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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
2
An Indiana Trust Company advertisement promotes idle money being invested safely and earning a fair interest rate. It highlights principal security and liquidity, inviting readers to visit the bank to learn about its savings accounts. The tone seeks trust and reliability for dependable returns.
Czar Nicholas of Russia arrived at Racogni Italy to a marching battalion as fifty thousand troops lined the route. A military display accompanied the royal train for miles. The czar and King Victor Emmanuel hoped to curb Austria in the Balkans amid a grand reception.
Two large snakes and a white bulldog were kept by H. and Mrs. Simms of Clyde Ohio in a room rented from Mrs. Griffith at 33 W Vermont. The snakes were used to sell patent medicine. Mrs Griffith found the bulldog in the bed eating a greasy bone and the heads of the snakes protruding from beneath the bed. Policemen Fitzmiller and Barrows were summoned and the snakes reportedly performed for them.
Burton White, 19, a Connecticut State College freshman at Storrs, lay hypnotized for about 14 hours under classmate John Bergensen's control after an autumn hazing bee. A physician treated him. White showed temporary lapses but regained near normal function. The incident raised questions about hypnotism and campus hazing practices.
About 250 club women attended the Local Council of Women luncheon at the German House and voted to make the get acquainted meeting an annual affair. Mrs. Charles M. Walker, new president, plans closer unity among affiliated societies. Guest of honor was Mrs. Frank E. Frits, president-general of the Daughters of the Revolution. Several notable local women spoke.
A day of sermons and special music unfolds at multiple churches. Dr Taylor at First Baptist preaches The Power of Prayer and The Blessings of Hope with a 15 minute gospel song service. Central Christian offers patriotic orchestra numbers. St Pauls Episcopal hosts Rev Lewie Brown on The Message of the Ages and Grumbling People in the Evening.
A sharp line about a woman described as a former servant surfaces in a conversational snippet. The speaker hints the woman's status through a pattern of her sweetheart calling at dinner time, suggesting social class cues within a domestic setting.
Madame DuBarrie presents a French method to develop the bust by 2 to 8 inches in 30 days. She promises quick, lasting results and asks interested women to send a 2 cent stamp for an illustrated booklet, mailing to Suite 907 Quinlan Building Chicago.
Misa Marie Logsdon 17 daughter of Edwin D Logsdon and Earl Kurtze 20 eloped to Jeffersonville yesterday and were married. The Logs dons believed she was at Shortridge high school and learned of the marriage by message. The couple are now at the Logsdon home Broad Ripple.
Charles McGloon died at his 1317 E. Raymond Street residence after consuming arsenic in a personal crisis tied to alcohol. Despondent over his inability to quit drinking, he took the poison Friday morning, with the effect worsening through the day. A physician arrived too late. he leaves a widow and five children.
Charcoal lozenges crafted from willow wood absorb gastric gases by acting in the stomach and intestines. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges use willow charcoal mixed with honey to create a palatable, antiseptic remedy claimed to relieve flatulence belching and foul breath. Sold by F A Stuart Co at 2½ cents with free sample offers.
Patrick H McCarren state senator and Brooklyn Democratic leader died at St Catherine's hospital after appendicitis surgery. News of his passing shocked his mother at 97 Berry street and prompted plans for a solemn requiem mass at St Vincent de Paul. He had dictated funeral arrangements to a trusted circle including his nieces and priest before dying peacefully with his family nearby.
George W Hoffman manufacturer dies at his home 2226 N Meridian Street after a two week illness. He built a fortune in metal polish, previously in drugs, with offices in New York Chicago and San Francisco and agency network nationwide. Factory located at 549 E Washington Street. He was six years old and survived by a widow. His death followed hours after the passing of his niece Mrs Louis F Buschmann at E Twelfth Street.
Eula Cork four-year-old fatally burned Friday afternoon in the rear of 31 N Traub avenue where she played near burning papers. Her mother, trying to save her, was severely burned, a passerby severed the dress with a pocketknife, and left before identification. The child attempted to roll in dirt to extinguish the flames. The father is a firefighter on the C H and D railroad.
In Kokomo Indiana on October 23 Alfred Coon fatally stabbed Lee Ames during a fight and then killed himself with chloroform. Ames remains in critical condition with uncertain prognosis.
Urbana Ind Oct 3 Simon Walters 49 a farmer was kicked in the head yesterday by a horse and his skull was fractured. He is feared to die.
Rome reports that Prof Cesare Lombroso, before dying, planned to attempt communication with the Milian Society for Psychical Research through professional medium Eusapia Palladino, with whom he had conducted numerous experiments.
Burlington Iowa reports Rev Albert Godley of Indianapolis chosen as state chairman of legislative committees for the American Purity Federation. The organization announces appointments and notes the next convention will be held in 1911.
R. E. Rife and Miss Lillian Abbott were struck by a car driven by George G. Tanner of 140 N Delaware as they crossed Pennsylvania and North streets. They were roomers at 045 Fort Wayne Avenue and were on their way home. Rife held an umbrella for Abbott and did not see the vehicle. Tanner took them home.
J T Judd manager of the Monarch Typewriter Exchange was slightly burned on Friday night when a lighted match ignited gasoline used for cleaning in the rear room. He fought the flames until the fire department arrived. Loss described as slight.
The ad promises cure for piles including itching pain bleeding and protrusion within six to fourteen days using Paz o Ointment. If not cured money refunded. Available for 50 cents.
A sheriff sale is set for November 18, 1908, to satisfy a decree of $644.50 plus costs in a case with Mary Lavelle as plaintiff and Anna E. Holscher et al as defendants. The property is Lot 93 in McKernan and Pierces subdivision in Indianapolis, Marion County, with rents and profits for up to seven years. Sale at Marion County Court House between 10 am and 4 pm. JACOB WOESSNER, Sheriff. LUCIUS B. SWIFT, Attorney. October 23, 1909.
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