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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
5
William Brown, a stowaway aboard the steamer Annetta, was devoured by sharks after jumping overboard near Kingston while being escorted back to Jamaica. Crew witnessed the incident as Brown attempted to evade authorities.
Cable advices confirm Mary Anderson will come to the United States. She is Mme. Antonio Fernando de Navarro, with husband’s parents Jose F. de Navarro and his wife living at 13 W. Forty-sixth Street, New York. They have been notified but made no public announcement. Her farewell tour or charity appearances have been urged, though her present home is listed as Broadway, England.
Vancouver police arrest Orientals with concealed weapons to curb unrest. Mounted guards protect Jap and Chinese quarters as some Asiatics return to work. Vancouver calls for absolute exclusion of all Asiatics from Canada via Ottawa, despite a treaty. Another ship with 500 Japanese due, risking more trouble.
A satirical column notes the Hainois Central board of directors slated to meet. It jests on domestic disputes, divorces, and playful wordplay about wealth, Belgian shipments, and aging poets while hinting at Taft's worldwide progress.
In San Francisco and Washington the Metcalf family faces social scrutiny as young William Howard Metcalf secretly marries widow Wilda Bevan Metcalf. She has a daughter and resembles a younger woman, prompting gossip among San Francisco’s aristocratic circles about acceptance by the cabinet set.
A veiled woman visits the narrator at night seeking advice on love and heartbreak. She recalls Cynthia Grey's counsel, demands insight into human feeling, but ultimately admits her plan to win back John. A week later she writes that the plan failed and she will marry John.
Workmen are engaged in pecking the metallic file boxes and record shelves for the clerk's office.
Miss Jinks and the Swelton club members returned from a trip to Naiberg. A social crowd described the debut and silent auction events. Nelie Minagen leaves for New York for a job. A handsome phonograph wins the silent party prize at the courthouse.
Desk Sergt. Crane states he will be one of ten contributors donating ten cents each to purchase a new hat for Bert Perrott, Bertilon clerk, so he may replace his straw hat as winter approaches.
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