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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1909
Page
2
An advertisement urges readers to treat kidney trouble with Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root, claiming widespread kidney disease and offering sample bottles and a free information book by mail from Binghamton New York. It touts efficacy and purity with certificates and urges Indianapolis Daily Sun readers to request the offer.
Miss Etta Burba aged five was killed last night by her sweetheart Oscar Savage in the Burba family home as she prepared supper. The assailant attacked Jasper Burba, his miller father, during the confrontation and allegedly stabbed the child with a long bladed pocket knife causing a fatal wound to the heart.
St Louis police surrounded the Lafayette bank at Broadway and Park avenue at 3 30 this morning and captured 13 year old Tom Gallagher who confessed that he and another boy planned the robbery The lookout fled as a patrol wagon closed in and Gallagher reached the third floor before being captured He had no tools or weapons.
Readers note Miss Justina Wayne in Beverly of Graystark at the Park appears with light blonde hair that is her own. The Swede, daughter of Seattle Judge Soderberg, spent early years in Sweden and plans a summer trip to Helsingborg near Elsinore, Denmark, Shakespeare’s Hamlet setting.
Thomas Workman was found Monday night on Alabama street near Washington by Patrolmen Winkler and Eisenhut. The 6 year old was intoxicated with a deep scalp wound and a crushed hat. police believe he did not fall and was assaulted, but he recalls nothing about how he was hurt.
Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, head of the ducal house, died in Munich today. The death ends a long line of Bavarian nobility and closes a chapter in regional royal history.
A fresh revolution erupts in Nicaragua as President Zelaya faces uprisings led by Minister-General Irias and rebels under Gen Estrada. US pressure and regional unrest loom with Costa Rica restive and Honduran ex-leader Manuel Bonillo eyeing renewed action.
Dispatches record Zelaya criticizing Webster on Nicaragua matter while highlighting civil war penalties for rebel leaders Cannon and Grace. U S court stay in contempt case for Gompers Mitchell Morrison delays prison time pending Supreme Court ruling. New Orleans reports arms smuggling to Nicaragua and a navy dispatch with Mare Island orders anticipated. gunboat Princeton to resupply at Corinto.
New York November 30 The Howard Willets mansion at Gedney Farms atop Mamo Rock road near White Plains burned early today. The residence housed priceless furniture bric a brac and a $60,000 library. Total loss estimated at 450000 to 500000. Gedney Farms valued at 3 million. The Gedney estate dates to revolutionary times and passed from the Gedney family to Willets years ago.
Succeeds the late Senator Pat Rick H. McAr r en. The Brooklyn organization under McArooy leadership is expected to be stronger than ever after McCarrens succession. The regime faced continual factional fights and harassment.
Ten persons were injured, four seriously, when a Lawrence Avenue car was demolished at N Lawrence and Fortieth in Chicago. A southbound Chicago Northwestern freight struck the car after it stopped to allow a Northbound freight to pass. Fog and smoke hid the oncoming train. the car was crushed and burned.
The offer advertises a linen waist priced at one dollar with the condition of purchasing one of the listed articles. The promotion highlights the single dollar value as the incentive for buyers.
Jesse Flowers a negro is held by police after Alice Rosen a 14 year old girl is shot in the abdomen at 222% Anderson Street. The shooting at 11 PM Monday night appears accidental as Flowers says he did not know the revolver was loaded. Alice was taken to City Hospital at 3:30 AM and may not survive.
Representatives of seven religious brotherhoods met at St Paul’s Fipiscopa church for a week of services. Aqquilla Q Jones spoke on Agreement in Prayer noting an implied contract in prayer and the long history of obedience in the Bible. Dr. Lewis Brown led the meeting. Bishop J M Francis spoke briefly. A Tuesday session at the First Friends church will feature Alvin T Coats as speaker.
Lou Criger, a major league catcher, has joined a group of baseball players hunting and fishing in the old haunts of the night riders on Reelfoot Lake in Walnut Log Tennessee.
Manila reports Bishop T. A. Hendricks died today from cholera related disease in Cebu. He had been ill for months and was visited by a brother from New York who had come to bring him home at the end.
A young man learns that saving money is the first step toward making it. The ad urges starting today, noting that saving builds capital for future opportunities. The Indiana Trust Co promotes itself as a home for savings with capital and surplus figures.
In Greenville Ohio Darke county Clyde Weaver about 34 killed his mother and another man and wife and then killed himself. He had long been feared as insane and was previously jailed at the Dayton workhouse after eccentric cruelty to animals and junking trips.
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