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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
3
A chimney sweep named Oglesby, busy in Irvington, laments the gas outage curse. He explains gas ease for mortars, defective flues, and repeated phone calls that exhaust him. A caller requests repair for Mardy Jones’ chimney before the workweek begins, highlighting his juggling of urgent house calls.
Washington D C November 13 As a presidential possibility Arthur Pae Gorman has the cordial indorsement of financiers who disapprove of Roosevelt anti trust moves They are prepared to back Gorman if he can defeat Roosevelt Gorman's long career in Maryland politics and business made him a wealthy figure with holdings in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad He is described as a minority leader in the Senate and a keen baseball and outdoor sports enthusiast poised for a possible presidential run
Oxford nov 1 All Souls college upholds a strict rule that no fellow may marry. It is said marriage could distract him from study and work. If a fellow wed, he loses his fellowship and must present the college with a silver cup engraved with his name and the Latin inscription Deacendit In matri monium meaning He backs old into matrimony.
Melbourne reports Sir Francia Winter, former New Guinea administrator, described two dwarf tribes in New Guinea interior. The Ahgul-ambo live in swampy areas and struggle on hard ground, with feet described as wooden and bony knees. A second tribe, the Karoba, measures about 4 feet 2 inches tall with a 26 inch chest, dwelling upriver on the Ku musi.
Wm Zimmerman, who dived into the Halle river to save a well dressed man, was restrained by the rescuer’s attacker and jailed for 40 days for assault. The would be rescuer posed as a swindler instructor and a staged life saving exhibition led to Zimmerman’s arrest. The dramatic episode ends with years of suffering followed by confinement. Local ads promote Dean's Ointment and a barber shop. The Taylors Carpet Co advertises Bargains and Indianapolis merchants urge readers to watch for enterprising businesses.
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