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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
3
Advert shows Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills promising relief from headaches and body pains in minutes with no stomach upset. Guarantee offered by druggists with money-back if not beneficial. 85 doses cost 25 cents. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
The national Saenger fest committee and the Indiana State Board of Agriculture agreed to use the new pavilions at the state fair grounds in Indianapolis for the meeting next June. A German committee led by August Kuhn and Paul Krauss inspected the building and arranged lighting funded by the Saengerfest committee at about $3,500. A follow up meeting is set for the German House Saturday night.
Special to The Sun from Bethlehem Pa reports John Fritz the Ironmaster and inventor, born 1838, began as a blacksmith and has seen American iron and steel output rise from 1,000,000 tons annually to 25,000,000 tons today. Fritz perfected armor plate processes and shaped many key stages in iron and steel making.
A Berlin metal worker describes how social insurance protects workers in sickness and old age and notes the price levels for food supplies in Germany. The piece outlines the policy’s aims and reflects on living costs faced by German laborers.
A Berlin metal worker aged 49 recounts 1014 hours of labor weekly with strict fines and long shifts from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. He details crowded three room tenements, low pay of 89 dollars weekly, high rent, and shared meals in a subterranean tavern. He notes state insurance and pensions, family hardships, and a comparable standard of living to other nations.
An advertisement explains that Grape-Nuts are hard crisp granules meant to be ground by the teeth. Chewing softens the product and promotes saliva, aiding digestion. The copy claims Grape-Nuts improve the body's ability to digest not only the cereal but other foods as well.
At the Claypool hotel on Friday evening a birthday banquet honored James K. Hackett and BE M. Holland, in Indianapolis producing The House of a Thousand Candles. Hackett refused to discuss divorce rumors, while secretary Bunn stated the rumors have no foundation.
Dialogue snippet shows a rural humor tone with Willie asking about a whale and the response that whaling won’t happen until it comes home, reflecting a local flavor and humorous misunderstanding.
A historical note credits a clever unsung inventor for creating a two piece curved seam cover that encases the baseball with minimal seam. It explains why modern balls above nickel value use this design while some five cent balls still carry the old rough cover. The piece ends with a dismissive nod to prior covers.
Stephen H Jamegdon formerly of Monroe Michigan rose from a poor farm boy to a University of Oxford archaeology chair at 34. He walked ten miles daily to Monroe High, then through the University of Michigan and Columbia before earning LL D and a two year European study. He will begin October 1 earning 12000 dollars annually.
Mrs. Katherine Holler of 265 Bickingstreet reported a burglary Friday afternoon. A thief entered her home, searched it thoroughly, and stole a gold watch and fob. Holler saw a white man near her house while at a neighbor’s. This marks a second daylight burglary recently reported.
Noah Fritz, a colored pool room owner on Fort Wayne avenue, allegedly kicked and threw Elia Sanders, a colored woman, into the street at 232 Arch Street Friday afternoon. Bicycle officers Stewart and Mullin arrested Fritz, who is said to be jealous of the woman.
Charlie Miller believes in keeping after it once started. His style is steady effort in all he undertakes.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed bids for cement sidewalks curbs grading and paving on Henry Street Arlington Avenue Julian Avenue Cornell Avenue Eighteenth Street Union Madison Nevada streets and related work under Improvement Resolutions 5211 3229 3236 335 5243 5347 and 5249. Bids due September 1 1907 at 10 a m with plans provided at Majestic Building Room 3.
The Board of Public Works approves improvements including paving first alley east of Newman Nowland Avenue and other streets in Indianapolis with brick and stone foundations, outlines bid requirements with 5 percent contingency, insurance, and bond conditions, and schedules remonstrance hearings for September 9 1997.
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