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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
6
In a desert town a mob surrounds a jail as Sheriff Cutie stands at the door with a Colt. Swede leads the protesters and demands the boss thief. Cutie delivers a defiant speech about mercy and justice before a tense stalemate ends with the threat of force and a lurking blue steel revolver.
In a tense moment a calm Cutie taunts Swede as a Colt fires above him. Cutie slumps after a graze, while a boy stands defiantly on shattered doorsteps, Swede urging his men to break in as Jim is named.
Eastern railroads refuse to aid western lines in collecting 2 per ticket for the National Educational association. A mid-journey rate of 62.50 round trip is proposed with return tickets needing validation and a membership ticket. Eastern lines say convention may be canceled if western lines insist on collecting the membership fee.
At Ft. Sill Oklahoma on May 11 Mrs. Edgar Macklin corroborated the testimony of Mrs. Johnson the negro enok that only two shots were fired the night of the attempted assassination The Knowles court martial proceedings will close tomorrow Sergt Butler charged with perjury in El Reno penitentiary testified earlier this afternoon.
Mrs. Josephine Barber and Irving Little were arrested in Chicago and jailed in Pine Bluff Arkansas. Six hundred dollars taken from a local bank on a certificate of deposit in Barber's husband’s name was returned by Mrs Barber. Little had no role in securing the money.
Laramie Wyoming May 11 For 2% days a snowstorm has raged in the southern Wyoming mountains and snow is seven feet deep on the level. Since April 15 the sun has not shone and the storm has not ceased a moment. The temperature has been between zero and 10 degrees below during that time.
Guthrie Oklahoma May 11 The Shawnee Central railroad was chartered today with 10 000 000 capital to build from Muskogee via Shawnee 300 miles to Childress Texas with a branch from Shawnee to Tulsa Principal corporator is W S Woods a Kansas City banker
A New York Press note says earrings are back in fashion as urban women flaunt varied pieces on Broadway and Fifth Avenue. A subway rider wows all with enormous pink ears and three long pendants that jingle as she moves, drawing stares and whispered commentary before alighting at Ninety-sixth Street.
Honolulu police and grand juries probe rising Kahunaism among native Hawaiians. The report traces Kahuna practices as ancient priest physician rituals, notes royal and temple connections, and cites lingering superstitions under law and modernization.
A Boston American team manager quits claiming temperament disqualifies him. The column also folds in quick quips about art, money, marriages, pensions, luck, and a mix of Broadway gossip. Other jests touch on a Chicago professor, a lawyer with bad legs, clairvoyants, a Texas Republican editor, and Sunday barbers in East St. Louis.
A summer travel gown in natural pongee with pale blue dotted under waist and ecru mousseline under blouse. Collarless yoke with fine ecru lace cuffs, pale silk club dots, and narrow ecru taffeta bands outline the skirt. Wide tucks mimic large armholes and a high tab fronts the skirt at the waist.
A narrator lists wonders from distant lands and daily quirks then declares the strangest sight is strawberry short cake defying comparison. The tone is playful and observational, noting curiosities and ordinary life with a wink.
Coroner W. H. Mull of Christian county died suddenly in Pana after administering the oath to a jury investigating the death of Martin Antoni veh. Mull, a prominent Republican, had been elected at the last presidential election and was 75 years old.
A promotional solicitation offers free Eye and Ear Books detailing cures for eye and ear troubles. It claims non surgical remedies and home treatment, cites past cures by Dr W A White and H K Miles, and asks readers to mail their name and address to receive the books at no cost.
The Sun offers ten cent fashion patterns from a leading pattern company. A new pattern is described daily and this is the only ten cent pattern that includes seam allowances. Send ten cents, pattern number and size, plus name and address to The Fashion Department.
In a humorous reminiscence, a boy named Rollo and his father visit a delicatessen and debate the exotic appeal of pickled pig's knuckles. The father, a scientist, muses on diet, tradition, and the eccentric tastes of gourmets from ancient Rome to Nero's era.
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