busy noon hour men’s class instead of evening sessions.
In Chicago on June 8, about eight hundred car workers struck after 25 boys were discharged. Remaining workers threatened to join the action as heat affected shifts at the plant.
Edgar L. Thompson of 516 Bright Street contracted small-pox and was removed to the pesthouse for quarantine. The case prompted health officials to enforce isolation and monitor contacts in the city.
Articles of incorporation for the American Manufacturing Company with a capital of 3,000,000 were filed in New York. The firm will manufacture wholesale and retail pie products and operate pie factories in New York and New Jersey.
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