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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1909
Page
2
An Indianapolis Daily Sun advertisement warns of kidney and bladder trouble and urges use of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root. It touts benefits for kidneys liver and bladder, offers sample bottle and book free by mail, and directs readers to Binghamton New York for the offer.
A major Cromwell fire last night destroyed seven business rooms including the state bank telephone exchange hardware dry goods furniture grocery and timer stock and machinery buildings. Total loss estimated at 150000 dollars. The fire started in C L Schlabach's dry goods store and the cause is unknown. Cromwell lacks fire protection. Ligonier sent a chemical engine and Syracuse dispatched its fire department.
James B. Clawson aged 61 died suddenly Sunday at his brother John Clawson's Highlandale home north of Broad Ripple. Bright's disease listed as cause. His mother, expected after 19 years apart, arrived minutes after death, prostrate and hospitalized. Clawson had left her 19 years ago and once lived in Manistee Michigan where he was a prosperous merchant.
In New York on November 1 a blaze at Bec & Miller piano factory at 619 Tenth Avenue sent ten workers fleeing as two alarms sounded. The fire forced nearby tenements to panic and caused an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars, with Lockhar & Co. among the heavy losers.
Lexington Kentucky National Guard troops arrived at Jackson to preserve order in the election where factions armed and ballots protected by guards were locked in a safe. Acting Governor Cox refused to name the Jackson official who sent for troops as Breathitt county feuds flare. Capt. Sams led mobilization with Adjutant General Johnston directing. Governor Cox remained in Frankfort. Governor Willis-Wor kman (sic) rushed from New Orleans to assist.
Police cart report notes Martin Hyland finalizing lists of policemen to guard polling places. Sergeants and lieutenants will oversee districts with a reserve force at police headquarters for election day coverage.
Thousands of Catholics gathered yesterday afternoon at Holy Cross cemetery for the annual suffrages for the dead. Fr Patrick Griffin preached as priests led a rosary procession with blessed water on graves. German parishes plan the next observance with mass and grave blessing at Saint Joseph's cemetery.
Manila dispatch reports cannibals killed two Englishmen and three Chinese on the Admiralty islands after overtaking a small boat of refugees from a wreck. Only one of the six survived, an Englishman. Survivors indicate the group was encamped ashore and slain by natives.
Bluffton Indiana man Fred Haag aged 55, a butcher, was murdered in his shop late Saturday night. Five shots were fired into his body and his body was found on the shop floor Sunday morning by customers. Haag's divorced wife resides in Vera Cruz Indiana.
Washington, Nov. 1. Norman Patterson was shot and killed instantly near Millsboro by his friend Alvah Lemley. Lemley had fired at a dog that darted in front of the buggy, and in the excitement the bullet struck Patterson in the neck, severing the jugular vein. No arrest was made.
Charles Pacey, 23, an Italian prize fighter, admitted striking Jacob King on New Jersey street and Virginia avenue that caused King’s skull fracture and death Saturday night. Police described lynch law sentiment. Pacey was arrested after a bystander identification.
In Los Angeles on November 1 divers said to act under a fortune teller’s direction searched Avalon harbor at Catalina Islands for Mrs. E. T. Earle’s pearl necklace lost three months ago while she and her millionaire husband traveled to the island. A portion of the harbor has been scanned. no necklace found yet and the effort will continue for several days.
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaddes of 334 Price street swallowed several morphine tablets. Dr. T. M. Culver revived him after the mother found the child unconscious on the floor and he crawled to a chair reaching a tablet box.
Carroll K. McCullough, 54, a Kentucky-born Democrat, longtime Citizens Bank cashier in Anderson Indiana, later secretary and then president of Liberal Life Insurance, died yesterday after months of cancer. He served as representative and senator in Indiana’s legislature and was a gubernatorial candidate.
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