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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
3
A garbled vaudeville dialog brims with mock military talk and wordplay about Cuba Taft and a diplomat, with comic mispronunciations and stage banter. The excerpt parodies wartime chatter, impersonations, and “letters from abroad” in a playful, nonsensical sequence.
A 15 year old Chicago millionaire’s son Edward Brown astonishes criminology circles in Oakland Jail claiming a mind and body altered to make him a dangerous thief. He says a relentless compulsive urge drives his acts and requests the longest sentence to reform his life.
In Marion Indiana on October 10 Bolomon Ball of Awayzee was stabbed in the back by his father William Ball while shielding his mother from an attack. Mrs Ball had refused to sign a mortgage on their home and the quarrel escalated with abuse alleged. The son reportedly knocked his father down and the father then drew a revolver and tried to shoot the son.
Fragmentary note describes a Chinese method for silencing critics using a heavy bamboo strike followed by disappearance. The text hints at punitive language and the peril of writing objectionable books. The source preserves era tone with sparse details.
Brown, imprisoned for robbing Feversl oMees in the McDononeh block, tells police he suffers brain perversion and seeks help from experts after release on probation. An hour later he robs Father Sosnon at the Church of the Immacolaw Conception parish house and awaits sentence. He says he resisted urges to strike elsewhere.
Havana and Washington reports describe Taft issuing amnesty for political prisoners tied to the Palma rebellion. The decree takes effect tomorrow on a holiday. In Pinar del Rio a small surge occurred as revolting groups armed and moved toward the woods. volunteers captured about nine and disarmed them. Nicholas Rivers of Diario de la Marina consults White House policy while Charles R. Millar comments on U.S. support for Cuban self-government and potential American stewardship if needed.
A fragment describes the Roman goddess and the serpent symbol of Aesculapius. It notes the serpent as the emblem of physicians and a legend that in a great pestilence in Rome the god appeared as a serpent to quell the plague.
A Buffalo physician endorses Postum as wholesome and comforting versus coffee. He notes coffee causes nervousness and aids drug habit, while Postum is described as a warm, palatable beverage. The doctor cites Dr Davensport’s analysis and claims it reflects the product’s claimed benefits.
A storm on Lake Superior saves the Wayne and Foster crews after their barges split from a steamer Earth. Ed Jacobson assists the Foster crew with a line in a desperate landing at Misery Bay. The Wayne crew reaches shore on a rocky beach. rescuers fear another ship may be driven to pieces. An unconfirmed report mentions a steamer in Huron Bay with possible loss of life.
Frankfort Indiana officials announce the suspension of C A C Babevek, former pastor of the Bathyrownd church, after a months long church trial on serious conduct and alleged illegal marriage charges. He was dismissed from the Stockwell church as well.
Boston October 10 Moran declines gubernatorial bid amid three ticket options Democratic Prohibition Independence League. Moran cites divergence from his wishes as Democratic platform supports Bryan. Fundraising opposition from William R. Hearst allegedly influenced the decision.
The Indiana State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution holds a two day session in Madison on October 10. Prominent state officers attend along with Mrs. Charles W. Fairham, wife of the vice president, and Mrs. Faby Vanks, ex-president of a local chapter.
Miss L De Groot, a young society woman in New York, paid five dollars for Mahomet a prize bulldog now hailed as the greatest bulldog in the world. Mahomet recently won another blue ribbon at Bryn Mawr dog show after a belt prize and has life insurance of 35 007 for the animal. The dog was brought from England and kept at 2 West Twenty second Street. The mistress removed dangerous furniture to protect the pet.
In New York the Afro American council in session denounced Jim Crow and negro disfranchisement. Bishop Walters warned of a coming struggle as racial tensions rise, naming Titman and Dixon as leading prejudice figures while pledging to oppose southern laws and mob actions against blacks.
Lima Ind October incident reports Brown Gwinn a minor student at Howe Military School fell from a second story window and sustained serious injuries.
George W. Perkins, charged as a farmer, sold margarine to private families in Louisville believing it to be pure country butter. He was arrested yesterday afternoon and turned over to federal authorities.
Special to The Sum announces the wedding of Rev Charles K Scoville and Miss Artine Dux of Chicago. Invitations have been sent for the ceremony in Connersville Indiana with Rev Scoville set to wed an evangelist of the Christian Church and will open a meeting in Indianapolis in October.
A compiled city record lists births from multiple couples with addresses, including Charles and Aber Walker, Wiam and Emma Walker, William and Jennie Muddien, Frank and Flora Crow, and others. It records deaths such as Abner Jide, Margaret Tlakerty, and Emanuel Bamberger with causes like apoplexy, gastro-enteritis, and tuberculosis, followed by a list of marriages between numerous couples and a long section of building permits with addresses and estimated costs.
Medical experts are to testify in the Brouwer murder trial at Tomes River New Jersey as prosecutors press a case that arsenic strychnine and glass contributed to Mrs Brouwer’s death. Witnesses describe morphine given to the dying wife and question Bright's disease as the cause.
Dr Samuel E Smith superintendent of the Eastern Indiana hospital for the insane will recommend one or two new cottages be erected. The institution is not large enough to accommodate all the insane of the counties assigned to the institution.
In Chicago on October 1 the faculty signed the formal death warrant for coeducation at the University of Chicago. The plan is to gradually separate men and women into two allied universities, one for women and one for men, as plans mature.
New York September report details J L Cox of Wamego Kansas who after years of asthma finds himself completely cured by Ascatco the New Austrian drug Thousands report similar relief for asthma catarrh bronchitis hay fever attributed to Ascatco’s claimed remedies and wonders
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