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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
2
Flies are blamed for spreading typhoid as they feed on filth and move between houses. Doctors warn they rival impure liquids as disease transmitters and urge households to screen homes and keep flies out, per City Sanitarian Eugene Buehler.
In Bucharest on March 22 the Roumanian crisis worsens with peasants aroused to kill. Jews are executed on resistance and seven murders plus many wounded are reported in the last 24 hours. The situation mirrors the Beazarabia massacres shocking the world.
A coffee drinker suffered heart palpitations headaches and nerves until a physician advised stopping coffee. She switched to Postum Food Coffee and recovered fully. She reports regained energy and clarity and urges others to try Postum as a healthier beverage, citing Battle Creek Michigan and The Road to Wellville.
Washington dispatch reports uncertainty over exact savings from abolishing deadhead passes. Officials note increased passenger demand on several lines and cite estimates that removing passes could boost passenger revenue by as much as 10 percent in theory, with freight gains far larger.
A grand dedication at the new Maennerchor home on N Illinois Street drew more than 2,000 attendees. Indianapolis hosted a formal opening with mixed choruses, soloist Mrs. Helen Thorner of Indianapolis, and the Olk string quartet from Cincinnati. A German dedicatory poem by Mrs Edna Fern of St Louis impressed the crowd, while the concert featured Thymeian Duft am Raine and an aria from Tannhauser.
An aging man named Clarence suffers chronic stomach distress from age four onward, worsening into bloating belching and loss of appetite. He tries Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which claim to digest 3000 grains of food and restore health, offering a free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co.
An audience welcomed an encore performance followed by two songs and an encore. The program closed with Dem Genius der Tone sung by Mrs. Thorner. Social hour and a ball filled the transformed auditorium dancing hall as Vice-President Fairbanks and several consuls and society leaders attended the dedication.
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in Liverpool and denied any suggestion to summon American railway presidents to Washington for a personal interview with President Roosevelt. He refused to discuss the railway situation beyond this denial.
Scripps-Howard dispatch from New York reports Paul Morton. former railway chief and head of Equitable Life, now supports government supervision of railroads. Morton calls government ownership a calamity and argues for federal control as a remedy to industrial issues.
At the Ajax restaurant in Goldfield Nevada Count Constantine Podorsky, a Russian financier, was shot five times by J C Hines a Nome Alaska miner. Hines announced vengeance claiming the Count ruined his life and that the woman with the Count is his wife. Hines remained held pending an inquest.
George Stone, 16, a Bradford high school student, was lured to the town outskirts by a gang of youths after dark. They bound him, took him to a cemetery, and tied him to a tombstone while masked. After an hour, frightened, he lunged, toppling the monument and crushing his legs, causing internal injuries.
In Chicago on March 22 it is reported that Adolph Lichstert of the Board of Trade, active in Reading and other railroad stocks, closed his short positions after a Wall Street crash last week and stands more than 1.5 million dollars in the red from his bear campaign.
Boise Idaho March 22 Judge Wood concluded the motion to change venue in the Moyer Haywood case and announced he would render his decision on Monday morning March 4. The report notes the argument concluded yesterday and the court set March 4 for the ruling.
Listing of agricultural commodities with prices per unit including corn at 82 cents, oats at 44 to 47 cents, shelled oats 44 to 47 cents, hay varieties such as clover mixed hay at 18 to 19 dollars, and straw at 1 dollar per unit. Includes miscellaneous items and price ranges.
Barboursville Kentucky March 22. In the courts for seven years the cases of members of the Second regiment Kentucky state guards against the L and N railroad were called for trial yesterday. Twenty members sue the railroad for 10000 dollars each alleging damage from bad service when taken to Gov Beckham's inauguration seven years ago.
A home prescription claims to cure rheumatism, rheumatic kidney and bladder trouble. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Wurgon one ounce, Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake and take a teaspoon after meals and at night. The ad says it cleanses kidneys, improves bladder function, and supports liver and stomach. It notes ingredients are vegetable and safe, urging readers to prepare at home despite patent medicines.
Arrangements are set for a debate at M T H 8 Friday night with free admission. The Butchers' Ladies society hosts Friday afternoon at Germania hall while Iota Social club plans a Bellefontaine hall card party at 2 PM. Vigilantes club high school boys present Friday night at Simpson chapel. Shortridge junior prom slated for April 12. Dr H McDowell leads Bible class at YMHA 12:15 to 12:50 Friday. Third Christian Church Aid society social postponed. A piano quartet recital at 2522 N Delaware St features Ida Barber Phipps Lillian Green Helena Sheets and Jesse Crane. Measles cause dismissal of five lower grades at School No 9 Vermont and Fulton sts.
Secret service agents will track letter writers demanding the return of the Marvin boy in Dover. Dr. Marvin received a new note this morning demanding 21 000 dollars or the boy will be harmed.
The court held that trust companies of the state cannot engage in general banking, but institutions organized under the 1893 law are granted full banking powers. They may receive deposits and have them checked, issue drafts, lend on personal securities, and buy commercial paper.
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