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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1909

Page

3

Virginian at Park Theater Delights Valley Audience

The Park Theater presents The Virginian Monday Tuesday and Wednesday November 8 9 10 showing the famous tale of a cowboy and a Vermont teacher. The play features depicting the scrambled babies episode the Horse Thief pass camp lynching of cattle thieves and Trampas tragic end with William L Gibson as the Virginian and Marshal Farnum as Trampas.

Vermont Horse Thief Pass Trampas William L. Gibson Marshal Farnum Dustin Farnum

Hill Sees Model Farms To Feed 200 Million

In The Worlds Work James J. Hill argues that rising bread prices signal shortages and urges establishing 1,000 model farms funded by million-dollar investments. He calls for rotation of crops, soil renovation and broad agricultural schools to sustain a growing nation through shared, practical farming principles.

New York James J. Hill Northwest Hill United States

Woman strangled to death in New York flat

Mrs Anna Kessler aged about 52 was found strangled in her five room flat at 119th Street New York. Her diamond earrings were torn from her ears and rings missing. Her sister Mrs Sadie Altman and neighbor Louis Cline found the body after alarms from the locked doors. Detectives seek John Newman as a possible light in the case.

New York Anna Kesgeler 119Th Street Sadie Altman Rose John Newman Mrs. Kessler Newmar Hope Newman Mra. Altman Mra. Kessler

Repeaters Sentenced In Brooklyn Election Violations

Three men Charles Lynch William Collins and George Wilson were imprisoned today for illegal registration and preparing wholesale operations as repeaters in Brooklyn. They each registered multiple times across different election districts with penalties from three months in the pentitentiary to four years in Sing Sing.

New York Brooklyn Bing Sing Charles Lynch William Collins George Wilson

Cure a Cold in Twenty Four Hours With Pine Oil Tonic

A two ounce glycerine mixture with half ounce pine oil and eight ounces whisky is touted to cure a cold in twenty four hours. The formula recommends a teaspoonful every four hours for throat and bronchial irritation. Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati markets Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure through druggists.

Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati

Planes to Fly Around the Pyramids in Egypt Event

Leading French and Egyptian notables back a January aviation meeting on the pyramid plains near the Sphinx with over 335000 in cash prizes and large guarantees for top pilots. The spectacle blends history and science as rival aviators prepare to contest among ancient monuments and favorable January weather.

Paris Egypt Rheims Plains of Bethany Joan of Arc Herodotus Alexander the Great Napoleon Greece Rome Marc Antony Cleopatra Pyramids

Cannon for deep water to the gulf receives Cannon letter

New Orleans readers learn that Speaker Cannon sent a letter to the Deep Waterways Convention, expressing harmony with early practical solutions for integrating the lakes to gulf deep waterways. The note, addressed to W. K. Kavanaugh, cites a telegram from Illinois canceling his attendance and confirms support for the plan.

New Orleans Cannon W. K. ‘Kavanaugh Deep Waterways Convention Illinois Gulf Deep

Ten Kisses Owed Prompt a Draft from Mamma

A humorous exchange unfolds as He and She debate settling a wager of ten kisses. He insists on payment like any debt, proposing a draft or check. She counters with options and finally offers a draft on mamma, leaving He grimly silent.

Ball bearings for cars run on railroads

New York report says a friction free ball bearing system for railroad cars eliminates lubrication. A car on the New Haven Hartford line reportedly runs hundreds of miles with no oil and no heat, using nested steel balls rolling over steel balls.

New York New Haven & Hartford

Woman sets clothing on fire dies in Tipton tragedy

In Tipton Indiana Mrs Seene T Nash saturated her clothing with gasoline and ignited it with a match. She suffered fatal burns after a self-inflicted blaze believed connected to grief over her son’s recent death. Her mind had been affected by the loss.

Tipton Ind Seene T. Nash

Elevator kills Evansville boy at packing plant

Roy Cobb aged 16 was killed when a descending elevator at the Evansville Packing Company plant crushed him as he peered over a guard gate. He had just begun work there yesterday morning.

Evansville Mid Roy Cobb Evansville Packing Company

Man Electrocuted in Gas City Home

Isaac N. Reush, 60, a Gas City businessman, was accidentally electrocuted when a telephone and electric light wires entering his home became crossed last evening in Marion Indiana.

Marion Ind Isaac N. Reush Gas City

Conrad and Eastman plan new office building in town

O. J. Conrad and Dr. J. Rilus Eastman buy the southwest corner of Illinois and Vermont from Sterling R. Holt for 18000 dollars. They intend to erect a large office building on the site.

O. J. Conrad Dr. J. Rilus Eastman Illinois and Vermont Streets Sterling R. Holt

Not Anty Drudge's Kind of Economy

An exchange between Mrs Frugal and Anty Drudge extols Fels Naptha soap as a modern washing method. The dialogue claims the soap saves time effort fuel and money when used with proper directions and wrapper instructions. It advises reading the back of the wrapper and using the product as directed.

Anty Drudge

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