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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
2
An article promotes a homemade kidney tonic claiming it can relieve many kidney ailments before Brights disease. The recipe combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with directions to take after meals and at night. It asserts harmless ingredients and notes benefits for rheumatism and blood purification.
Special to The Sun Evansville Ind Oct 2 Fire yesterday morning started in the rear room of Harris Barrett general store at Griffin Ind and destroyed Harris Barrett Miller general stores McReynolds restaurant Fisher Co restaurants two saloons and the post office building total loss 75000 dollars
In South Bend Indiana the Sunday closing law was enforced for the first time in four years with no saloons or playhouses open yesterday reflecting strict adherence to the rule and quiet streets through the day.
The Local Council of Jewish Women meets in the Temple vestry Tuesday with Samuel J. Levinson as reader and Miriam Swartz reading from the Psalms. The Indianapolis Council issues its first year book and monthly meetings remain open to visitors. Officers include Mrs. Emma Eckhouse president and Miss Frieda Pink secretary among a 8-member society. A guest party and several Grand Council Alpha Chi Omega events are planned with multiple hosts, luncheons, and a Park Avenue reception for fraternity women. Henrietta Morrison and Vance Noel Jr. wed at St Paul’s. others attend meetings, clubs, and upcoming anniversaries across the city.
The Musikverein of the German house will not mix dances and concerts on the same evenings this season. Dancing parties will end at midnight with the first event set for November 6, a Wednesday, featuring a dance. The committee lists Frederick Bachmann Carl Prinzler L D Starr Thomas Heelis and Elliott Hooton. Rehearsals for the first concert are underway.
Miss Gertrude Kaiser and Edwin L. Steinmetz will marry on Wednesday at the home of the bride. The ceremony follows their engagement announced earlier this month.
Esther Louise Armstrong and Frederick Wade will wed this week at the Armstrong home in N. New Jersey Street. A large number of guests are expected to attend the ceremony hosted by Mrs. Linna Parids Armstrong.
Mr and Mrs John F Messick announce the engagement of daughter Margaret to William Meridith Kendrick. November is set as the wedding month.
Mr and Mrs George W Dietz announce the betrothal of their daughter Lydia June to Albert J Fritsch The announcement appears in the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific circle context suggesting forthcoming wedding plans and social notices.
In Chicago on October 28 Mrs Barbara Rumstick sprang from a high window to escape a burglar. The intruder kept her husband at gunpoint while looting the room. Mrs Rumstick suffered a broken wrist and severe bruising to head and body before the thief left.
Justus Jaiger of a Missouri evening paper’s sporting department was robbed at Greenwood at midnight. Two men grabbed $2.50 from him and, after he joked about having two gold teeth, one thief knocked out the teeth with the revolver butt, taking the gold.
The Cleveland contest heats up as Tom L. Johnson faces Congressman Burton next Tuesday in a fierce battle. Both parties claim momentum amid a red hot campaign that pits Democrats against Republicans with rival victories cited.
In Cleveland, mayor Tom L. Johnson seeks a fourth term against Republican Theodore E. Burton as a national style campaign pits public utilities reform against corporate power. Johnson touts three-cent fare advocacy with a push for competing lines while Burton campaigns on the municipal electric fight, with heavy spending and sustained rallies across the city as registration soars ahead of the November election.
Madrid reports the Spanish government may request a US state department investigation into claims that more than 4,000 Spaniards are held as slaves on San Juan Del Monte island in the Philippines. The tale, told by Bulguera and supported by a Valencia companion, is treated cautiously but deemed worthy of inquiry.
Former President S J Small of the telegraphers sues a statement denouncing the Milwaukee special convention as illegal and calls Beattie a childish president, while Chicago leaders anticipate a conference with Postal and Western Union officers in New York to finalize a strike settlement.
In East Liverpool Ohio a woman fired at her husband Benjamin Brady with a revolver, rifle, and shotgun during an early morning quarrel. Brady survived as police report she discharged firearms within city limits and she is jailed on the charges. She claims Brady disappeared with another woman during a buggy ride.
London reports a hotel owner plans a one year trial where room and meal prices are set by guests after visiting the office. Advertised as a house of modern comforts with central heating and French cooking, visitors pay according to judgment and conscience.
Maryville dispatch says a coroner's jury found painter Charles McElvain responsible for the death of Mrs. Edward Motzahn in a Saturday night exchange of bullets at Ravenwood. Dr Charles Motzahn, who was wounded twice, reported that he learned his wife had returned with McElwain and then gunfire followed.
Delegate Andrews of New Mexico will introduce a bill at Congress opening for admission of New Mexico as a state. He says the territory has 400000 population and is ready for statehood, with plans to send two Republican senators upon admission.
A blaze at the Metallic Bedstead company storage building in Rome New York destroyed fifteen thousand iron beds, causing an estimated loss of seventy thousand dollars. Fire officials reported no injuries. The fire was confined to the storage structure and caused extensive smoke damage to nearby buildings. Investigators sought the fire’s origin and whether insurance coverage affected the loss.
From Tangier on October 2 news promises hourly updates about a coming clash between the imperialist expedition from Mogador and Mulai Hafid’s loyalist troops. The confrontation stands as a pivotal moment in the struggle for control in Morocco.
Judge Peter Grosscup of the United States court of appeals in Chicago said during a visit to Indianapolis that he had been appointed by President Roosevelt to help form a commission proposing a law for federal oversight of private corporation stocks and bonds. Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis may be named as Indiana member. Grosscup, a Civic Federation contributor, spoke at the Columbia club with Harris presiding and Marion club members present.
The Third Christian church held a military style encampment at the church with pastor Harry G. Hill as colonel. Since starting Oct 6 the charter membership was 96 and about 170 soldiers attended Saturday night. Officers included Lt Col T. B. Laycock Major Frank Floyd Adjutant J. E. Martin Quartermaster Walter Howe and Chaplain Rev. C. W. Harvey.
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