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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1908

Page

5

Mother Gives Up Babe Too Poor to Keep It

Cincinnati report recounts 20 year old Mrs Margaret Balladine giving her four week old daughter to strangers after her husband vanished weeks earlier. Clarence Pollock and wife of Franklin Ohio adopted the infant after answering her newspaper plea for a home. Mrs Balladine wept as she surrendered the child to the Pollocks who plan legal adoption.

Cincinnati Margaret Balladine W. McMicken Street Balladine Winchester Clarence W. Pollock Franklin, O Pol Lock

Marriage a Failure When a Woman Woos

MACON Missouri judge grants separation in a divorce case after finding no chance for a durable marriage when the wife courted the husband. Mrs Iola Scott claimed her husband Frank Scott was cross and silent for weeks but the court ruled the pursuit damaged the union and ordered separation.

Macon Shelton Iola Scott Frank Scott Scott

Young Man Knows No God Not a Competent Witness

Carl McMarlin faced a malicious mischief charge in Butler Pennsylvania before Justice H F Davie. Witness William Thomas age 19 admitted he never attended church school or Sunday school and cannot read or write. The justice ruled he was not competent and dismissed him. Thomas was born near Butler and had advantages of an American upbringing.

Butler Carl McMarlin H. F. Davie William Barend William Thomas Barend Thomas

Woman's body found buried in potato patch near Bellingham

J I X Thomas is jailed in Bellingham charged with willful murder after police dig up a shallow grave in a potato patch behind his former wife’s garden. She vanished July 19 and was believed to have gone to Chehalis with an adopted daughter in reform school.

Bellingham Wash Thomas Woman's Garden Chehalis State Reform School Heavis

Two Boston Girls Attend Symphonic Night Scorn

In Boston a Music Hall concert is treated as a sacred rite. Two young sisters return home with contrasting expressions as Eleanor explains Mary sneezed during the performance and disgraced herself, highlighting the social stakes of public music.

Boston Eleanor Mary Philadelphia

Where Two Are One

Fragmentary dialogue shows a man offering his seat to a lady, the other man claiming the seating partner as his wife, indicating a domestic or social interaction rendered in brief stage-like prose.

Waterbury Apple Displays Portrait of Bryan on Skin

Bucyrus Scudder, a Bethlehem farmer, shows four apples, each bearing a portrait of William J. Bryan on the skin. He plans to send two to Bryan. Two years earlier Scudder grew an apple bearing a facsimile of Bryan's signature.

Waterbury, Conn Bucyrus Scudder Bethlehem William J. Bryan Bryan Scudder

Cupid Runs Riot At Indiana Post Office Marriages

In Petersburg Indiana Miss Eunice Tracey wed John Hagen in Louisville Kentucky last night. The ceremony marks the ninth deputy postmistress in the city to marry within the past 19 months.

Petersburg Ind Eunice Tracey John Hagen Louisville

Horseless vehicle on construction work in Milton

A levee gang near Milton Indiana uses a mule to haul a construction cart. The mule refuses to pull from the front, so the rig is positioned with shafts at the rear and the driver aboard. A strap guides the vehicle while the mule acts as the motive power from behind, effectively “leading” the way.

Milton Ind Missouri Mule

Missouri mule cured by electric treatment at Heim stables

Kansas City report claims a mule in the Heim Brewing company stables recovered from lockjaw after 120 volts direct current was applied via contact plates on its jaws and tail. The healer scientist note suggests potential for broader use in veterinary and human medicine.

Kansas City Missouri Heim Brewing Company

Altar Boy Confesses to Stealing Plumes for Charity

Otto Stellenberg, 25, an altar boy at the Church of the Ascension in Chicago, admits stealing $1,000 worth of plumes from Marshall Field & Co where he worked. He told his pastor he sought funds for charitable work because his salary constrained him.

Chicago Otto Stellenberg Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension Marshall Field & Co James E. Craig

Engine that could cut Atlantic travel to three days

London reports a new voorging steam engine by Werry of Australia could power a large ocean liner from New York to England in three days. The two piston rows and double crank arrangement promise smoother operation, lower fuel use, and potential reduced vibration for ships, gasoline motors, and autos. A separate ad advertises a National Furniture Co. sale with small down payment and weekly balance.

London New York England Socun Werry Dean Indiana Mortgage Loan CO Lumbard Building Washington Street Noble Street New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio N. Ilinois Vermont East Alabama Capitol Ave New Jersey Street Craig

DIME FLYERS SCHEDULE LISTINGS FOR READERS

A fragmentary timetable for Dime Flyers showing multiple directional runs with morning and afternoon departures at various times. Includes South Bound and Seymour to Indianapolis limiteds and a note about a Seymour to Indianapolis connection.

Indianapolis & Cin Traction Company Passsknuhse Shivice Rushville Shelbyville Connersville Epee le Lavoz Greensburg ‘x King Seymour Indianapolis Hoosier Flyers Green Wood Franklin A. m Bec Edinburg Columbus Crothersville Scottsburg Sellersburg Jeffersonville Louisville

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