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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1909

Page

5

Teddy 10 Have Competition in African Hunt

New York May 12 The American Museum of Natural History plans its first expedition to the Belgian Congo West Africa to collect specimens for study. Director H C Bumpas announces rival Bwana Tumbo Theodore Roosevelt aims to massacre local wildlife unless Roosevelts expedition stays out of range. Lang and Chavin lead the field team sailing for Antwerp to begin in Africa.

New York Bwana Tumbo Theodore Roosevelt Africa American Museum of Natural History Belgian Congo West Africa H. C. Bumpas Bwana 'Tumbo Herbert Lang James P. Chavin Antwerp

Dora Richardson Clay Brock Thomas a fourfold married widow

Dora Richardson Clay Brock Thomas, once Cassius Clay’s child wife at 13, has divorced Samuel Thomas after previous marriages to Riley Brock and Cassius Clay. Her inheritance from Gen. Clay may influence a potential fourth marriage as heirs and family history swirl around her.

Lexington Dora Richardson-Clay-Brock-Thomas Cassius Clay Riley Brock Brock Samuel Thomas Thomas Gen. Clay Dora Richmond

Luncheon in a Balloon Planned by Carl Fisher

A novelty luncheon will be hosted next week by Carl Fisher of the Indiana Aero club. Reporters will dine in a balloon named Indiana once winds are favorable, traveling three to four miles before returning by automobile from the speedway grounds.

Carl Fisher Indiana Aero Club Indiana Speedway Grounds

Heiress Claire Oddie to Enter Theatrical Life

Mrs. Claire G. Oddie former wife of Senator Tasker L. Oddie and heiress to R H McDonald fortune announces plans to enter theater. She will appear in The Climax now playing in New York and in the fall head a company touring the Pacific region.

Reno Claire G. Oddie Tasker L. Oddie Nevada R. H. McDonald Speaker Cannon San Francisco New York Pacific

Heartbroken Wife Waits for Husband in San Francisco

In a Clay Street flat a distraught wife waits for William Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific and a Harriman era railroad power. Hood left in April 1906 promising support. he has sent a monthly amount but rarely visits. The wife cites rumors of an affinity and sought SPIntercession but reports no official aid. Hood defends himself, denying any improper relations and calling himself courteous to all women.

William Hood Southern Pacific Railroad Company Harriman Lines Hood Engineer Hood

HOLD FORMER HUSBAND AT SLAIN WOMAN

Ernest Allen, former husband of Laura E. Regester, was arrested in Providence and interrogated about the murder of Regester in the cemetery glen of the Sons of Israel on the eve of her second marriage. Police seek his whereabouts the night of the crime. Allen lived in Hope Valley and was brought back after Sheriff Barber learned of his location. Police suspect revenge rather than robbery and question potential enemies of the deceased.

Providence R. I Ernest Allen Laura E. Regester Sons of Israel Allen Hope Valley Sheriff Barber Hoope Valley

Monument to Adam Erected at Hickory Grounds Maryland

John P. Brady, a contractor, has erected a monument to Adam near Gardenville at Hickory Grounds. The plain concrete shaft topped by a sun dial bears panels declaring it the first shaft in America dedicated to Adam. Latin motto surrounds the dial: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

Baltimore John P. Brady Hickory Grounds Gardenville Adam America

Wayne Democrats urge Marshall to speak at Richmond banquet

Henry A. Johnson of Richmond led Wayne county Democrats to the state house to press Gov. Marshall to attend and speak at a June 5 Jefferson banquet in Richmond. The governor had declined, citing his duty as a nonpartisan governor and not to deliver partisan addresses.

Henry A. Johnson Richmond Wayne County Marshall Statehouse

Shiel Publishes Beef Trust Memoir Title

Mr. Roger R. Shiel releases "early to Bed and Early to Rise Twenty Years in Hell With the Beef Trust." Copies available at Shiel Apartment House, 2% North Illinois Street. Price 50c per copy.

Roger R. Shiel

Detectives seek blackmailers in Adele Boas case

New York detectives pursue blackmailers who threatened Adele Boas, a schoolgirl who ran away and was found after a $5,000 reward. The letters to her father Arthur E. Boas escalated to a $10,000 kidnapping demand, with a decoy setup in Crotona Park. Three children witnessed digging under a rock and prompted the failed trap, then were arrested but later freed.

New York Central Office Adele Boas Funston Arthur E. Boas Boas Crotona Park Beas

Tolman Money Lender Raid Sparks Hearing in Winnipeg

Miss M A Glynn of New York, agent for D H Tolman, fails to post 2000 bail and faces a hearing on Monday for violating the money lenders act. Police raided Tolman’s lending office after flooding the city with 30000 circulars offering to buy notes from salaried people. this marks a second raid on the premises.

Winnipeg Man M. A. Glynn New York D. H. Tolman Tolman

City Record Births and Deaths and Missing Yale Students

City records list births at multiple addresses with a mix of boy and girl as well as numerous tuberculosis and other causes in deaths including tubercular pneumonia Hodgson disease and whooping cough A list of marriage licenses building permits and a three men missing report from New Haven Connecticut details Yale sophomores Bishop Chanter Cornish and Waters feared drowned after a sailing accident in Long Island Sound and search efforts follow.

Harold J. Deree Murphy Street William Jacobs Central Avenue John F. Murphy Senate Avenue Hodgson Jesse A. Ghee St. Vincent's Hospital Russell L. Badger Bellefontaine Street Kenneth Cravens Frank A. Runyon N. East Samuel E. Brown Congress John M. Thomas Minnesota Charles A. Vollrath Audubon Road Albert Baumann Barth J. H. and R. E. Roberts McCarty Oat E, Smith N. Meridian C. B. Egan Tenth and Olney New Haven Conn William D. Bishop, Jr Bridgeport

Ladies Aid Social to Host Evening at Mrs Thornbro Home

The King Avenue M E church Ladies Aid plans a social evening at Mrs Lou Thornbro’s West Michigan street home this Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Berlin reports Princess Victoria Eulenburgh wed Hans Heye of Bremen, marking a third Burlenburgh family mesalliance. Rome notes King Victor and Kaiser Wilhelm meeting at Brindisi aboard the Hohenzollern.

Ladies' Aid Society King Avenue M. BE Lou Thornbro West Michigan Street Berlin Victoria Eulenburgh Philip Zu Eulenburgh Hans Heye Bremen Burlenburgh Munich Rome Victor Kaiser Wilhelm Brindis Hohenzollern Malta

Italian sisters clash near police station in Marauding hair fight

Margetta Marcesi and Henrietta Gold, two Italian sisters, fought on Alabama Street near the police station after a court appearance. Capt. Hyland and Detective Quigley separated them, then Matron Reisner placed them in separate cells. The dispute reportedly origins from a quarrel over a rat in hair.

Margetta Marcesi Henrietta Gold Cen Alabama Street Capt Hyland Reisner

Wright Brothers at Park Avenue Hotel in New York

Wilbur and Orville Wright receive a flood of mail at the Park Avenue hotel and attend a noon Aero Club banquet with notable guests. Katherine Wright joins the visit as the brothers plan to return to Dayton on the 4 o clock train and resume work on their machines.

New York Wilburn Orville Wright Park Avenue Wrights Aero Club A. Holland Forbes The Aero Club of America Robert Lee Moore Automobile Club of America William J. Jammer Aeronautic Society Katherine Wright Wilbur France Dayton

Daggett Grain Brokers Close Doors In Chicago And Minneapolis

George H. Daggett Co of Chicago and George H Daggett and Co of Minneapolis shut their businesses today. They assigned all trades to other firms and the Chicago trades were transferred to J Rosenbaum Grain Co for settlement, as posted on the Board of Trade.

Chicago George H. Daggett Co George H. Daggett & Co Minneapolis Daggett Concern J. Rosenbaum Grain Company Board of Trade

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