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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
2
The article notes a social shift toward a waist height quick grip handshake in Newport Narragansett and Tuxedo with erect posture and no lingering clasp. It predicts Indianapolis will adopt the custom soon though not yet established there. The new method has unanimous favor in the east and is spreading as a modern greeting.
The Salvation Army will take thirty five children and their mothers by car to the Carl G. Fisher farm near New Augusta next Thursday to escape city heat. Automobiles depart Baldwin block at 1 30 pm with two pledged and more needed. Lawn swings croquet sets and porch swings are requested and a horse is sought for the farm. Gov Marshall will attend Friday afternoon for the season opening address.
Thomas Gibson was found crawling through a broken window at 500 East North street while causing a disturbance near Mrs. Ellen Pruitt’s home. Police approached with drawn guns, near arrest for burglary as a large knife was found. charged with malicious destruction of property and carrying concealed weapons.
Despondent Mrs. Emma Berryman, living at 2101 East Washington, swallowed sugar of lead after furniture she partially paid for was taken. She was hospitalized in serious condition at City hospital. Her husband died two years ago and she ran a boarding house after doing laundry for railroad men.
Ernest Huppe, a leading steeplechase jockey from Virginia, died at Emergency hospital in Coney Island from brain concussion after being thrown from Gold yesterday at Sheepshead Bay in New York. He was renowned as one of the top riders in the nation.
Chicago reports a wedding for Miss Freda Brown and Charles Roy Kindt. Gifts included bonds and real estate valued at 100000, and a 675000 opera house in Moline. The couple wed after a two year wait at parental urging.
Advertising men in Indianapolis show strong interest in a proposed advertising bureau to be formed by the Indianapolis Trade association. A Friday smoker at the Board of Trade Assembly Room will launch the plan with invited members from member concerns. Secretary W. J. Dobyns organized the project and will host a casual meeting with refreshments.
C L Henry receiver of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction company says the road will be sold soon and a reorganization is planned. Stockholders holding majority support the plan while bondholders face a $2 million issue. The new capitalization would be 1 million in preferred and 3 million in common stock with 4.85 million in bonds. A 1.25 million bond issue funds extending the line from Connersville to Hamilton. Henry, a former president, expects current officers to stay on.
A lamp exploded in the dining room at Mrs. May Phillips home 1522 Prospect Street early Friday morning sparking a 30 minute blaze. Mrs Phillips and her daughter escaped with a few clothes as neighbors moved most furniture outside before firefighters saved the building. Loss estimated at $500.
Atlanta June 24 Hoke Smith announced candidacy for governor in the August primary opposing incumbent Joseph M Brown who seeks a second term.
Ss J Singer and Son advertise new shades cut in the latest style two piece suit to order at ten dollars and seventy five cents. The shop is located at 43 West Washington Street.
Commander Robert Edwin Peary received the degree of Doctor of Laws at Bowdoin College 105th commencement. He was an 1877 graduate of Bowdoin.
Tonight is the night for Indianapolis newsies and carriers guests of the Hippodrome at Washington Park. A grand stand section is reserved for the boys who sell The Sun and special cars will depart from East Ohio Street with 500 or more newsies. The Sun circulation staff will accompany them to ensure proper care.
In Greencastle Indiana on June 24 Mr and Mrs W E Holand mailed Theodore Roosevelt a photo of their large family. The parents and eleven children attended a reunion to pose for the group shot. In Cooperstown New York on June 25 banker Charles P Knapp was convicted of receiving deposits after his bank became insolvent and faces two years in Auburn prison.
Friends of William J. Clothier the 1906 national lawn tennis champion learned he is dangerously ill with typhoid fever and will be unable to compete at Newport this summer.
A 77 year old California climber improved after stopping coffee and using Postum with Grape-Nuts. A physician warned of impending death from old age but the man gained 12 pounds and can undertake long mountain trips again. The ad promotes Postum and Grape-Nuts as nourishing brain and nerve rebuilders.
A dog said to be mad by neighbors and later described by police as poisoned chased the milkman into a yard, caused one man to climb a tree, and was shot by Bicycle Policemen Fletcher and Englebright early Friday. The animal was found on Hamilton avenue between St. Clair and Pratt streets and was nearly dead when officers arrived. Nearby, a sales ad offered all wool two piece suits to order for 10.75 at S. J. Singer & Son on West Washington Street.
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