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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1907
Page
10
Six members of a single Alton family are under typhoid treatment at Protestant Hospital in Columbus. Mrs Hattie Frisby, a widow, and her five sons aged 2 to 18 are affected. The mother may recover, but the sons face extreme risk according to latest reports.
A five story building occupied by W. Bianage & Co. stationers on Pearl and Walnut streets in Cincinnati burned last night. Damage estimated at 75,000 with partial insurance coverage.
Special to The Sun reports Mrs. Dan Clark, 21, wife of the Spartansburg telephone exchange manager, died after gasoline stove polish exploded while she was blacking a stove. Her clothes burned from her body and she died last night in great agony.
The piece explains constipation arising from fast eating poor chewing overeating anxiety and lack of exercise. It advocates daily vigorous activity or a “civilized physic” Blackburn's Carter-Oil-Pills as the approved remedy.
Gennaro and his Venetian Gondoliers headline at the Grand theater with a first American tour stop in Indianapolis. The program opens with A Night in Venice and includes a comic sketch Suppressing the Press plus acts by Stinson and Merton and the Baltus Troupe. The Wizard of Oz delights Park audiences while Ades Father and Boys draws praise. The Merry Makers at Empire and Moths at Majestic receive strong notices.
Stuyvesant Fish loses first round in bid to control the Illinois Central Railroad. A judge orders immediate hearing as Fish seeks to block 286,731 Harri man Harahan shares from voting at Wednesday's annual meeting. Fish accuses Harriman of a giant stock manipulation conspiracy while Harriman supporters say Fish is beaten and attempting to duel by proxy. The case also involves Union Pacific, Railroad Securities, and Mutual Life Insurance.
Mme Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, hailed as the greatest woman pianist, captivated a crowd at Mills Hall. Her playing transformed the instrument into an expressive entity, revealing beauty beyond technique across Beethoven, Schumann, Moszkowski, and Strauss. The audience swayed with the moods she conveyed.
Wasson’s Store advertises 200 pair of ruffled bed room curtains of net with Battenberg braid, 2 1/2 yards long, valued at 32.00 per pair, special 1.25. Hardwood floor effect pieces at 76c quality, remnants under 25 square yards. Also couch covers three yards long, 60 inches wide in Oriental patterns, special 1.75.
Elwood Lloyd, 20, a mechanic, drank carbolic acid after losing work at Indianapolis Drop Forge. Found unconscious in his bathroom by his mother early Tuesday. died before doctors arrived. He had been laid off and had trouble with a girl. He lived with his mother at 626% S Meridian St.
Mrs A J Tron travels to New York to arrange winter concerts and recitals for Indianapolis. She aims to expand programming despite setbacks on a Fair Bank winter auditorium plan. She hints at excellent attractions under her management and will book bands for next summer at Fair Bank.
The Rev. Dr. Willard Scott of Piedmont church resigns after nine years to devote full time to golf. He says church work suffered and will never return to ministerial duties, choosing golf as his new focus despite his congregation’s astonishment.
At Roberts Park church on Monday the Methodist Ministers association announced officers for the monument committee. President W. G. Clinton, vice president W. M. Zaring, secretary Cc. C. Bunnell. An executive committee was named and Rev. Albert Hurlstone read a paper.
Nathan A. Randall age 79 a prominent horseman and printer died at his granddaughter Mrs. John Lehr home 1116 Park Ave He worked on Indianapolis newspapers and was owner and publisher of the Indiana Horseman.
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