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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
10
A sales pitch touts vegetable extracts and mineral blends to boost blood flow, energy, and magnetism for men seeking success. It cites a Wall Street medical expert, claims high fees for clients, and outlines a mysterious three ounce syrup mixture with various compounds to be taken after meals and at night.
Agnes Gatlin, of Terre Haute, Illinois, shoots Robert E. Kinney, a Pennsylvania railroad yard conductor, in Buffalo after Kinney refuses to help locate her husband. Gatlin aims for a saloon, but Kinney is killed instantly. the couple had lived apart for about two months.
Samuel B. Curfman of Steubenville Ohio shot himself at the Leland hotel in Chicago. He reportedly lost money speculating in stocks.
John D Rockefeller resumes testimony in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil before Judge Ferris. Milburn questions him with a gentle tone as Rockefeller recalls starting with $2000 borrowed in Cleveland and building a vast oil empire. He defends fair methods in acquiring rivals, notes early market risks, discusses pricing, production, and the expansion into refining and overseas shipments.
John A Hubbard accuses wife Clara Hubbard of brutal acts against his children from a former marriage. He says she beat a child with a club, threatened harm to him and the eldest stepson, and refused access to the home. They separated on November 17 and claim she holds valuable papers.
In Pittsburg on November 19, Joseph Crown was shot and likely fatally wounded by his brother Rueben Crown a racetrack man who then killed himself after Joseph refused to give him money.
In Wabash Indiana on November 19 a horse plunged the rider, Mrs John Unger, from her bogey after a street car startled the animal. Skulls fractured, hospital says she will die. Mrs Frank Cooper, accompanying her, sustained serious injuries.
Official results from all Ohio counties show David Staley Creamer the Democratic candidate elected state treasurer by a 1,221 plurality over Republican Charles C. Green.
The New England league annual gathering at the American house saw all eight clubs present. Worcester received the pennant for the year and the next season was scheduled from April 23 to September 11.
In a low scoring Elks league game the Thirteens were two men short and failed to capitalize as the Directoires posted a 1% high score in their final attempt. The result left the Thirteens two players light and unable to match the late surge from Directoires.
A blaze destroyed two Tom Moore Distilling warehouses in Bardstown Kentucky yesterday. About 15 000 barrels of whisky were stored there, causing an estimated loss of 400 000 dollars, fully insured. Local fire crews battled the flames through the night and the blaze has been contained with no injuries reported.
The ad urges men and women with piles to mail name and address for a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure. It claims quick relief from inflammation congestion itching and ulcers without surgery and notes a 50 cent box available at drugstores after trial.
The Indianapolis Maennerchor under Rudolph Heyne will present its first concert of the season next Tuesday evening featuring Vera Verburg on violin and Miss Christene Miller from Pittsburg with the Maennerchor and a mixed chorus. After the concert there will be dancing and a program including works by Beethoven Schumann and Brahms.
In Oil City Pennsylvania Edward Woods and Thomas Dickinson, lumbermen, dug for a rabbit and uncovered an iron kettle filled with 3609 dollars in gold and 22 dollars in silver. Locals suspect the stash belonged to John Caldwell, an eccentric farmer who died in a mental asylum nearly 30 years ago.
Atlanta Ga Mrs Sadie Bean social leader of Jonesboro sues Rev J C Atkinson for 10000 claiming a sermon labeled her "a devil incarnate from hell" constitutes defamation. Her husband represents the Harriman Pacific lines in Atlanta.
St Louis reports Thomas Hueston defeated Champion DeOro at the Rex to win the pool championship after three nights with a total score of 600 to 436.
Ida O. Stanley buys Blenheim flats from Edgar O. Hunter for 30000 dollars. The building sits on Talbott Avenue north of Eighteenth Street.
Topeka police uncovered a bootlegging water system in a bottoms area house. A lattice of pipes carried beer to customers with taps feeding a roof keg. Detectives observed occupants drinking while police traced the piping to an attic keg amid misused water lines.
A narrator traveling through Lancashire asks an old stone breaker the distance to Fleetwood. The man dismissively responds that a milestone lies ahead and that the reader cannot read. The exchange captures rustic wit and the friction between literacy and travel lore.
The grand jury refused to indict Andrew Golder who killed Matthew Dawson in self defense on October 5. William Pugh who killed Edward Milers on October 2 was discharged. In both cases defendants had been threatened and attacked. The grand jury returned 38 indictments and discharged 23 persons. Merkle Will Be Lawyer. Fred Merkle of Toledo, once noted for failing to touch second base, will study law at Kountze Slagle Cole.
President F A Carson announces the Central league umpire staff for 1909. Frank Killen Olie Chill Michael Jacobs and George Gos sale head the list. Jacobs and Gos sale were acquired from the Three I League in exchange for Roy Clark and Frank McKenzie.
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