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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1906
Page
3
A two year birthday at Traction Terminal and Annapolis Union stations prompts reflections on the ceaseless crowd and two decades of nonstop reception. Night rallies, curious travelers, and station lore unfold through observer quotes and a tale of a woman chasing timetables.
Special to The Sun Detroit Sept. A long project by Gras Mater of this city occupies fifteen years, a 50 pound clock with 12 dials shows global times Paris to New York. It features Westminster chimes and a music box march, with doors opening to reveal world leaders and nations, housed in a black mahogany case with angels and busts of Galileo and Meier.
The motor car of Col Russell B Harrison 5 miles per hour was in a mashup on a steep grade at Stryker Ohio Sunday. Occupants Harry Knight Col Morrison’s chauffeur of Indianapolis and Edwin McCannen escaped with slight injuries as the car was badly damaged. It was being brought to Indianapolis from the Pope Toledo Bowl on Toledo where it had been average.
A young American woman marries Baron Gantos Dolla van Dabrogolsky Domneramark in Manila after a brief romance. The baron seizes her wealth and pursues money abroad, escaping with jewels valued at 380 and funds shipped to Bremen. Paris police fail to act. under European law a wife’s assets belong to her husband.
The State Board of Education met Monday afternoon to appoint a state librarian for the position titled under W. B. Henry. Candidates include Miss Jennifer Elrod a librarian at a city library, Harlow Lindley of Earlham College, Demarehya Brown of Butler College, Artie Chapman of Muncie, Dave at Richmond High Schools, Charles Drybeend of Hartford Mill, and Jacob P Main of Indianapolis.
Special to The Sun reports Marie Eschenfelder and Miss Elsis Entedy, aged 16, were captured after fleeing from Richmond, with Eschenfelder allegedly forging checks for 3509. He met Mike Enbody, then bought tickets at Pennsylvania Station for Michigan after cashing the forgeries.
IN THE CITY reports officer elections at the Fern Lest club with Timothy Sexton as President and plans for an October dance at the German House. Fletcher Place church Women’s Missionary Society meets with Mrs Coburn. Kalata Degree No 7 hosts a lawn fete and dance Monday at Blaine Avenue and Howard Street. Civil service exams for postal clerks and carriers set for November 21 with 16 applicants last year. District M. I. A. council to hold a card party next Thursday at 80 Woodruff Place with prizes for all games and refreshments.
Tuesday harness racing at the State Fair features numerous entries from Indiana and nearby states. Notable horses include Boreal, Boreal sll, and Queen Wilkes with drivers such as Wiliam Ji, Melbourne Witkia, and J. W. Rhodes. The purse totals range around 1,000 dollars with multiple trotting and pacing divisions listed by regional farms and owners.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a boating accident on the Lehigh River caused drowning deaths of Charles Hughes of Wenbury New Jersey and Mrs Joseph Green of the same city. Coroner Buttz ruled the deaths accidental. Green was married to a millionaire patent medicine maker. Hughes and Green had telegraphed to meet at Allentown depot and later registered as C Hughes and wife before boating on the river. Hughes recently arrived in the area via the Lehigh Valley Transit Company lines.
William FR, local representative of Cleveland Street Lighting, asked the Board of Public Works Monday if his company will be asked to continue supplying lamps and street lights after September. The board said its contract with Sun Vapor Light, now under city council, may be ratified and allow further action. Williams said his company would remove amps and dismantle equipment after September 18, risking street lighting for residents once the council acts.
Numerous staffing changes marked by new appointments at Manual Training High School and Shortridge High School. Principal shifts include Ada Fink and Martha Rich among others. City schools plan to open Wednesday morning September 12 with varied start times. morning schedules prioritize earlier start for younger students while MayRounds remain open for children of working parents.
Applications for entry to physical training classes at the Independent Turnverein gymnasium are taken daily at the corner of Tilinos and Christs. The year is divided into three terms, with tuition of 75 cents per term for one pupil in afternoon classes and $1 for the third term. ladies and juniors pay $1 per term. Oscar B. Ruther, graduate of the North American Gymnastic Union, is director in charge.
In Chicago on September 24 the W C T U reunion stirred memories for Cook County members who recalled 33 years ago when they were mobbed amid temperance protests. The 1874 campaign began with a mass meeting in February and a committee of 100 women urged saloon closures on Sundays. They marched to Blow Ye the Trumpet Blow. The council rejected Sunday closure, and the women were harassed by roughs but no serious injuries were reported.
A newspaper brief notes beer scandal revelations and a related upheaval in Packingtown. It mentions Scuppeenie Rae Crees Association in Chicago and reports that domestic business continued through the upheaval, with the year’s first seven months seeing growth despite public exposure and criticism.
A man was arrested at the Conarraville Indianapolis fair for selling liquor without a government tax stamp. He was taken to Indianapolis Monday afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal Lon Boyd for a hearing before United States Commissioner Young.
In Perry Township the Democratic primary will be held on Monday September and the convention on Tuesday in Schoolhouse No. 10 on the Greenwood interurban. The convention is entitled to two delegates.
Attorney General Madley Amalstania R. C. Lake and John Kennish resumed the oil inquiry today before Special Supreme Court Commissioner S.A. Apthony in St Louis Missouri.
Special to The Jem from Washington reports Lieut Rend Lieber of the German army, visiting on leave, arguing that allowing light drinks at Army posts would boost soldier morale. He cites U S Army statistics and contends post prohibitions drive soldiers to drink in off-post dives, harming temperance and discipline.
Wilmington dispatch states an armed mob is hunting Beatrice Frankish and her daughter Gare llo after a bru tally defeat involving a Black person. Mrs. Beatrice Frankish and her daughter are described as missionaries in the haste.
Washington September: The crop estimating board of the Agriculture Department today provided an estimate of cotton acreage as of August 31, pegged at 72 percent of the intended area. The estimate reflects national trends in planting and area harvested for the season.
A series of notices from multiple residents in Center township Indianapolis seeking licenses to sell intoxicating and vinous liquors in quantities under five gallons. Each applicant details their exact address, property description, and intent to operate a saloon with on premises drinking, plus requests for pool table privileges in the same room. Names include W M Prosser and M Oliver, with addresses on Madison Avenue Prospect Street Capitol Avenue and Delaware Street areas. The notices appear in the Twelfth and Sixth wards, City of Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion County Indiana, during upcoming October terms.
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