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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
1
The Indiana state fair closes amid a record five days with attendance around 175,000. Revenues from admissions and booths topped $83,000 and $10,000 respectively, with notable stallholders such as I. B. Laughner paying $450 for restaurant privileges. Balloons were controlled by B. Desplinter of Chicago.
A collage of city life notes from the fair week includes tax wagon pauses airship doubts and courtroom shifts. Reports mention officials busy preparing for opening day, heat in the courthouse, vaudeville plans at Itasca hall, typhoid cases rising, and city market hours shortening. Around town police, arrests, and local happenings at the fair are sketched with humor and caution.
Friday crowds at the Indiana State Fair grew through the day though smaller than Thursday. Early arrivals by 10 am filled trains and gates, with 2000 people per hour by noon. Livestock pavilion contests, 12 light harness events, saddle contests, and a premier horsemanship display headlined, including the top woman rider and Rhetland pony turnouts.
Acting Police Judge Philip Wilkinson ruled that theater safety regulation falls to theater managers rather than the city building inspector. Indianaapolis five cent theaters lack proper exits and fireproof floors as crowds rush through narrow aisles.
The Wholesale Liquor Dealers association met at the Grand hotel to review routine matters and debate the pure food law. They will meet the State Board of Health on Oct 11 to present views on applying the pure food laws to liquor sellers. Officers elected: President H Schmidt Indianapolis vice president W H Benninghof Evansville secretary W J Groenwaldt Indianapolis treasurer H C Koepper Indianapolis.
James 8 Small was found guilty of assault and battery on a little girl by Judge J A Pritchard in criminal court Friday. He was sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Red Man Scrap tobacco ad promotes three ounces for five cents.
Public notice advertises new pianos from 165 dollars and up at Wuladhner's, plus a Powerful double flue heater warranted to heat three rooms and retain fire for 48 hours. Optional payment terms include 2 dollars cash or 75 cents weekly. Sale listed by People's Outfitting Co. at 133 135 West Washington and 92 34 36 Kentucky Avenue.
A $35 Kitchen Queen Hasges now priced at 823.50 with six holes and reservoir, warranted to bake and cook equal to any. A $50 range priced for 9200 cash, with weekly payment terms. Peoples Outfitting Co. advertises at 184-19 W. Washington and 2-41-4 Kentucky Ave.
The Pennsylvania railroad unveiled a device to deliver train orders to engineers while trains travel at speed. A two foot diameter wire ring holds the message opposite the cab window and releases into the cab when caught. The system spans 64 block stations between Harrisburg and Altoona and will cut at least four stops on fast trains on that division.
Detectives Manning and Samuels traced an alias "Heinie" to a Philadelphia suspect after overhearing a telephone number. The man, formerly a soldier who served in the Philippines, allegedly embezzled $200 from Ernest Wurster, a Indianapolis butcher, and was brought back to the city by train after officials connected a baggage trunk to his flight.
The Royal Irish Yacht Club notified the New York Yacht Club that a challenge for a series of races for the America's Cup will be sent by mail. Races are planned for next year off Sandy Hook. Details withheld until NYYC replies. The challenge is believed to be from Sir Thomas Lipton.
The National Prison Association of the United States will hold its annual congress in Chicago September 14 to 19. Opening exercises are slated for Saturday night at the Auditorium Annex. Indiana participants include Gov Hanly Dr H C Sharp of Jeffersonville Hon Frank Roby W H Whittaker and A W Bitler Roby chairs the committee on criminal law reform and Hanly will speak on The Indeterminate Sentence Monday afternoon.
A brief forecast covers tonight and Saturday across the United States with notes of precipitation and temperature expectations. The report mentions measurable rainfall of 72 mm in a specified region and outlines varying conditions by area for the two-day period.
In a probate court divorce suit, Mrs. A. B. Wintermute seeks 25 000 alimony from seer and fortune teller Wintermute. Witnesses describe his claimed superhuman powers and wealth including 70 000 yearly income and a million plus fortune. The hearing, overseen by Special Judge Vincent Clifford, resumes Saturday with plans to call a Paris, Illinois witness on premarital wealth.
Bessie McKinney, 20, was found guilty of petit larceny by Judge Pritchard in criminal court for stealing a bracelet and a kodak from a woman on North Illinois Avenue and pawning them to buy a hat. Sentence suspended.
Albert Alexander of 222 Walcott Sl. under liquor influence refused streetcar fare in Irvington. After a dispute with Conductor Jones at Liberty St. a rider struck Alexander on the nose. Bicycle Officers Hall and Simon arrested him for drunkenness and assault and battery, alleging he attacked the conductor.
Marie Sattler a 15 year old from Ashland Ohio found her sister’s address wrong and moved to downtown where she took a job at a restaurant on 12 South Illinois Street. When no word came, her sister Helen searched Ashland and failed to locate her. Police were notified and found Marie at the restaurant.
Special to The Sun reports Frank Lemmon wealthy young man of Petersburg Indiana died when a rolling sawlog struck him. The incident occurred yesterday.
St. Petersburg on September 13 reports Czar Nicholas will personally lead efforts to determine who is at fault for the Standart yacht stranding on the Finnish coast. A fleet of salvage ships has limited hope of saving the vessel. Censorship prevents clear disclosure of crew responsibility suspicions.
The Cunard liner Lusitania failed to beat the Deutschland time across the Atlantic due to fog and rough air, but achieved a land to land run from Cherbourg to Sandy Hook in five days and 54 minutes. The ship sailed from Liverpool to Sandy Hook in six days two hours three minutes, averaging 23.1 knots, while the Deutschland averaged 23.51.
Chicago Tribune reports Republicans surveyed across the region favor Taft as top first choice for next year’s presidency. New England editors, congressmen, and voters describe taft as strong yet balanced, with Cannon, Fairbanks, Hughes, and Knox ranked behind. Also notes Fairbanks called an “ice chest” and Roosevelt’s progressive policy viewed variably.
London dispatch reports England disappointed by Lusitania failing to break transatlantic records. All Fingland trusted Lusitania to win the blue riband from Germany, but consolation comes from Deutschland not being pressed to her limit.
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