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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
3
In Port Washington Wisconsin the elderly Mr John Paulin Sr lauds Peruna after using it for coughs colds and catarrh over seasons and calls it worth its weight in gold He recommends the remedy to others citing good results from his experience in fall and winter months.
A vintage ad style note extols Peruna as a catarrhal tonic for the elderly, citing octogenarian testimonials. Levi Kegg of Rainsburg Pennsylvania claims full recovery from systemic catarrh and nervous ailments, noting his weight rose from 140 to 156 pounds at age eighty.
Boonville Indiana March 2 A court scene moved attendees when James M Hay was granted a divorce from Disa M Hay Judge Kiper cited threats to take his life and life at home as grounds The plaintiff who asked for reconciliation after the case but won the decree spoke of his two small sons ages 3 and 2 custody given to the defendant The Hay family farmer from near Millersburg was described as prosperous and well known.
Milo Indiana must fill a postmaster position. A civil service exam will be held in Warren on March 7 to select the Milo postmaster, with applications due ten days before the test. The salary last year was 123 dollars.
Simon P. Thompson, held in the county jail on a charge of forging a large denomination draft, is stated to be from White County and was found to be of unsound mind. He will be sent to Lonecliffe asylum for treatment.
In Linton Indiana on March 2 Jasper Blithe rushed home to find his wife and two young daughters unconscious from gas fumes escaping a large stove. He extinguished the blaze after arriving and a physician revived the family with difficulty.
Farmers bringing maple syrup to the Bloomington market were told by local merchants that labels must appear on the cans. The law requires labels stating the contents as pure and the farmer’s name on each label before sale this year.
John W. Watkins sues John W. Meibers in Decatur Indiana for 36000 alleging Meibers pursued Watkins wife after their Iowa marriage on February 28, 1881. Watkins cites specific acts of infidelity beginning November 16, 1900 as the basis for the claim tied to a prior divorce action. Meibers, a prominent local horse dealer, is named in the suit filed by attorneys Judson Teeple and A. P. Beatty.
Pitcher Joe Chabek of Cleveland has sent his signed contract to Louisville General Manager T. M. Chivington. Chabek appeared in one game for Louisville last season, losing to veteran Frank Kitson of Kansas City in 16 innings, then went to Denver before being recalled.
Jasonville Indiana grew from 200 residents in 1902 to 3800 now as coal mines opened nearby. Land prices surged from 10 to 18 dollars an acre with front foot values up to 1% dollars, while 450 to 600 cash bought half to one acre. Employment centers around 14 mines within two miles, and about 2800 locals work in the mines. The town built a $30,000 school, brick Main Street, 10 miles of granitoid sidewalks, a bank, paper, a city hall with fire engine downstairs, a $2,000 opera house, electric lights, four churches, and growing business blocks. Police count two officers. no paupers reported.
The News Mirror of Bourbon Indiana lauds Edward A Ramsey a Bourbon native running on the Republican ticket for city clerk. The piece notes his early hustle memory from Parks woods accident as a child and his candy stand days in Northern Indiana. It mentions his depot job at the Pennsylvanian R A Co and his move to Indianapolis and his local friends hoping Republicans in Indianapolis select him for city clerk.
The feature notes that Cascarents took a week's treatment while Biggest seller to the world boxes a month, highlighting a timing sequence between therapy and product shipments and implying global market activity.
The big race restarts next Monday at Santa Anita Park with Roseben Jack Atkin and King James set for six furlongs if the track is fast. At a conference the weight tangle was resolved and weights announced: Roseben 300 King James 103 Jack Atkin 109.
St Louis National League club heads to Hot Springs Ark for spring training under new manager Roger Bresnahan. The traveling party includes Gilbert Charles Byrne Shaw Konnecy Phelps Medwetzky Higgins Beebe Evans Moor Baldwin Larkin Salee with additional players Delehanty Lush Osteen Reilly Rhodes Enright Fillis Bliss Higginbotham Murdeck Ludwig set to join in Little Rock.
Jefferson City Mo March 2 The Stanley bill prohibiting baseball and football on Sunday will be reported favorably by representative D E Adams Caldwell chairman of the committee on criminal jurisprudence The measure imposes a 50 dollar penalty for horse racing cock fighting playing cards baseball or football on Sunday
Frank Smith, a well known sporting man and former harness horseman, was shot and instantly killed by Pres Barrett, a gambler, in Memphis. An argument over spoils from a gambling game is said to have sparked the fatal dispute.
Stephanie Longfellow, who plays Vetive in Graystark, will return to the Park theater for three days starting Monday with a matinee. She recounts the Palace Hotel tremor, describing guests scrambling for clothes, belongings, and startled pets during the 1906 disaster.
Bloomington March 2 The Indiana University faculty punished top athletes for conditioning work and the track team now holds slim hopes for the dual against Notre Dame. Coach Barclay will bring only six to eight picked men rather than a full 18. Mrs Rube Waddell seeks alimony as a Boston bound pitcher in a $2000 claim.
A fragment notes a replacement for Fielder Jones linked to the division of uniforms. The readable text suggests a transfer of kit items as part of the succession plan.
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