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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
9
Portland Indiana June 11 Joe Bowers an animal trainer and baker formerly of this city now from New Paris Ohio arrives to Portland for summer. He plans to buy 12 ordinary young geese and train them in a secluded place to perform tricks for vaudeville, hoping to capitalize on his prior success in show business.
Rev C Fenick Reed evangelist who once held a revival in the Methodist church at Wabash and staged dancing parties to draw crowds has been relegated to the rear in Rochester Indiana on June 1. Local leaders say the incidents with leading society young ladies swearing off the light fantastic led to criticism and distancing from the revival effort.
North Manchester, part of the Horse and Buggy league with Logansport and other towns, saw its baseball hopes falter as the manager reportedly joined a church choir last Sunday, leaving his team to lose. The revival appears to threaten continued play this season.
Owensville Indiana June 11. Melon district girls west of Owensville show romance as elopements rise in three months. Five melon maids figure in as many elopements as suitors receive names and addresses written in cantaloupe baskets shipped to distant markets. Letters follow and marriages often result.
F B Johnson head of Indiana University journalism outlined a practical program for new reporters. Courses emphasize general education in history English and economics and specialized newspaper work. The Student, IU’s daily, will be run by practice newspaper class to tackle real editor duties from reporting to layout.
G A Patterson and J R Carey machinists from a Pennsylvania roundhouse were forced to trek about 50 miles from James Lake to Fort Wayne after their boat overturned and their tickets vanished with a lost purse. They arrived exhausted, prompting wives to alert the roundhouse before the men returned.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a cure for a range of female ailments caused by organ weakness. It markets a non alcoholic tonic with restorative effects for overworked and nervous women, plus Pleasant Pellets for digestion. It promotes free or cheap access to The People s Common Sense Medical Adviser from the World s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
An advertisement touts possum as a revolutionary skin remedy curing eczema pimples rashes and other disorders overnight. It claims dramatic results by the first use and offers 50 cent packages and jars through Indianapolis druggists with free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Young People Societies of Christian Endeavor of the United Prethren church opens in Oakland City Indiana with about 100 delegates from the southern third of Indiana. Bishop F C Carter and Prof W G Clippinger headline the program with lectures and talks across the day.
William Jarrett a coal miner living near Clay County reports discovering a gold bearing deposit on ten acres along Toy creek near Eel river. He has worked six weeks and sent quartz samples to assayists in Denver who encouraged him. Farmers in Clay and Green counties plan to form a stock company to operate the mine amid mixed belief about the find and offers for the land.
Terre Haute June 11 From present indications it will be necessary for police and fire departments to carry pay roll copies when they play a charity ball game next Saturday. Each side accuses the other of fielding ringers. Police insist McGuire Borttinger and Skelton on the firemen’s team are not on the payroll. Firemen object to Scott playing catcher who is not a department member. The teams are engaged in banter over an impending clash for the poor kids picnic fund.
Rushville Ind June 11 Wheat cutting in Rush county will be unusually late this year due to cold weather delaying growth. Farmers report a good yield overall with threshing likely five weeks or more away. Some fields have come on nicely, boosting final expectations beyond spring hopes.
Lutherans elect officers yesterday at Monroe City session. President Rev A H Arbaugh of Chicago. secretary Rev W F Sieberling Mulberry Indiana. treasurer Rev J Whitman Wallace Indiana.
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