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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
4
New York fashion piece outlines elaborate ecoiffure trends from London and Paris. It details high coiffures, marceling, pompadours, puffs, ribbons, and variations like classics and directorte curls, plus styles by Lillian Russell and Valeska Suratt, with practical guidance for different profiles.
Maj Putnam Bradley Strong, son of former New York Mayor Strong and ex husband of May Yohe, has made a fortune gambling in China. He is reportedly living in Macao near Hong Kong, described as the Monte Carlo of the Orient by a New Yorker returning from the region.
K. H. Stocker of Frankfort Ind attempted death at the Cozy saloon on East Wabash street Saturday afternoon. He was taken to City hospital and recovered. Domestic trouble is said to have prompted the act.
Beckley tops batting while Mertes leads base running and Coulter in sacrifice hitting. Freeman leads long-distance hitting and home runs with 20. Toledo and Columbus lead team batting and fielding respectively. Friel has 199 hits. Green 108 runs. Clarke 47 stolen bases. Puttmann 372 innings pitched. Crutcher and Jim Durham drew ten walks in a game. Goodwin 183 strikeouts in season. Upp 10 straight wins. St Paul club records include 11 runs in an inning and 25 hits in a game.
Mrs. Mary Hull of 666 Colorado street died after fracturing her skull when she fell from a street car at Washington and Colorado streets Thursday morning. She was found unconscious and died Saturday. Coroner Petersdorf was notified hours after death.
The Lutheran churches in Indianapolis held their annual mission festival at English Lutheran Evangelical Church on New Jersey and McCarty streets and at St. Pauls German church. Large crowds attended with German morning service and English evening service. Sermons were preached by Rev. William Moll of Fort Wayne and Rev. Carl Hoffman of Brazil. Contributions for missions were collected.
Augustus Banta and John Wilson were spotted by Big Four Detectives Sam Young Sunday night walking through the east yards. They admitted stealing two chickens each and, under promise of release, led Young to a chicken house on Sherman drive near the railroad to show how they gained entry. A fight occurred as the officer tried to arrest them.
A neighborhood tale about a young boy who resists temptation as a burglar attempts pantry theft during a night break in. The article portrays his disciplined restraint despite easy access to alum preserves priced low due to inflation, suggesting a moral about tempering mischief with restraint.
Special to The Sun from Berkeley California October 14. City Electrician Charles Parmenter has devised a wireless telegraph device for patrol officers to carry on duty. A chief can contact a patrolman by pushing a button at a call board, sending an invisible message to the officer. The compact gadget fits between helmet and coat pocket and claims to bypass walls and storms. Parmenter says the system is simple and wonders why it has not been seen before.
Charles L. Henry of 1408 N Meridian street saw his car struck by two street cars at Klinde and Fourteenth streets Saturday night. Driver James Rogers leaped to safety as the auto, en route to a garage, was pushed between trains. Vehicle valued at 9500?
Hyde Park liquor dealers form a boozers gallery to warn proprietors of patrons whose families request no serves. Agents will track men judged habitual alcoholics, following recent fines and lawsuits against dealers who served drunkards.
Horace E. Kinney is named official representative of the Indianapolis Board of Trade to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on Tuesday. The hearing concerns granting shippers a uniform bill of lading. Kinney will work with a National Grain Dealers' association committee including A. E. Reynolds of Crawfordsville, Charles England of Baltimore, and John B. Daisch of Washington, D. C.
Arthur Onweller, a merchant from Ohio, was killed when his first ride in a new automobile went wrong five miles east of Morenci Michigan. His wife and two children were injured in the crash as the car turned turtle and crushed him. The boy suffered internal injuries and a broken arm.
Terre Haute Indiana October 14 James Funter president of the Hunter Laundry and Dyeing company was struck by an eastbound interurban car while waiting for a westbound car at the Country club and was killed instantly.
New York October 14 Miss Mary E Orr a former operator for Remington Typewriter Company for 19 years has been elected a director of the company.
The pure food show ended Saturday night after two weeks. A large crowd attended the closing evening. First prize in the baby show went to Thomas Anderson of 910 Tuxedo St, second to Mabel McKee of 3126 W Washington St, and third to William G. Bloomer of 911 Villast. Renna Bangham was elected queen of the show and Charles Cotttering was voted the most popular retail grocer. R H Barnard was named the most popular clerk in Indianapolis.
Sunday school election at Beville Avenue Grace Mission selects P. W. Sotau as superintendent and G. A. Neerman as assistant superintendent for the coming year. Otto Neerman secretary August Enderlin treasurer Fred Heylman librarian Frank Yates assistant librarian Edith Teeple organist Adah Zechiel assistant organist.
Dr George Edmund Flood argues rheumatism and kidney bladder ailments stem from diet and life habits. He urges moderate heavy food intake and eating until satiety, plus daily outdoor exercise. He offers a prescription of Cascara Aromatic barkola Compound with exact dosages and instructions for home preparation and dosing.
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