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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
6
A verse parody by Stuart Maclean foresees Teddy visiting Panama with an energetic crowd ready to challenge him. The piece imagines nationwide chatter, sweeping reforms, and a flurry of activity from Culebra to Colon as Teddy tours and dispenses blunt judgments and self appointed guidance.
A sharp tirade targets Count Bont de Castelane and his wife, criticizing aristocratic pretensions and wealth greed. The speaker imagines a brutal reckoning, mocking French nobility, Jay Gould era greed, and a imagined bout with Texas Mamie as a comic yet savage measure of masculine bravado.
A wild animal barrier tale from Canada describes deer, bears, and a yearling cow moose repeatedly crossing a rail line in spite of fencing. Hunters report antlers and paws caught in wires, with bears learning to climb posts or twist through meshes. The piece notes deer leaping fences, foxes fleeing tracks, and a cow moose repeatedly vaulting over the obstacle near Burbridge station.
In Midway, Kentucky, Rufus K. Combs, a retired Blacksmith, saved his enemy Richard Godson from a gas pit fire, risking his own life. Godson survived and Combs received a Carnegie Medal and $1,500. both men remain wary, but grateful, with the town praising Combs’ bravery and recounting their past political quarrels.
A cow moose displayed calm restraint while a larger bull moose charged a wooden fence, tearing at it and injuring itself. The fight ended with the bull dislocating a shoulder, later seen as a wreck around the area during the following winter.
A French trial measured a snail's speed between two points ten feet apart. Start to end times were recorded to compute pace in feet yards and furlongs. Result showed the snail would take exactly a days to travel a mile.
A legal challenge targets Joseph Howell a Mormon Republican elected to Congress from Utah alleging church intimidation of voters. The contest advances as opponents claim improper influence may have affected the election result.
Chicago November 8 Revised figures from Tuesday's election indicate the Republican plurality for the state ticket will run about 102000, the highest mark in an off year in Illinois since 1904 when it reached 194000.
Milwaukee news reports a larger result for Governor Davidson with a plurality exceeding 5,000 votes as results show the legislature leaning Republican in both chambers. The story notes a statewide turnout and party margins shaping a Republican majority.
In Staunton Virginia the Chicken grabbers have returned to New Hope after a long absence. One night last week a vandal was seen in De Stout's yard and by morning three young chickens had disappeared.
A dated astrological forecast warns that a birthday on this day brings an unfavorable year with uncertain fortunes. It cautions against quarrel and notes the young will seek courtship while a 1906 child will be careless and pleasure oriented. business success is unlikely.
A customer reports severe itching scalp and hair loss improved entirely after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After trying baths and remedies, skin condition worsened until four boxes of Cuticura relieved symptoms, stopped hair loss, and kept scalp clean with ongoing use. includes a personal testimony from DLE Blankenshuy in Indianapolis.
A letter from Mrs. F A Keonard of St Paul Park Minnesota dated June 21 1905 praises Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for infant chafing and skin diseases claiming no doctor was needed when used as directed. The note concludes with a strong recommendation to all mothers.
A garbled advertisement touts a supposed cancer cure with bold claims and free guarantees. The text also includes a flood of license notices from Indianapolis ward precincts announcing applications to sell intoxicating liquors in various storefronts and rooms, naming streets and building details.
Special to The Sun reports Howard Lamb, a Toledo messenger boy known for aiding Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, attempting to detain the president's daughter's party in Toledo. He demanded a quarter as payment for his services before leaping from the moving train, leaving the roses and dispute unresolved.
The notice lists applicants in Center township Marion county Indiana seeking licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. One address is 1517 West Ohio Street and another is 728 North West Street. The notices reference December term 1906 before the Marion county board of commissioners and include pool table privileges for the same year.
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