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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
3
A party from LaPorte Indiana led by Mrs W W Spore William Sehradie William Gregg and Frank Hosmer sails to Hamilton Montana to locate and establish homes on land they bought in a new fruit and agricultural district some plan to return next fall while others intend to stay several years in the region.
A Houston Post quotation asserts a man should have as many wives as he can support and buy dry goods for. The line adds Most of us have.
In Hammond Indiana March 5 superintendent William Briggs of Crisman Porter county schools was arrested for assault and battery after punishing John Johnson a 13 year old boy with a Hickory rod during graduation week. Briggs was acquitted at Wheeler Justice court amid attention from local educators.
In South Bend Indiana a tramp seeking shelter in a Lake Shore Railway box car started a fire with greasy waste to warm himself. The blaze spread to the car floor before the heat was fully absorbed. He fled as Hose Company No 4 arrived after a tip from Cherry Street causing a still alarm.
Senator Shiveley will address the Indiana Society of New York at its annual banquet on March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria. Col. James B. Curtis, former Indiana House speaker, leads the society, which promotes Hoosier rallying in New York and boasts a strong speaker lineup. Invitations and information are available from Horace B. Hord, secretary, 38 Park Place, New York.
Enos T. Reed of Marion files for divorce from Margaret Reed after fifty years of marriage begun in 1858. He alleges threats to poison him and repeated estrangement across Kokomo Decatur Hartford City and the soldiers home where he now resides.
In January 1968 the women of the Briends church in Winchester formed the Messenger's Hand to boost social and religious interests. The group aims to visit the aged, sick, and strangers and aid the needy. The year saw cheerful visits with bouquets and fruit to the sick and elderly. Officers for 199 are President Mrs. Hannah Marlalt Vice president Mrs. Dana Fixel Treasurer Mrs. Elno ra Rowe Secretary Mrs. Otho' Moor man Assistant secretary Mrs. May L. Gray.
Manila March 5. Rumor says Lieut Harry L King of the First Cavalry and a detachment mapping northern Luzon have fallen to head hunters in a remote jungle patrol.
The Advance Hustler in Alance Indiana will be renamed the Friday Caller. The weekly will be enlarged to eight pages and cover Advance New Ross and surrounding countryside.
Old people are advised to take a tonic made from half a pint of whiskey one ounce of syrup sarsaparilla and one ounce Toris compound. The mixture should be taken in teaspoonful doses before each meal and at bedtime to restore vigor.
Richmond Ind March 5 An effort is being made by several people here to establish a cracker factory in this city in opposition to the trust. The organizers state they will be successful in securing the desired amount of capital for the enterprise. It is claimed by them that many independent companies are backing the trust successfully.
In Larson Indiana March 5 Frank Onstad turned on a light and an electric bulb burst. Glass fragments struck his eyes and he is confined to home. The full seriousness of the accident is not known at this time.
Anderson Ind March 5 Homer Boyd janitor at the Main Street School building fell from a ten foot ladder while cleaning the walls and suffered a concussion of the spine with serious back injuries. He is well known and a member of the Christian church. he will be laid up for some time.
John Butcher an instructor in the industrial reformatory at Huntington is visiting his mother in Bloomington. He is a Monroe county native who formerly taught school in the county and worked in the Indiana boys reform school at Plainfield in manual training.
Loganport dispatch reports George E. Ferrow of Dora Wabash county Indiana was captured by police here and returned to Wabash to answer a wife desertion charge. It is claimed he left his wife and six children with only four cents after eloping with Mrs Orley Gittin who left a husband and several children.
Mattie Beason sued William Beason on Thursday for divorce alleging he spends money in riotous living, drink, and gambling. The couple married sixteen years ago.
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