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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
5
The latest arrival at the Central Park Zoo is a baby buffalo named Buffalo Bill. His mother, Buttercup, a leading central park bison, is pictured nearby.
Washington dispatch says the Director of the Census North has resigned and E Dana Durand, deputy commissioner of corporations, is appointed to succeed him. Former Senator Hemenway and former Congressmen Watson and Landis reportedly declined the post. The chatter draws amusement in Washington as the “declinations” spread.
Birth announcements list Leroy and Myra Carey at 2921 Bellefon Lime Street for a boy, plus many other newborns and stillborns at various streets and hospitals. Death notices include Anna Robbins, Emma Runyon, Radford Harris, Emma Ann Powell, Melissa Singleton, and others with ages and causes. Marriage licenses and building permits follow with multiple couples and properties listed, including values and locations.
Sunday school teachers’ graduation exercises at Central Avenue M. E. Church on June 11 feature an organ recital by Prof. Charles Hansen and a talk by W. C. Pearce of Chicago. Recital program includes Verdi Grand March from Aida and selections by Guilmant Handel Grieg Mascagni Mendelssohn Wagner with a festive march.
The Man From Home features William Hodge noting a passenger lost at sea. He quips the drowning idea is wrong and asserts the person likely sprained an ankle on the journey home from Europe.
A two part poem ridicules shallow admirers and fawning praise. The speaker claims truth over flattery while conceding the beloved’s beauty. He vows not to lie even to please her, noting other beauties exist and sing with rapture in chorus of praise.
William F Wocher an insurance man complains of a missing dog that had just incurred a 30 dollar vet bill and 50 dollar purchase. Bicycle officers Schlangen and Hart Sell retrieved a coat wearing dog believed to belong to the show and the police chase continues, with the show a day ahead.
The old patrol wagon is in repairs and will be as good as new capable of transporting prisoners to the workhouse. Fire HQ operator Frank Sloan owns a three year old watch with a dent he says marks the Civil War life saved. Burke’s horse Duke is steadfast though once kicked him from the stall. Engine No 11’s Patrick Murphy, once a pro ballplayer, remains fond of baseball.
A compact sale list features items with prices: lawn swing with canopy for four at 8, stamped parasol gores at 1.50 per set, hair brush with rubber back at 1, boys’ blue chambray waists at 0.50, bright red golf flannel at 1.50 per yard, patent leather oxfords at 5, satin foulards at 0.65, children’s socks at 0.02.5, foulard princess dress at 11, handmade hammock at 1.85, striped girl’s sailor suit at 1.50, fancy hairpins at 0.50, tailored blue linen coat and skirt at 15, mercerized lingerie fabrics 0.30 to 1 per yard, sheer lawns at 0.03.
Leo Smith third baseman for the Kokomo club of the Northern Indiana league died at a Kokomo hospital from injuries suffered in a game at Athletic park last Sunday. He was knocked down while attempting a play at home plate as runner William Renner collided with him, leaving Smith unconscious and later transported by ambulance.
Prof Benjamin M. Hoak of Purdue faculty died at Home hospital Lafayette from injuries at the state high school track meet on Stuart field last Saturday afternoon. A telegram received in Pittsboro announces the death.
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