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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
6
Special report from San Francisco describes how Robert Louis Stevenson’s historic residence on Lombard Street survived the 1906 earthquake fire. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade and used a tiny garden hose and scarce water to save the house, leaving it scorched but intact amid ruin.
May Irwin urges housekeepers to cut waste by tracking every item from market to table. From overcooked starch to scraps, the piece offers practical leftovers recipes and thrift tips, urging careful marketing, proper cooking, and careful use of pots, pans, and soap to avoid needless loss.
In Concord New Hampshire on September 7 a muckraker faced the power of the Boston Maine railroad trust. Winston Churchill a novelist-turned-politician championed reform against the railroad political machine but failed to win the Republican nomination. Despite opposition ties to the railroad the convention backed Churchill’s platform while the party kept a safe man Floyd as nominee. Churchill’s fight underscored the railroads influence over New Hampshire politics and the fraught path to reform.
Churchill argues that the fight for government by the people in New Hampshire continues as the Boston and Maine railroad wins a slim convention victory. He cites monopoly aims to throttle competition, control a railroad commission, and preserve unfair taxation, but says the people are awake and will oppose commercial government.
Frances Gilbreath Ingeraal quotes a boy who rejects Sunday school and mission talk, saying he distrusts charity as a path to real help. He recalls witnessing compassion for dogs over hungry children, questions God’s care, and notes his preference for simple acts of solidarity with friends like Mike Doolan, amid a rough urban scene.
Special to Tue Bell from BCRANTON Pa Arpt 3 a boy aged 5 John Ebirghes slipped while playing Follow Jack and fell 40 feet to the ground. He died in hospital about an hour later. Joseph H Beall pronounced the sentence. It is said to be the first time someone has been committed for falling simply for exceeding the speed limit.
Special to The Sam reports Alexander Mating, chauffeur for laldot Wormser Jr., jailed in Yonkers for 15 days and fined for expanding the motor period. In Stroudsburg Pa a separate note says Arthur Weiser Clinton Mipert and Fournier confessed to breaking into Fred Brudt’s house. Judge Staples sentenced them to schooling and to stop smoking cigarettes.
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