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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
9
In New Ulm Minnesota on September 3 John B. Hayner who had seriously shot former State Senator Summerville of Sleepy Eye yesterday killed himself in the county jail. He fashioned a rope from bed clothing, tied it to an iron fixture on the cell door and leaped from his cot. The act ends the case that drew public attention.
James C. Piper collided with Thomas Hatfield on Pratt and Meridian streets as Hatfield rode a motorcycle. Hatfield, charged with riding a motorcycle without a license, was sent to police headquarters. Piper, who left before officers arrived, faced charges of driving on the left side of the street and assault and battery. Hatfield sustained only slight injuries.
The Tenth Ward Democratic club elected Timothy Sexton treasurer replacing Edward A. Siersdorfer who resigned for business reasons. J F White named Finance Andrew Fromhola A C Hansen John H Sharkey E J Thompson and Richard Neff as executives and Charles Ouack Edward Hartman John Schneider Joseph Wagner James Rochford Worth Newhouse Herman Peele for six months. The group will start campaign to elect the city ticket and drops initiation fees for two months. Regular meetings are each Wednesday at Hoyt avenue and Laurel street clubrooms.
An advertisement touts Poslam as an antiseptic cure for eczema and skin irritations. It claims fast results, notes use after shaving for abrasions and pimples, and offers fifty cent retail price with a free trial mail sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
J. H. Masters an experienced canner leased land in Oakland City to grow tomatoes and arranged to sell fancy canned tomatoes. He is now canning at his home near the fair grounds employing four people. Masters expects to pack 15,000 cans this year and plans a larger plant next year.
The passage contrasts regional speech habits showing a New Yorker saying Pennsylvania street and another saying three squares further on. It notes grammatical correctness for New Yorkers and the Indiana usage of the term skillet versus frying pan for morning eggs.
Thomas J. Crouch files for divorce in Hammond Indiana superior court. He accuses his wife Dora of attempting suicide in five ways including stabbing with a fork, cutting with a knife, puncturing with a hatpin, swallowing buttons, and taking laudanum, yet she survived.
FaShion Pirate acts star as Bella Gordon, hailed as one of the brightest singers and fun-makers, this week with Montague's Burlesquers at the Empire Theater.
Goshen Indiana September 3 Mrs Law rence agent for Western Union Telegraph sent giant Irish potatoes to the News Times office. One potato weighed one pound three ounces. Mrs Lawrence raised and cultivated them herself.
An advertisement urges women to slim down fast using Marmola tablets claiming rapid fat reduction, with notes on societal pressure against fat, the ineffectiveness of exercise and diet, and instructions to buy from Marmola Co. in Detroit or local drugstores for 75 cents a cage.
In Tangier on September 3 the sultan orders a wooden shirt with nails to torture El Roghi the rebel leader until he reveals wealth. El Roghi, confined in an iron cage, has refused to surrender funds unless guaranteed safety. The sultan resists making the dispute international while the bandit remains captive.
Mrs Harriet Nesbit Bleucher a divorced woman aged unknown won Georges B Owen seven years old a vice president and general manager of William L Gilbert Clock company as her husband after a massage treatment clients said his attention to her had grown so marked that his children demanded she leave. The couple were married by Rev G W Judson of Wighland Lake and the ceremony occurred after a drive to two clergymen a refusal from one. Mrs Owen left Cottage street and went to New York for business the next day and has not returned.
Marion Indiana September 3 A public beating by Mrs May Gardner prompted Levi Smethers to decline prosecution. A crowd saw Gardner strike Smethers in the face repeatedly at Fourth and Washington streets. Smethers pushed away and did not strike back. Prosecutor Williams said no one was injured and that Gardner’s actions looked hysterical rather than planned.
Newburg Indiana, September 3. An experienced overalls and pants maker with multiple factories plans a new plant in Newburg. Operations expected to start about September 15 with 50 machines, rising to 160 after further arrangements. Initial employment will be 7 to 100 workers, increasing as more machines arrive.
A humorous impromptu advertisement extols Fels Naptha soap as a superior washing aid. It contrasts violet water perfume with laundry care, notes the soap dissolves dirt into atoms carried away by rinsing water, and promises cold water washing with minimal effort when directions on the wrapper are followed.
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