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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
5
A description of a green foulard gown built on a green foundation with an unconventional patterned design. The skirt panels are plain green with a corsage of small touches of lace, sleeves of lace dyed green, and shoulders front overlaid with rose taffeta. Embroidery and a rose tint complete the ensemble with a green mignonette in the crown and a long green plume at the back.
Gly council finance committee discussed an 80 000 appropriation for a municipal coliseum. A report was not ready. another meeting set for Friday night to review the plan.hilkens may push for an authority report while Rhodes calls for further study. Royse favors funding though opposition is expected.
A temperamental Houston & Texas Central locomotive, No 158, freaks out with a fiery burst of energy. Fireman Jim Doyle says engines can be moody and you must humor them as the runaway pulls a reckless sprint through East Waco, across the Brazos river bridge, and into a Missouri, Kansas & Texas station area.
A health notice warns rapid urban living harms heart and stomach. It cites 125 NYC deaths in one week versus 64 the prior year, linking overwork and worry to heart disease among both sexes. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic, urging lifestyle reform and outdoor exercise to restore health.
In Pittsburgh this morning, Raphael Gurrufer, an Italian, faced Magistrate Walker on a charge of being a suspicious character after attempting to compel 16 year old Mary, daughter of John Diablo, to marry him. The girl testified that Gurrofer had threatened her when she refused and police, alerted by her brother, took him into custody. Father William of Help of Christians church declined to perform the wedding, and the case included references to another admirer, Frank Risto. The magistrate ordered the family to promise no harassment and the girl returned home with her relatives mentre Gurrofer denied the charge.
New York June 3 The will of William M Kingsland of Bearboro N Y made yesterday leaves the entire estate to his widow if she survives his kin but provides massive bequests if she dies first The sum set aside includes 100000 to two executors Macy and Macy 100000 to Grace Church’s gentryman 50000 to the Nursery and Child Hospital 60000 to Sheltering Arms 50000 to New York School of Industry 5000 to the Eastern Diocesan Convention 95000 to the General Theological Seminary and 25000 to Lenox Library The residue goes to relatives with portions to St John the Divine Cathedral and New York Mission Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a Kingsland deflection.
PATERSON, N.J. June 33. Three former secretaries of building and loan associations were sentenced to one year in prison for embezzlement. W. F. Apost of Passaic's People's Building and Loan faced about $14,000 in misused funds, William Malcolm of Passaic’s Bru tus Building Association had $4,047, and G. W. Allen of Paterson’s entity completed the trio.
A sensational expose portrays Antoinette Bertha Krupp of Essen as the richest woman, owner of towns, 547 mines, vast plants, and 4,000 employees. It claims a $3 million annual income, a 500-strong watch brigade, and control of churches, hotels, and museums, with diplomat von Bohlen-Halbach as her chosen husband.
A female journalist counsels working girls on domestic duties with mixed practical tips and moral warnings. The piece urges cleanliness, cautions against drying clothes in crowded rooms, and promotes washing at the laundry to preserve health and comfort in cramped housing.
In New York June 3 special to The Sen. Lucky Rhodes of Oakdale Illinois, neighbor to Vanderbilt, devises a scare device. He links two poles and a long line with cowbells to a stake at his bedroom, waking by a tug to rouse him and keep deer from his grain. Deer redirect feasts to Vanderbilt and Bourne lands while Rhodes sleeps soundly, ready to confront any neighbor with his simple method.
A special report from Wilkes-Barre describes Mrs Anne Lee dying in Scranton amid grief after her daughter Emily received a 20 year penitentiary term for killing Mrs Etalla Weldon. The elder woman showed no interest in the crime but faded quickly.
In June at Saint Joseph's church in Conn the couple John D Catfay and Minnie Poole wed. A decorated carriage carried them to the station with a banner reading Colley won rome and wedding festivity followed.
Special to The tm New York June 2 after two years seven months and 22 days on death row in Sing Sing Cascone known as the King of Mulberry Street was brought back to the Tombs by deputies and granted a new trial by the Court of Appeals He told fellow condemned men goodbye and spoke of praying at Sing Sing before recounting a dream that he believed granted a new trial He described cigars from Molineux and the moment of the telegram announcing the new trial and spoke of his longing to see his son and the Madonna image in his cell
An incoherent passage describes a court of appeals grant and a claim to meet a person named Jamea Vv Oabhorne. It mentions defending someone at a future trial and a trip with a box of candy taken to a jail cell in the Tombs. The fragment includes references to a train, Cascone, and a jail setting with limited readable context.
Mrs. Alice E. Waugh, president of the WWOC, visited Knightstown Indiana on Thursday for the Soldiers and Ballons Orphanage commencement. About 60 children live as one family under strict loving rule, learning trades, cooking, sewing, stenography, and domestic economy as they prepare for independence at age 16. A Knightstown carriage brings visitors, and the G A R group plans to move the Knightstown home band to the national event in Minneapolis, with small contributions requested from readers.
Gov Rackham announced his candidacy in the Democratic primary to be held statewide in November for the United States Senate seat. He seeks to succeed ex Senator B B McCreery, with the primary date set for June 12.
Aberdeen Mississippi June 3 Special: Twe Chuquatoucha drainage commissioners awarded a contract to J C Sprankle of Fort Wayne Indiana to build a ranal six feet wide spanning miles along the Chugquatoucha creek area for drainage of a large tract. Bid 3000 with extras brings total near 36000.
Prediction by Raphael the Astrologer warns of accidents and favors. includes birth day insights about a 108 year old child and a year of success. Mentions young people courting or marrying and cautions for birthdays and employment, with notes on a 1907 birth.
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