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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
2
Samuel F E Raul president of the Indianapolis Belt railroad and Union Stockyards company buys the Sweeney home at 3022 Meridian North for 60000 from German American Trust. The modern residence near six months old cost about 5590 to build with 23000 for the grounds and a rear barn on 106.8 by 417 feet lot.
Rail congestion and car shortages nationwide trigger higher prices for manufactured goods of the American Paper and Pulp association for 1907 and 1908. Eastern and western members met in Chicago on Monday to approve the advance.
Special to The Sun from South Bend Indiana March bs details a will naming Fréderick ungrateful and giving him one dollar. Maria Dinnerboller listed as beneficiary. staff nurse Christina Dinnerboller referenced. The estate valued at a large figure. son plans to contest the will.
Georgetown College beat Kentucky University 27 to 16 in a college basketball game played in Lexington on March BD. The result gives Georgetown a conference style victory and improves their standings while Kentucky struggles to score.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as fast aids to digestion. It asserts the product digests meals, restores appetite, and reduces symptoms like bloating and belching. The copy touts ingredients hydrastis, golden seal, lactose, and aseptic pepsin, and notes endorsements by physicians.
Governor Preston Lee arrived from Wilmington to command a combined force including Pinkertons and state and volunteer units in the hunt for four year old Horace Marvin, son of Dr. Marvin, missing for a week. Investigators suspect kidnapping for ransom amid no solid leads and limited wealth.
Sportsmen and game wardens welcomed the change clearing the wild dove from the game list. The session altered the law to protect wild doves like songbirds while keeping quail and waterfowl seasons and bag limits. The license system shifts mainly to county clerks, with restocking funds and private ponds defined for sales. The Fish and Game Commission pledges strict enforcement and anticipates a jump in bird populations after restocking.
Society items chronicle visits and entertainments in Indianapolis. Theodore Laymann plans a hunting trip to Illinois. Mrs. Harry Meen hosts Irvington clinic guests. Grace Hutchins hosts bridge. Mrs. Reed to entertain card club at 2445 Ashland. Helen and Ruth Ross return from Peru. Marie Garrison returns from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mathews of Washington DC visit, staying a month. W E Davis visits Greenfield. Easter fair planned at Central Universalist Church March 2. Patience Lieper hosts daughter-in-law and friends. Deprz of Shelbyville visiting Stein. J J Peele visits from New Paris. Judkins couple travel in Richmond. Susie Trotter visits Milton. Florence Schrader hosts luncheon for Anita Wood, Bertha Foley, Ethel Brooks. guests include numerous local women. matinee follows. Pauline Stein returns from Europe. Mrs. Stein hosts large reception with harpist and debutante friends assisting.
Allen Lloyd tops the honor roll at Shortridge High as the senior class, the largest in history, presents 12 students with averages above 90 percent. The class closest to graduation plans a gift for the Daily Echo while continuing to set records in size and achievement.
The text promotes a remedy called Cylone claimed to purge catarrhal poisons from the blood by a mixture of Fluid Extract Vandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparita. It instructs a teaspoonful after meals and at night, asserting it aids kidney eliminative tissues and prevents mucous membrane absorption leading to sores or catarrh. It labels the prescriber as an eminent evatarrh and threat specialist of national reputation.
The home of Mrs. J. Morgan Daily hosted the Tate Book club on Tuesday with Mrs. John Moore presenting a paper on Florence Nightingale. Mrs. Clinton Parker contributed to the discussion as others assisted in arrangements.
Mrs Elizabeth Hoover’s birthday anniversary was remembered Tuesday by her daughters Mrs C L Buschman and Mrs Jans Hooker who entertained a number of friends in her honor.
Mrs. Charles Ruschaupt hosted a bridge gathering Tuesday in honor of Mrs. John H. Smith of Spencer who is visiting Mrs. Harry Mansfield and Mrs. Henry Craig. Mrs. T. Hale of Noblesville and Mrs. Maurice Henryraschig attended among the guests who will depart April 1 for Louisville.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Wohlfeld gave a theater party followed by supper at the Denison on Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Mother Sertter whose marriage to Mr Bert Gollberg will take place next week. Mrs Fremont Alford entertained Eureka Euchre club Wednesday afternoon at her home 2478 E Tenth st
A Pennsylvania lady reports years of constipation and stomach pain eased after six weeks of using Postum Food Coffee instead of traditional coffee. She describes better digestion, clearer skin, and gaining weight, crediting Postum and the booklet The Road to Wellville. The ad promotes Postum from Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan, with the slogan There’s a reason.
The board met Tuesday night to consider revised by laws and may adopt them Friday. Officers will be elected at that meeting with candidates including W. Bobbles W. S. Wynn and Henry W. Bennett. New duties include removing twofold roles, creating an auditor post, expanding the executive committee to five, and placing the loan department under board supervision.
Engineer Galnauer Conductor Muste and Brakeman Woodward indicted for responsibility in the Baltinars & Ohio wreck at Woodville where 11 people died. Trial scheduled for April 8 in Valparaiso Indiana.
William Birk a Meridian druggist living at 2165 Park Ave faced two well dressed highwaymen Tuesday night at 10 o clock. They followed him from the street car to his home on College Ave and Twenty first St. He fought back using a revolver and was badly beaten but prevented the robbers from taking cash or valuables. The attackers fled after subduing him and escaping with his gun.
Henry E. Hord son of Oscar B. Hord died at St. Vincent's after a long illness. Yale graduate 1835 pursued law at Daniela and Baker but did not practice. He was unwed, 44 years old, and survived by sister Frances Hord and nephew S. E. Perkins. His father was partner with Thos. A. Hendricks.
In Indianapolis judge Vin son Carter may grant a petition by Hiram W. Miller to order a sale of a rare book collection. Miller, named receiver on a petition by William H. Turner, seeks to liquidate property once owned by Preston A. Perry who spent two decades amassing the collection. The appraisal stands at $19,000.
Curtis Smithey of 30 N Tacoma Ave died Tuesday night by shooting himself in the head while at a lounge at home. He had been drinking for two days and hid the gun in his coat. Despondent over a brother's two year old suicide, he was employed as a car repairer at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops.
Indianapolis and Western Traction Company shows trains from Avon and Danville with departures at 6:00 a.m. and every 90 minutes until 9:30 p.m. A last car runs at 11:15 p.m. Information via Terminal Building office. Old Main 1751 rings, new Main 45055. Sunday service halted after 5:00 a.m.
From Mooresville Bethany Park Martinsville Ind first train leaves at 6 10 a m and every hour until 7 00 p m. Night trains depart at 9 00 10 30 p m with the 10 p m train running only to Mooresville. For information call the company office Terminal building Old Main 1% -1 ving New Martin 6055.
Special to The Sun from Washington reports Admiral Meron head of naval finance says plans are finished for a large scale torpedo factory at Newport naval station. The project would see the government produce every torpedo part except the steel flanks containing the compressed air.
The Austrian drug Arcatco is claimed to cure asthma with certainty and speed, surpassing relief-focused remedies. The Austrian Dispensary offers a free trial treatment by mail to any sufferer who writes from 33 West Twenty-Third Street, New York City.
Trains depart Indianapolis for New Castle Richmond and Dayton at 5 50 a m 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 10 38 11 10 am and 12 noon 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 30 5 10 6 00 7 10 9 00 pm Through limited runs at 10 30 p m and 4 28 p m go to New Castle with two hour trip. Through limited trains at 6 00 am and 3 00 pm reach Dayton four hours. One train at 11 30 pm serves Knightstown only.
Special to The Sun A Monon construction crew member Layne died in a hospital after a temporary trestle over a cut near Cataract Indiana collapsed. Four men were trapped. John Kelley was fatally hurt. Two other workers were bruised but expected to recover.
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