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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1907
Page
6
The narrator recalls waking to a busy day and longs for youth as Hood’s verses flash back to a homestead scene. He imagines the old bedroom under the eaves, a yellow bedstead, and a father calling to rise for chores on a plowing day. The piece closes with a nostalgic salute to home, Bushnell.
Gov J Frank Hanly traveled to Washington last week to discuss Indiana railroad law with President Roosevelt amid broader talks with governors from states facing restrictive rail regulations. Hanly, in the east to address Pennsylvania high school students, joined Judge Woods and others from Indiana's railroad commission to present the ships' case to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the president.
Special to The Sun. Bedford Indiana March 19 Mrs Jackson Clark was kicked by a horse she was leading. Four ribs broken and internal injuries reported she will probably die.
An unidentified man was found on a railroad near Garrett Indiana with his head severed. Authorities believe the death resulted from self inflicted injuries in what is treated as a possible suicide.
In March 19 report Henry Heitman a Bronx cigar maker was jailed as a receiver of stolen goods. Detectives found secret closets packed with valuables in his 530 B 155th Street home and revealed his son Stephen also faced similar charges. Becker, a burglar, testified he sold many stolen items to the Heitmans and sought revenge after a dispute.
Richmond Indiana March 19 George Lipscombe who gave his home as Cincinnati is wanted by police. He worked at the City restaurant and fled taking the contents of the cash drawer.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c.
An advertisement announces a cure titled The Combination Oll for cancer and tumors claiming success. It warns against imitators and directs readers to contact Dr. D. M. Bye at 316 N Illinois St Indianapolis Ind for free books.
Room 8 at the Odd Fellows Building in Pena and Wash sees activity with recovered buttons. Kingston makes specialty of old whisky, anchoring a local craft page with small town notes.
New York report claims Mrs Russell Sage plans a foundation guiding a major gift to aid the poor and victims of social injustice. The fund would support immigrant services tenement relief and scholarly study of industrial living conditions, with emphasis on direct aid to the needy.
Reported discovery of dynamite in the Helicon Hall ruins after a fire last Saturday that destroyed Upton Sinclair’s Socialistic colony. Coroner inquest pending on Lester Briggs’s death. officials and Englewood police to disclose threats against Sinclair.
Finley Jones aged 87 a Bath born resident of Franking county died after a delirious episode in his Brookville home following several weeks illness. He arose from bed and injured himself, death occurring within a few hours yesterday.
Mrs. Josephine Haile Ward of Indianapolis, daughter of Mason F. Haile a Brookville pioneer, died in Brookville yesterday from acute pneumonia. Her brothers Dr. Haile of Cincinnati and James Haile a Cincinnati merchant arrived to attend the obsequies.
Evansville Ind March 19 Emil Rahm died yesterday He set the day of his death and chose his own pallbearers He was a wealthy real estate man.
Eminent writers on Materia Medica laud Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for mucous-tract diseases and lingering coughs. The ad urges use for stomach weakness, torpid liver, blood purification, and skin ailments, touting a trusted All-Healing Salve and Favorite Prescription for women, with emphasis on known ingredients and long clinical tradition.
A March 19 dispatch from New York reports a mass appeal for Jewish residents of Podiholi Roumania where a massacre has been ongoing since Thursday. Three Podrack merchants relay that the town is destroyed and the Jewish population routed with homes pillaged. A relief effort is planned with a Manhattan Lyceum mass meeting and prominent speakers to raise funds. Podiholi lies 30 miles from Kishineff, echoing a past massacre in the region.
A fragment of dialogue shows a character puzzled by Sappington’s wages and notes his wife receives the rest. The line implies a household economy with a weekly payment of a dollar and fifty cents for the husband.
The Title Guaranty and Surety Company of Scranton Pennsylvania reports on the 31st day of December 186. Its capital has been authorized at 1 000 000 and paid in 793 000. Cash on hand stocks and bonds mortgage loans and premiums in course of collection total assets of 1 636 840 57. President is L A Watres and Secretary D B Atherton. The company is located at 514 516 Spruce Street.
State of Indiana official duplicate shows reserves for claims and taxes, surplus over liabilities totaling 1 636 347 57, with noted adjustments and in process reserves. Auditor J Billheimer certifies the condition as of December 31, 1906, on February 28 1907.
Copy of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company statement dated December 31 1906 listing capital stock cash real estate stocks and bonds loans on mortgages and other assets totaling over 16 000 000 and liabilities including legal reserves. Auditor J C Billheimer signs with official seal and date.
The Manhattan Life Insurance Company located at No 64 Broadway New York City is led by President H B Stokes and Secretary M W Toney. Capital of 100000 and paid up capital shown. The statement lists cash on hand real estate loans and other securities totaling 19613876.09 with losses and reserves and total liabilities of 31961299.17. Indiana confirms the company on file as of December 1. The text records official attestation and signatures.
Berlin March 19 Prince Von Buelow chancellor of the German empire is reported near death. He has been moved to Rapallo an Italian seaside resort near Genoa for treatment amid the grave condition and political tension following the crisis.
Leot ard Portwood, noted member of the Y M C A and Sunday school teacher at a South Bend Methodist church, is in custody charged with stealing valuable machinery from his employers.
In advance, a brief dialogue recalls staying at the Shelimont hotel during a trip to New York. The exchange confirms prearranged lodging and a playful insistence on planning ahead.
The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company located at 309 Broadway New York, led by President A Burnham and Secretary Charles W Camp, shows admitted assets totaling 99,435,996.83 with extensive holdings in real estate, stocks and bonds, and loans. The balance sheet lists liabilities and a legal reserve, audited by Indiana Auditor of State, dated December 1, 1996, and signed February 2, 1919 by the auditor.
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