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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
2
Harry S. New, chairman of the Republican national committee, returned from duck hunting Thursday to find his desk buried in correspondence from cities seeking the national convention. A Kansas City committee is pressing the drive and has invited New to join them in Washington on December 3. New has other travel plans already set.
Rev Albert Hurlstone of Roberts Park M E Church has been sick for several days and showed little improvement Friday amid a complication of diseases.
A dressmaker urges stout women to wear fitted clothes and dark materials avoiding loose lines. She credits fat reduction to a Marmola, Cascara Aromatic, and Syrup Bimplex home remedy, claiming dramatic but questionable weight loss with minimal effort and no exercise.
Francis MacMillan, heralded violinist, played to a sparse English audience on Thursday. Though praised in press, critics note uneven tone on the G string and better moments with the mute. Soprano Rosina Van Dyk and accompanist Richard Hageman received stronger applause and interest for solos and teamwork. The program featured Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, and a Lakme aria, with Hageman shaping the accompaniment and drawing favorable reaction.
A two day session of the Indiana conference of the Women s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church closed at Capitol avenue M E church Thursday. Officers elected include A V P Adams Shelbyville president M B Hyde Columbus first vice president Joshua Stansfield Indianapolis second vice president A C Hawn Indianapolis third vice president C S Chafee Franklin fourth vice president J J Alexander Franklin fifth vice president E Wesley Indianapolis recording secretary Mary S Helwig Indianapolis treasurer C R Jones Indianapolis superintendent of field work Lamb Indianapolis temperance secretary L Sperry Indianapolis secretary of supplies J Behmier Indianapolis training school superintendent Stella Glossbrenner superintendent of young people G W Wright Shelbyville delegate to national convention QO B Sandefur Indianapolis alternate B R Lancaster delegate from young people Nettie Dunn alternate.
A grand social function in Indianapolis honored Miss Suemma Vajen Coleman with a Thursday cotillon hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Courtland Van Camp at the Country Club. Guests enjoyed elaborate pink and yellow chrysanthemum decor, the grand march, a wheelbarrow bridal figure, vegetable and confetti dances, and chairs carried by flowered attendants.
Dyspepsia sufferers feel drained and disinterested as meals fail to please. The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion aid that restarts the stomach, increases gastric juice, and promises renewed energy and well being. Send name and address to receive a free sample by mail.
United Press reports that the Central American peace conference opened with all preliminaries settled. Sessions will be conducted behind closed doors and no official details will be released until delegates finish their labors.
Speaker Cannon voiced strong support for restoring the army canteen during the Army and Navy banquet in Chicago. The move is seen as a significant foreshadowing action by Congress toward bringing back the canteen.
Hartford City Ind Nov 15 Despondent after long illness F H Scott brick and stone contractor drank carbolic acid and will die He had been unable to support his family for years and faced continued hardship.
Special to Che Sum. Terre Haute Indiana November 15 A 12 year old boy Benjie Roberts was fatally injured and the horse he was driving was killed by a Brazil interurban car. Otto Brock mule driver at Summit mine was killed by runaway mine cars.
A large audience attends the evening services led by Rev. A Ferguson in Urbana Illinois at the hall located on Alabama and New York streets.
Miss Nancy Walcott was guest of honor at a tea hosted by Mrs. John M. Judah with Miss Isa belle Gates assisting. A separate miscellaneous shower for Miss Pansy Schaffer was given by Mrs. Frank Smith. Estelle Marion Leonie and Charles Ernest Crawford are to be married at St Pauls Episcopal Church in a quiet ceremony. Travelers and visitors include Miss Grace Cavanaugh, Miss Mary Lockhart, and others visiting and socializing around Indianapolis.
Rev Willard S Richardson urged relaxing Sunday closing laws so poor men can buy beer as the rich do at clubs. He questioned whether New England ideas should be imposed on the German element, speaking at the Bible class dinner hosted by John D Rockefeller Jr last night in New York.
Special to The Sun from Dayton Ohio reports 16 year old Abram Wheeler son of J L Wheeler of Hamilton visiting relatives, killed instantly when struck by a C H and D freight train while carrying lunch to Middleton a fireman. Body was cut in twain.
In Pittsburg on November 16 Patrick O'Mally paid a $3 disorderly conduct fine with a $5 check. The court initially refused the check but accepted it after his strong arguments, receiving cash in change.
Guthrie Oklahoma November 15 Railroads in the new state will adopt a two cent passenger rate effective Monday two days after statehood is granted by President Roosevelt Rock Island President Winchell said the roads would appear later the Journal Oklahoma corporation team seen
Albert F. Sala of Winchester released the names of pharmacists who passed the recent exam. The list includes A. E. Johnson J. W. Reisbeck Karl Etter C. W. Ridlin Charles Lambert and many others from Indianapolis Muncie Terre Haute and beyond. A separate list covers new registered assistants headed by Paul H. MecConnel Earl C. Abbott and others in Indianapolis and surrounding towns.
A veteran school teacher reports chronic coffee poisoning resolved after switching to Postum. She describes decades of nervous strain, heart fluttering, and head tremors before trying Postum, which followed by steadily improving health and a loss of coffee craving. The testimonial, attributed to Postum Co of Battle Creek, cites a book titled The Road to Wellbeing.
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