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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
5
A factory inspector notes no explicit heating standards in Indiana factory laws and cites omissions in heating and working conditions. He remarks employers rarely provide consistent warmth and fresh air, despite rules on lighting, ventilation, and breaks for workers exposed to dangerous machinery.
The article describes Joky A. Cherry of Bowling Green aiding a drunken man in the station house, offering money and a messenger to contact his wife. Cherry’s generosity contrasts with the men’s rough lives as others observe the scene in the jail area.
Judge Sam Sarria of Perry Oklahoma is accused by U S attorney Harris of blocking an indictment involving Horace Speed and Henry E Asp former Republican national committeeman. The charges include offering bribes to Baltimore politician Asa Sharpe and extortionate fees in Pawnee counter tax matters. Speed allegedly let the statute of limitations run in Asp's case. Speed is described as formerly connected to Indianapolis.
Three Chicago women died by suicide on Thanksgiving day after a quarrel with husbands who mocked their cooking. Mary Schurder, 27, reportedly swallowed carbolic acid. Mrs. C. J. Howard, 33, jumped from a third story window and died minutes later. Mrs. Matilda Cornish, 71, a widow, was found dead after drinking carbolic acid. Authorities note domestic strife as a probable cause.
Horace and the Jinnee reach Westminster Abbey in disguise for a mock wedding as a crowd cheers. Fakrash schemes, the lord mayor greets an uneasy Ventimore while the procession proceeds with festive fanfare and a bold misdirection toward the charity of the ceremony.
Announcement from St Louis states Mrs Neme Grant Sartoris will be chosen as a lady manager of the St Louis exposition replacing Mrs John Hair who resigns to join the national commission. Gen U S Grant’s daughter Mek Bartory is praised and Mrs Sartoris is noted as a Missouri loyalist with links to St Louis.
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