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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1907
Page
3
A reader recounts severe spring lung involvement from a cold, tried doctor’s remedies without relief, then ten bottles of Peruna led to full recovery. She praises Peruna’s use against coughs and catarrh and notes giving it to her child. The ad touts Peruna tablets as solid medicine and urges precautions for women to guard against lung catarrh.
An early 20th century note sketches Mobile Alabama as a secession-minded port with a diverse colonial past and rich water resources. It highlights a population over 50,000, famed wine cases, nearby vineyards, and a desire to remain a major port despite Alabama’s dry laws.
Judge Littlejohn instructed Georgia grand juries that serving liquor to guests, especially to minors, at social receptions is a crime. He urged indictments of those who provide intoxicants at such occasions, equating it to violations of liquor laws.
Acting Governor Sanchez of Chihuahua sent word to Ambassador Creel in Washington about the three Americans Dr. C. S. Mavis, William Mitchell, and Leslie Hulbert. He resists commuting their death sentences but hints leniency might be considered if pressured by Creel and prayers from a mother move him. The case connects to broader fraud and murder investigations tied to the victims.
The Mothers Aid society, linked to the Charity organization, organized Tuesday to provide homes for mothers supporting their children by their own efforts. Officers elected include Mrs. J. H. Ranger as president and Miss Edna Henry as secretary, with several members on the executive committee and Mrs. Charles A. Tevbaugh named membership chair.
A French journal laments loss of distinctiveness among European makes while noting the American Locomotive car gains prestige from Berliet design. The piece praises motoring as a mood lifter, cites A A A membership, explains tire inflation science, and notes cars as social egalizers expanding access to exclusive circles.
A New York businessman recounts indoor work, poor meals, and habit of drugs and coffee leading to illness. After dismissing remedies, he tried Grape-Nuts on a friend's suggestion and within a year regained health, increasing weight to about 150 pounds and restoring digestion, crediting Postum Cereal and the booklet The Road to Wellville for guidance.
Special to The Sun explains the government will circulate 150 million dollars via 3 percent treasury notes and Panama bonds. Using gold coin as a basis, a million dollars weighs about two tons, with a 17 cubic feet pile per million. Seventy-five such columns stacked would reach tall heights, illustrating the size of the hoarded money in circulation and its potential to ease financial stringency.
City School Board heard a proposal to establish a night shoemaking class for colored children at School No 2 on Martindale Ave with W R Dorsey volunteering to teach three times weekly Supt Kendall given authority to act The board also weighed continuing medical inspections but the council refused a 2500 annual appropriation New payroll plan shortens pay days while September and December pay two months each A request to rename School No 58 Ralph Waldo Emerson School was referred to a committee
A Thanksgiving Day service will be held at Christchurch at 10 30 oclock with special music. The sermon will be preached by the rector Rev James D Stanley.
Albert Sahm elected county auditor plans to receive friends January 1 when he assumes office. He invites colleagues and residents to visit during the ceremony and reception at the courthouse.
Widespread labor and political figures urge Congress to extend the Chinese exclusion law to Japanese Koreans and Hindus. The call cites wage and living standard concerns, immigration policy, and fears of cultural clash, with prominent labor leaders warning of rapid Japanese expansion and urging immediate exclusion.
London reports Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, British premier and Liberal leader, weighing resignation because of heart trouble. He may be raised to the peerage and sit in the house of lords, allowing continued politics without the same leadership burden.
About one-third of mine workers in Indiana did not work yesterday after being offered part of their semi monthly pay in checks. They rejected envelopes that contained 60 percent cash and 40 percent checks while other mines paid in cash.
Seymour Ind Nov 2 Senator Carl E Wood former floor leader of the Democratic minority in the state senate is a candidate for chairman of the Fourth congressional district.
Seymour Indiana November 21 Trevin Schneck 31 grandson of the late Senator Louis Schneck accidentally shot himself while climbing a fence with a rifle. He died from the wound later and was a son of Mrs Sophia Schneck.
Walter S. Ballinger, manager of Holt Ice and Cold Storage, at Northst and the canal, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of violating the smoke ordinance.
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