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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1910

Page

2

Temples Dedicate New Murat Shrine In Indianapolis

Two thousand nobles of the Mystic Shrine attend the formal dedication of the new Murat Temple in Indianapolis. Fred A. Hines of Los Angeles, imperial potentate, calls the temple magnificent and a credit to Indianapolis Shrines. A reception and banquet follow, with a membership drive and jokes about the potentate en route to the station.

Mystic Shrine Murat Temple Fred A. Hines Los Angeles Cal Mr. Hines North America Indianapolis

Cowboy Joe Defies Salute To Secret Service Member

Bicycle Policemen Hartsell and Stewart confront a defiant man known as Cowboy Joe Cyrus Hollingsworth of St Noble Street. After shoving Stewart from a bike and knocking Hartsell off, Joe escalates the feud by repeatedly seeking salutes and following officers from Alabama to Washington Streets. The incident centers on his claimed ties to the secret service.

Hartsell Stewart Joe Secret Service Alabama Court Washington Cyrus Hollingsworth St. Noble Street

Hyland's Brother Dies. Indiana Police Chief Attends Funeral

Superintendent of Police Hyland travels from Indianapolis to Birmingham for a chiefs of police convention then returns to Indiana to be at his brother’s bedside. The brother was an abbey priest in Spencer county and dies in Terré Haute after Hyland receives word of the illness.

Hyland Terré Haute Spencer County Indianapolis Convention of Chiefs of Police Birmingham Ala Indiana

Burglar Shot At In Home On Capitol Avenue

Theodore Duchart, a Shouse roomer, detained a burglar in Mrs. Nettie Winters home at 843 N Capitol Ave Saturday night. Duchart fired a revolver as the burglar approached an open window. The assailant returned fire, fell from the second story sill, and fled with $15.

Theodore Duchart Nettie Winters Capitol Avenue Duchart

Fall From Street Car Proves Fatal for John Thornbrough

John Thornbrough of 810 Torbet street died at City hospital Monday from injuries after falling from a street car near West and Wabash streets Sunday morning. Thornbrough suffered a fractured skull in the plunge.

John Thornbrough Torbet Street City Hospital West Wabash Streets Thornbrough

League Celebrates Its Twenty-First Anniversary

The Ep worth league marks its 21st anniversary at Edwin y M E church with installation of new officers. Rev H C Clippinger will preach on The League and the Church. Joseph P Durham plans travel to Atlantic City for the general assembly arriving May 19 with side trips to churches in New York and Philadelphia. A federal suit filed by Corn Products Refining Co of Jersey against Union Starch Co of Burg Ind alleges infringement.

Epworth League Edwin Y M.E H. C. Clippinger League Joseph P. Durham General Assembly Atlantic City Gar Washington, D. C Ross New York Pladelphia Richnd, Va Old Point Comfort The Corn Products Refining Co Jersey Oroiny Union Starch Co., Burg, Ind

Flag Will Be Flung Out On Its Birthday

The American Flag Association urges June 14 flag raising nationwide. Since June 14, 1777, the flag has signified unity in government, schools, churches and homes. Ralph E. Prime calls Americans to display stars and stripes from dawn to dusk across all communities.

American Flag Association Ralph E. Prime Association

Rebekahs Gather for State Meeting Fans Expected

Hundreds of Rebekahs assembled Monday afternoon at the grand lodge hall for the twenty fifth annual session of the Rebekah assembly. Meetings will be continued Tuesday. The seventy fourth semi annual convocation of the grand lodge I O O F will be held Wednesday with more than 1 000 Odd Fellows expected.

Grand Lodge Rebekah Assembly

Flying Auto Hits and Injures Horse on Washington Street

An auto driver fled after striking a horse hitched to a wagon owned by Mrs. Attle Moser of 2104 E Washington. The collision on Saturday evening fractured the horse’s hind leg. Bicyclemen Simon and Gienn investigated but found no driver.

Attle Moser Washington Street Simon and Gienn

Callout planned for machinists on C. H. & D. railway

Word reached Washington Indiana on May 16 that machinists will be called out in sympathy with local strikers and with machinists on the main line of the B. & C. S. W. It is noted that the B. & 0. 7 W. owns a large portion of C. H. & D. stock.

Washington, Ind B& C

City considers 200000 hospital building ordinance

City attorney Merle N A Walker will meet with the city board of health and the board of park commissioners to draft an appropriation of 200000 for a children s hospital and a contagious disease hospital as auxiliaries to the city hospital. The park board will brief the health board on planned improvements near the hospital.

Merle N. A. Walker City Board of Health Board of Park Comissioners Park Board Board of Health

Printer Tells of Fight Upon White Plague

Charles Deacon, superintendent of the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs, spoke at an Indianapolis YMCA event about the union’s campaign against tuberculosis. He described segregating inmates, the new hospital, and the cured returning to work, noting the home’s 53 year history since 1889. He also illustrated his talk with colored slides.

Charles Deacon Union Printers’ Home Colorado Springs Col Indianapolis Y. M. C Union Printers Home Deason

Girls Escape Detention Home In Sunday Breakout

Violet Woods Rebecca Ridenour and Mary Fike inmates of the Juvenile Detention Home on West Michigan Street escaped Sunday night during a guard's momentary inattention. They slipped down stairs and out a window. Ridenour and Woods were later arrested Friday night in a rooming house with Frank Moss, pool hall proprietor and employer. Patrolmen Sullivan and Carter encountered the girls on North Alabama Street near North Street and they claimed they wished to return to the detention home.

Violet Woods Rebecca Ridenour Mary Fike W. Michigan Street Ridenour Woods Frank Moss Sullivan and Carter N. Alabama Street North Street

Governor Preaches Moral Reform at Presbyterian Rally

Governor Marshall denounces graft high finance and bribery in a Sunday night sermon on The Modern Puritan at First Presbyterian Church. He condemns embezzlement by upstanding firms cites soda contaminant deaths and urges the Golden Rule and Jesus Christ’s force to reform business methods. The packed crowd heard the final lecture of the Bible class series.

First Presbyterian Church Gov. Marshall Presbyterian Church

Edward VII Eulogy Praises Peacemaker King

Rev. Lewis Brown delivered a Sunday night eulogy at St Pauls Episcopal church praising Edward VII as a peacemaker with tact and filial piety. About 500 members from Canadian, Caledonian, St George and St Andrews societies attended. Brown said the king lived for his countrymen and upheld family and national dignity faultlessly.

Lewis Brown England Edward Edward VII St. Pauls Episcopal Church Canadian Society Caledonian Society St. George Society St. Andrews Society St. Paul’s

Police Impersonators Rob Man At Home

Two men posing as police officers visited George Herle at 913 Rathbone Street Sunday. Inside they assaulted him and stole his $235 watch. A glass pane was removed from Frank Glenn’s saloon window at 144 Gersendorff Street, with $3 cash and a quantity of tobacco and whisky missed. Burglars broke in and rifled the cash drawer at W H Wilson’s saloon, 2102 W Morris Street, taking $7.

George Herle Rath‘bone Street Herle Herb Frank Glenn Giesendorf Street Glenn W. H. Wilson W. Morris Street

Fred I King to Speak at Lincolnville and Dora

Fred I King the former Republican floor leader at the Indiana assembly will speak on Memorial Day at Lincolnville and Dora. The event is announced from Wabash Indiana with King scheduled as the orator for the commemorations.

Wabash, Ind Fred I. King Lincolnville Dora King Indiana Assembly

Divorced Wife Seeks 10000 Damages for Alleged Affection

City official Mrs. Jesse Trusler sues Mrs. Nettie Barnett Trusler for 10000 damages alleging seven years of attempts to lure her husband Freston C. Trusler away. She cites a 1908 divorce court outcome and ensuing notoriety from the present wife.

Jesse Trusler Nettie Barnett Trusler Freston C. Trusler City Board of Works Superior Court Nettle Barnett Trusler Nettie Barnett Trusler

Eastern business men on cross state interurban trip

A Utica New York business men party reached Indianapolis after covering half of a 2049 mile trip in five days aboard a special car. They planned to visit Noblesville Tipton Kokomo Peru Wabash Washington and Fort Wayne before returning home. The group praised Indiana traction zones and noted smoother tracks than in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They pay their own expenses and seek ideas to improve their home city.

Utica Indianapolis Eastern Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Noblesville Tipton Kokomo Peru Wabash Washington Ft. Warne

Youth Hiker Aims to Beat Weston Transcontinental Record

Jay Syple, 17, passes through Weston on a training hike from Columbus, Ohio toward San Francisco. He averages 43 miles daily, four days from Columbus, and plans to start from San Francisco in August to reach New York City's City Hall in 75 days.

Jay Syple Columbus San Francisco Syple Weston City Hall New York City

Indiana school for girls praised as reforming place

A Social Workers' club visit describes a north Marion county girls home that trains residents in sewing cooking gardening and domestic duties. Officials claim about 80 percent are saved becoming good, home loving women, with many placed in respectable marriages.

Indiana Social Workers’ Club Indianapolis

Doctor Enters Politics In Marion County Candidacy

Dr. S S H Caraway of 1810 Montcalm street seeks the Democratic nomination for state representative in Marion County. A 44 year old physician with 14 years of practice in Indianapolis, he is conducting a systematic canvass for votes.

S&s H. Caraway Montcalm Street Marion County Caraway Indiannapolis

Board bars high school fraternities after hazing incident

Bridgeport Connecticut May 1 the board of education votes 9 to 2 to bar fraternities and secret societies from the high school following the hazing of Miss Loraine Clark by girls of the Alpha Alpha society. Miss Clark is in a sanitarium with the nervous system upset. Society members sought another hearing but the board says evidence supports the ban.

Bridgeport Conn Board of Education Haz Loraine Clark Alpha Alpha Society

Drill Exhibition by Wilson Company A at Moose Hall

Wilson Company A of the Loyal Order of Moose military department will hold an exhibition drill for lodge members at their hall 320 N Meridian Street on Tuesday evening. This will be the last exhibition drill before the supreme convention in August.

Wilson Company A Military Department of the Loyal Order of Moose Meridian Street

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