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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1909
Page
3
The notice urges parents to verify Castoria bottles show the Chas. H. Fletcher signature on the wrapper and in red on the bottle. It warns against counterfeit substitutes and urges mothers to scrutinize medicines given to children for safety.
Terre Haute Indiana September 15 A Terre Haute Printing Company employee found a dropped US Express money bag valued at 300 dollars on South Fifth Street. He delivered it to the Express office, returning it to the shocked driver who had misplaced the package and feared losing the funds forever.
Hartford City youth Harry Senecal, now touring from Bealtiore Maryland, has risen as a prize fighter under the name Young Senecal. He recently scored three knockouts in as many bouts and once teased as the town's strongest man for bending nails and tearing cards.
The Empire theater features Marie Jansen who rose from Edmond Hayes' Jolly Girls chorus to star status as the Fay Templeton of burlesque. Hayes spotted her talent and gave her a break, and now she captivates audiences with a magnetic personality and strong voice in The Umpire, the season’s hit at the popular music venue.
Miners around Jasonville Indiana plan to operate a department store with miners owning most stock. They may buy an existing store or set up a new shop and hire an experienced manager. A meeting will decide details as merchants likely oppose the move.
Berlin reports criticism from German papers over the cost of traveling of the German emperor who travels in a lavish white and gold special train. Towns visited faced huge expenses and debts to entertain him, turning visits into financial burdens and dissatisfaction.
The defunct Oakland City Fair association received 25 cents for admission to a fair that had remained unpaid for four years. The payment came after a former entrant could not gain access to the grounds until the debt was settled.
A Chinese imperial commission endorsed telephone use and gramophones with limits on devices and a state run system by Western Electric to install in Pekin. The project includes a power plant, lead cables, two battery switchboards, initial 2500 lines, and later expansion to Canton Hankow and Tientsin.
In Wilmington Judge Cochran fines Andrew Crumlish for disorderly conduct and contempt after the prisoner shouts thank you repeatedly. Crumlish refuses to back down and is jailed after the exchange. He faces up to 300 days in the workhouse.
Auburn Indiana September 15 The Hard Scrabble School in Troy township faces a district clash over reopening after seven years Closed schools in the area total four with enrollment around 2 over 100. Residents petition to reopen while the trustee advisory board and County Superintendent support keeping it closed citing cost.
Bloomington Indiana report states Frank Sterne a brakeman on the Motion was killed yesterday while riding atop a car. His head struck an overhead bridge as the train passed. Officials continue to investigate the fatal incident.
Seattle Sept 15 A milk rights dispute arises after cows shipped from Seattle to St Michael aboard the Mackinaw supplied milk to the crew. John Kehoe seeks payment for five gallons daily over 18 days, while Schubach Steamship Co claims no responsibility for milk disposition and questions the bill.
In St Peters burg on September 15 Canar Nicholas, known for generosity and stinginess, saved a czarist party member when a spirited horse frightened a carriage with the czarina and her son. The czar offered his own diamond watch, valued at least 1500 dollars, as a reward for the servant who aided the royal family.
Jackson G. Stober, 65, civil war veteran and prominent Odd Fellow, died of heart disease yesterday in Wabash Indiana. Funeral arrangements will be announced by local authorities.
Rome reports the pope declined a magnificent automobile presented with the pontificat arms despite inspecting the red upholstery and trim. The car sped briefly under papal chauffeur, then was entrusted to Cardinal Merry del Val who uses it at Monte Mario.
Pittsburg Pa September 1 The Standard Steel Car company of Pittsburgh has bought from the receiver the Baltimore Car and Foundry company works at Curtis Bay Vice President Brady said the Baltimore concern employed about 3000 men and was placed in receivership in 1907 during the financial downturn.
Miss Dorothy Drew, once a heavily covered child of Gladstone era, now raises funds by raffling three Petz descendants at a Hawarden charity bazaar. Her care for the Pomeranian breed honors her grandfather’s memory as she appears in society with Aunt Mrs. Herbert Gladstone as chaperone.
Lunaford Jones editor of the Hoosier Record Charlestown and Charles Neithersel were chased by a blue racer on James L. Cole’s farm in Jeffersonville Ind They killed the ten foot snake with clubs after it wrapped around Neithersel's leg The snake measured ten feet long and several inches around.
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