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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
2
Charles A. Gauss, Democratic candidate for mayor, issues a public letter praising the voters and opposing hidden interests. He concedes defeat, congratulates the new mayor, pledges ongoing interest in municipal affairs, and defends campaign integrity amid reported Republican vote slumps and church prejudice as a campaign element.
Charles A. Gauss denounces religious prejudice in politics and accuses the Indianapolis News of misleading connections to breweries. He defends his Catholic faith and constitutional principles, asserts he did not let church or fraternal ties guide votes, and retires from the race with self-respect and respect for honest citizens.
Mayor elect Shank announced appointments to the Board of Public Works naming John N. Carey as chairman Charles L. Hutchinson and John W. Holtzman as members City Engineer Henry W Klausmann City Comptroller George T Breunig Corporation Counsel Joseph B Kealing City Attorney Linton A Cox and Assistant City Attorney Newton J McGuire The selections were approved by the Commercial club directors and align with his campaign pledge Carey is with Stewart Carey Glass and heads the Y M C A Hutchinson is a real estate dealer and former furniture man Holtzman is a former Democratic mayoral candidate Klausmann chairs the Republican city committee and aided Shank’s campaign
A truce was announced in the Moroccan conflict as Riff tribesmen agreed to suspend hostilities after conference with General Marina at Melilla. A permanent peace pact was expected soon and the public in Madrid welcomed the news with joy.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in New York voted to stand by Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson amid charges from the mother church. The directors’ report exonerating Mrs. Stetson was adopted after a seven hour tumultuous meeting, with only Trustee Susanne S. Thomas dissenting.
In LeBeau S D leading citizens protested against burying L T Perkins killed when his car left the road. With no graveyard locals raised funds to ship the body to Mellette S D but a Mellette undertaker arrived to dress it. Relatives near Athens Texas may seek to bury in LeBeau and mark a grave, raising questions over burial rights within the town limits.
Ernest Watson five year old adopted son of Mr and Mrs Powers of Tenneyson was knocked down by a runaway horse in Princeton yesterday. He sustained serious injuries.
Miss Daisy Powner of Indianapolis sues Oscar D. Emery in circuit court for breach of marriage contract claiming damages of 1000 dollars. The case brings a prominent Indiana figure into a civil suit centered on a betrothal agreement from Rushville reporting.
Life insurance is proven financial protection for the home. No family bereft of its head by death ever had too much life insurance coming to it. No uninsured man died rich, and no insured man, though destitute, died wholly poor.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for slow digestion and other dyspepsia forms. It claims the tablets digest 3,000 grains of food per grain and also tone the gastric glands and motor function. The ad invites readers to buy for 50 cents or request a free sample from F A Stuart Company Marshall Michigan.
Owosso Michigan November 6 Word reaches Jack Sunderland a young farmer that five 60 dollars will come to him under the will of J F Paine an American cattleman who died recently in El Dorado Mexico Sunderland ran away from his Dundee home at age 12 wandered to Mexico City and there sought help from Paine Paine took him into his El Dorado home and sent him to school for three years later joined the Paine family before returning to Michigan and settling on a farm south of Owosso saying he has not heard from Paine since.
A vintage advertisement touts HROMOQ QUININE as a universal cold cure with claims of rapid effect. It mentions E. W. Grove signature and markets the laxative bromine quinine product sold worldwide for immediate relief.
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