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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1907
Page
6
Special to The Sun from Paris surveys travel style among nations. It highlights Americans as the best dressed and most practical travelers, contrasting English and French habits, and offers etiquette on luggage, hotel selection, tipping, and avoiding cut rates to avoid costly fines or awkwardness.
A York abstractor evolves a new stock promotion idea to incorporate Nebraska farms. Cedarbank farm of York county filed articles with $30,000 capital, owned by M A Welch R A Miller and Mary W Miller. The plan seeks to float shares at $10 or $3 with options on multiple farms priced $8 to $90 an acre and raise funds via stock sales and bonds.
Government statistics show Indiana coal output in 1906 reached 12,092,560 short tons with 20,970 men employed. The average price per ton was 1.08 dollars. Clay County posted the largest gains, while 15,875 workers were idle for about three days, reducing productive time by 27 percent. The era’s eight hour workday dominated, and most mines used electric machinery. Coal types include block, cannel, and bituminous, with most production from surface to 450 feet deep.
Curious article notes that freight wrecks happen daily across the country yet rarely make headlines. Ennui keeps such disasters off bulletin boards as wreck crews clear debris and salvage iron, while nearby farmers may glance at the scene before traffic resumes.
Letter carriers in Berlin start at 900 marks with a 30 mark yearly housing allowance and rise to only 1,500 marks after many years. They work 12 hours daily delivering about 150 pounds of mail, highlighting low pay relative to workload in the city.
W J McGee, renowned geologist of Washington, is among the few U S men with no true given name. His two initials function as a complete given name rather than standing for other names.
John Fannigan the giant New York policeman and world champion hammer thrower confirms retirement due to frequent accidents he says he cannot risk injuring someone and does not intend to take chances on killing anyone.
North Wales Pa Sept 10 a farmer outlines a detailed soil to feed dairy cows. He describes a multiyear plan starting with rye in autumn to feed cows in spring and gradually shifting through clover timothy oats and peas before corn, barley and silage, then returning to rye. He emphasizes gradual feed changes to protect digestion and peak milk production.
A series of notices from Marion county Indiana commissioners during the October term 1907 show applications to sell intoxicating vinous malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking privileges. Locations include 12 1 2 W Maryland street No 12 1 2 W Maryland street 92 Senate avenue and 91 Harrison street among others with pool table rights sought in several rooms.
J M Riley applies to the Marion County Sixth ward center township court for a license to sell alcohol at a 16 by 70 foot room with two doors and a stockroom and poolroom in a brick building on Market Street in Indianapolis. The notice lists the exact lot and measurements and requests permission for pool halls in the same room.
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