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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1909
Page
2
In Richmond Indiana Harry Yingling was badly injured when struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train on Saturday night.
The note urges steady intake of nourishing foods to keep the brain and nerves well supplied. Skipping proper nutrition may dull the brain and cause quicker fatigue, implying a daily diet focus on sustaining mental vigor.
Chief of Detectives McConnell stated Detroit police are not seeking a doctor in the Mabel Milman death. Dr. Fritsch remains jailed with bail set at 16000. Fred Blanding, ex University of Michigan student, is sought in connection with the Milman case. Sheriff Guston appeals Ellsworth to locate him. Witnesses Miss Martha Henning and Mrs. Alice Renaud mention Blanding. A missing opal ring Milman wore is believed seized to hinder identification.
Dr Frederick A Cook the American Arctic explorer was greeted by a cheering crowd in Christiansand on arrival from Copenhagen. An official delegation welcomed him while he praised Denmark’s hospitality and confidence in his claim to reaching the north pole. He departed today aboard the Scandinavian American liner Oscar II for New York.
New York officers of the American Law Book company consider a house furnishing department at 60 Wall Street. Twenty-one employees, including several in key roles, have married within six months. several engagements are rumored. The latest marriage linked Miss I Hottenroth of Richmond Hill to Michael Lynch, head of the mechanical department.
In St. Petersburg on September 13 five thousand secret police were drafted in the Crimea to guard Czar Nicholas at the Levidia villa. Military guards lined the railway to Levidia and torpedo boats patrolled the coast. Special police will be stationed inside and outside the villa while scrutiny of arrivals at Yalta increases.
Joseph A. McGowan, a known Democrat and auditor for Indianapolis Traction and Terminal, announces to run for a place on the Board of School Commissioners. He previously taught and served on Portland Maine's Board of Education, championing night schools. The race includes multiple candidates and a public play grant advocates, with a separate city election for the school board planned for November. Three commissioners start January 1, 1919, two in 1912.
Miss Augusta Jamison returned to Indianapolis to claim the Indiana championship cup for women golfers, with Miss Bowers as her closest rival. Jamison also won six silver almond dishes for the long-distance driving contest, posting a drive of 217 yards. Miss Bowers reached 136 yards and Miss McKinney of Marion drove 189 yards and won a cap for the lowest qualifying score after defeating Miss Bowers in a playoff.
In Rushville Indiana James H Newkirk aged 20 was killed when a traction car struck him west of the city late Saturday night. Officials say he may have sat on the track and fallen asleep.
A large fire destroyed Holmeshurst Inn in Edgemere New York as more than 60 guests and 30 staff hurried to safety. Wealthy summer residents in night attire aided guests, while an elevator boy remained in a burning car to help others reach the second floor before jumping to the ground. A sea breeze and rapid flames doomed the four story hotel within minutes, though most occupants were saved.
The eight local divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will parade Sunday with the Central Verein, an all German Catholic society group. A parade committee met at the Denison hotel with Michiel Casserly chairing. Frank E. McCarthy is marshal. Floats will feature historical emblems. Assembly is 1:50 p.m. on Monument Place before the Morrison block.
A masked man armed with a club attacked Nicholas Accomondo, an Italian religious worker at Fletcher Place MKE church, near New Jersey street and the Big Four tracks, Sunday night at 9. Accomondo says the assault was retal iation for his crusades against lawbreakers and blames an Italian secret society.
In Pittsburgh on September 13 police chief Thomas I. McQuade viewed an art store window display showing a carbon copy of the Paris salon painting La Siesta. He ruled there was nothing immoral in its exhibition despite protests.
Alois Beiter an Indiana church organist and school teacher and Miss Amanda Kahan were arrested in Los Angeles on charges of deserting Beiter’s invalid wife and three children in Jasper Indiana the two left for a vacation and trip respectively Beiter is held pending extradition while Kahan was released following recognition by a former Jasper resident.
The Lorette hotel at 124 139 E Ohio Street opposite the Indianapolis Sun building was sold by FP H Fitzgerald to 5 E Rauh for 165000. The building was formerly owned by J A Rink who sold it to Fitzgerald. Rauh also owns the Plaza hotel at 240 Indiana avenue.
Ora M. Stephenson foreman at Noelke Richarda Iron Works perished after a steel derrick collapsed while he climbed to untangle cables. A one inch rope used for bracing wore through. He was 27, lived at 3 Colorado avenue, married two years. Body sent to Ragsdale morgue. He belonged to Structural Iron Workers Local 22, Masons, Red Men, Knights and Ladies of Honor.
Baseball action features Milwaukee and Minneapolis visits to Washington Park. Boxing unfolds with Jem Driscoll meets Owen Moran in London and other key bouts in Brooklyn Memphis Boston Albany St Louis and New York City. Golf heads regional championships and fall meetings. Trotting opens Grand Circuit in Syracuse.
Salvador Castrillo, a backer of revolutions, travels to New York to depose Zelaya, calling him despot and plutocrat. The U.S. fleets two gunboats at strategic points to thwart such plans. Castrillo, a French lawyer and journalist, has served as general and captain in the Central American army.
Wonderland will undergo improvements for next season after a successful summer. Manager B M Wicks said the Airdome will feature better known performers and a pony ballet of singing girls. Plans include a big electric fountain in the lagoon and removal of the chutes.
In a humorous exchange a barber asks for the customer’s own mug and the patron retorts that his own face is his mug, refusing to wear someone else’s. The dialogue highlights a comic moment over personal grooming and identity in a barbershop.
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