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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
3
This advertisement extols Cascarets as a trusted patient aid, claiming millions of Americans use them daily and praising their digestive benefits. It asserts extensive spending on endorsements, warns against imitators, and presents Cascarets as a safe vegetable laxative protecting children and adults alike.
A column warns against dishonest pitches and promises of bulk sales while promoting genuine Cascarets made by the Sterling Remedy Company Chicago. It highlights the CCC marked tablets and urges buyers to seek the authentic Ten Cent Vest Pocket box. The notice stresses health welfare over slick salesman tales.
Earle Reynolds and Nellie Donegan, champion skaters, perform at the Grand with stage and society dances. Reynolds, a former jockey and inventor, showcases novelties such as a mid air skating act. Park Theater presents Geo. M. Cohan’s Little Johnny Jones and a London dramatization of The Right of Way with Parker’s story.
A nostalgic ad notes Post Toasties made of white corn, cooked and flaked with a brown appetizing texture. It highlights the slogan The Memory Lingers and references package prices of 10 and 15 cents at grocers.
George Ade’s widely praised comedy The College Widow comes to the Majestic next week with Forepaugh Stock, produced at popular prices. The show features a grand football climax, a buoyant collegiate spirit, and an unusually large scenic production that should draw big crowds.
A sharp exchange between Captain Dashleigh and a suitor shows romance turning sour. She scolds him for false hope while he boasts of past flirtations with other women. Their banter reveals pride, wounded feelings, and shifting affections.
New York reports prizefighter Fred Lucass dying at Bellevue Hospital after four bullet wounds from a revolver duel at 545 Second Avenue during a fight for Tammany leadership in Assembly District 14. Three others injured less severely as Michael K Cruise and William A Larney clash.
In Chicago two New Yorkers, George C. Hazelton Jr. and J. Scott Kemper, protested arrests for blackmail of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Channon. They argued no blackmail intent exists and sought justice for Mrs. Ludlam, wife of a Shakespearean actor and half sister of Mrs. Channon. Their warrants were quashed and bonds set at $3,000 as they were released.
Mme Saharet the Australian dancer faced legal trouble in Vienna after a painter Hollitzer designed a Georgian style dress for his protege Gertrude Barrison and Saharet copied it. The Viennese court ordered her to stop wearing the costume and Hollitzer deposited $8,000 for potential compensation if losses are proven.
Bertha Socha a 16 year old full blooded Indian girl deserted her Mrs Margarita Salona home to camp in Golden Gate Park. She built a brush tepee on a hill slept under the stars and dodged visitors for two nights until a patrolman found her camp. Through an interpreter she said she was tired of civilization and planned a home in Sutro forest south of the park.
Puck quips about forgetting debts as a humorous aside. The fragment hints at social slang and petty memory lapses among characters. No clear event or context is provided beyond the exchange about a five dollar debt.
A humorous exchange notes Tom and Jimson with unusually long thin heads. Bob jokes Jimson pushed his head under a chest of drawers to fetch a collar-button, riffing on their odd appearance.
A historical note outlines a potion using glycerine, cadomene, borax, and rose water to “develop” bust, arms, and neck. Instructions urge mixing, aging two hours, applying twice daily, with a claim that it yields beauty development after weeks of use.
A Hungarian package explosion injures Capt. Zoltan von Mattyasy at Kaschau after a sender linked to Budapest sent a sealed parcel. Police trace clues through Capt. Sebastian Lunga and a stepbrother Herr H. K. Suspects include Capt. Junge and his Italian wife who attempted suicide. Junge, a high‑ranking officer, is arrested.
A cryptic note suggests a secret tied to a fateful device and a missing party. Authorities fear the truth may stay hidden as Captain Mait and others have not shown any disposition to disclose details.
MINNEAPOLIS Minn Sept 3 In St Peter Minn the body of John A Johnsen sixth teen th governor of Minnesota will be laid beside his mother this afternoon St Peter mourns and all business is suspended Bells tolled News of the death reached the city and the funeral train carries the body tomorrow morning escort by Twin Cities militia and University cadets The train arrives at 1 o clock and the body lies in state at the Presbyterian church for an hour Funeral services follow at 2 o clock Three former governors will attend the funeral.
Parkerburg report says Rev. G H Devol, a member of the house of delegates who helped enact the Johnson pistol law, was arrested on a complaint by M E Smith for carrying a revolver in violation of the act. Smith and his brother were recently held on bond awaiting grand jury action for holding Devol up on a public road and feloniously assaulting him.
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