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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
8
In St. Louis at a Methodist meeting Rev. S. E. Betts blamed hookworms for a tepid modern ministry and urged Rockefeller funding to endow longer sermons. He quipped real sermons last about an hour and forty five minutes while criticizing short, “kindergarten” sermons and catering to Sunday dinner crowds.
An old advertisement extols Marmola tablets as a fat reduction aid claiming the liver’s role in digestion, promising 12 to 1b pounds lost daily, and urging purchase by mail from The Marmola Company Detroit. It advises fasting and exercise won’t reduce fat and promotes carrying tablets during meals.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Flanner plan an afternoon departure for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Day return from their wedding trip and reside at 160 Broadway. Several guests visit, including Miss Laura Patterson of Fort Wayne and Miss Delia Greeley of Brownsburg. A dancing party, a Hen night shower for Miss Nonie Grady, and a President’s day observance are noted. Eva Josephine Bye and Raymond C. Fox wed at SS Peter and Paul’s cathedral with Rev. Joseph Chartrand presiding. the couple plans to reside at the Plaza after December 1.
Warsaw Indiana November 5 Wallace Bash age 2 drowned while fishing at Chapman's lake with two companions Their boat sank William Diddle swam to shore exhausted and William Crist clung to the boat before being blown to shore Bashs body was recovered and brought to Warsaw
President Taft to meet fifty two new foreign officials at Washington on the first day of the year. Diplomatic shifts surpass any prior season with 3 ambassadors 10 ministers and 39 secretaries transferred. Many envoys now have prior Washington or minor-capital experience. Europe watches Taft status before appointing successors, delaying transfers for Britain France Italy Austria.
An article describes consumptives retreating to pine forests in the Adirondacks for health. It extols Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and outlines a home remedy using glycerine, pine oil, and whisky to treat colds and coughs, with instructions and a solicitation to send forty cents for a half pint of whisky.
In Pittsburgh Pa on November 5 William Hinckley learned his 14 year old daughter Mary had eloped with neighbor George Mitchell. He pursued to Sandy Creek and escorted them to the Verona jail where a dark cell and rats frightened Mary into capitulation, promising not to elope.
New York reports the Society of Good Cheer, a group of 30 women, aims to create a convalescent colony near El Paso, Texas with 500 acres funded by a major donor. Plans include a tented city for convalescents and incipient consumptives, transport costs, and care until recovery, with potential branches near Los Angeles and other refuges.
Evansville, Ind. Nov. 6. Ruby Angel nine, daughter of Robert Angel, was struck and killed by a street car at the Walnut and Governor Streets corner yesterday afternoon. The tragedy prompts street safety inquiries.
A Murphy Oil Company well on Fred Butler's farm in Monroe township, Petersburg County, produced an estimated 2,500 barrels per day after being struck. Oil rose ten feet above the casing for minutes, toppled the derrick pulley, damaged a leg, and sent a wide stream over the ground before the flow stabilized.
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