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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
2
The State Board of Agriculture and Mack Wilson clash over pay for workers moving barns at the state fair grounds. Wilson says the board allowed him to order pay. the board says it overpaid and demands sworn proof of debt. Some workers sue to collect and removal work is stalled.
An advertisement urges women to guard health and touts Zoa-Phora as a safe nerve tonic and tissue builder for maiden, wife, and mother. It cites testimonials from Miss Retta Griffith of Columbiaville Michigan and claims permanent relief from leucorrhea and painful menses. Customers are directed to obtain a bottle from their druggist with plain dosage instructions.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade opened its new Meridian and Chiists building with a Saturday banquet attended by 300 members. Mayor Bookwalter and Congressman Overstreet spoke on city growth, while officers reported a seven month 1906 to 1907 summary showing a balance and steady finances. The meeting honored the building committee and noted rental projections versus actuals and the fund balance with Union Trust.
Civil service exams will be held in July with vacancies in multiple bureaus. Positions include micro-analyst at $1,000 to $1,500 yearly in the bureau of chemistry, telegraph operator at Port Royal naval station with duties in Charleston, and laboratory inspector up to $2,000 a year in the bureau of animal industry. Additional openings include topographic draftsman and copyist with salaries from $900 to $1,500.
Two tons of small silver colored fish rained from the sky during a Sunday downpour in Independence Missouri. The heaviest fall over the public square clogged sewers, backed up and covered sidewalks as residents watched streams of aquatic animals slide along the ground. Scripps-McHae Press Association reported the event.
Two persons were killed and a dozen others badly injured when an electric car on the Eagle Rock Valley line overturned near Los Angeles last night. The deceased are Mrs. Burroughs and Vance. The crash happened on a sharp curve as the car was rounding the bend.
A house at 709 Union Street was struck by lightning at 4:80 Monday morning causing no serious damage. Resident William Sextrol was slightly stunned as the bolt struck a flue and left scorch marks in three rooms.
William Beck, 44, was found dead with a bullet in the brain on a counter inside Jones' hardware store in Peru Indiana this morning. Believed self-inflicted, as he had previously attempted suicide. He leaves a family.
Police report shows Merchant Policeman Filer fired two shots early Saturday at the East Market intersection of Kentucky Avenue Georgia Street and Capitol Avenue while pursuing a bread thief who escaped. One round nearly struck Frank Queisser a meat dealer.
A boiler at the Water Works and Electric Light Plant exploded at 1 AM in Shelbyville Indiana. William Ballard 20 engineer and fireman was killed instantly. The 20 foot flywheel shattered and a large section was hurled across the street damaging Conrey Birley Paper Company building. The blast left the city without power and part of the water supply cut off. Debris cleared, repairs begun, new machinery to be installed, service promised within days.
Mrs. Samuel Chissel, wife of a prosperous Marion county farmer, died Saturday morning at the family home near Snacks. The obituary notes her prominence in local society and references her surviving relatives.
President Roosevelt gives two addresses at Jamestown exposition events for Georgia Day and the National Editorial Association. Secretary Taft begins a western tour with talks in Milwau kee Rockland Minneapolis and St Paul while the National Conference of Charters meets in Minneapolis. The eighth international Red Cross Conference opens in London and the second Hague Conference is called by the Czar with 46 countries set to attend.
The Commercial Telegraphers union plans a special $1 weekly assessment for five weeks on its 20,000 members in the United States and Canada to bolster an emergency fund of $50,000 in a Chicago bank. Union leaders say Western Union operators seek railroad telegraphers support if a strike occurs.
A children's recital by pupils of the Metropolitan School of Music is set for Thursday at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. All performers are under 12 years old.
The grand lodge I O O F began vacating its Pennsylvania and Washington street building moving the grand secretary and grand scribe offices to rooms 401 403 404 and 465 on the fourth floor of the new Board of Trade building at Meridian and Chiosts Some tenants oppose vacating and threaten injunction but Grand Secretary W H Leedy expects little delay as settlements offered He plans demolition of the old building by the 24th for a sixteen story modern structure costing 550000
The Rev. Allan B. Philputt delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the Shortridge high school graduates at Central Christian church. The message, titled Life's Fidelities, urged seniors to view education as an investment and to fulfill their obligations by striving to achieve meaningful goals.
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