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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1907
Page
5
To Pr Pitkin is honored as host of the world’s largest annual Methodist conference and as pastor of a church with one of the conference’s largest memberships. He shepherds about 1,200 souls, and in two years at the Columbus church membership rose by 300.
In a frontier tale by Lonnie E. Stout, Bill Coombs drifts between a roadhouse and a cattle ranch life while chasing the man who stole his wife. After discovering a dead woman on a desert stretch, he buries her and keeps a gold locket, then confronts a half-clad man who claims he killed her, forcing a harsh reckoning at the scene.
Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment with full instructions to mothers dealing with bed wetting. It claims a constitutional cause and that children and adults can be helped without punishment. No money is required. interested parties should write today.
A minister argues the current temperance drive is timely and needed as women are described among drinkers. The piece frames a moral campaign urging stricter limits on alcohol to protect families and society.
The Rev Frederick E Hopkins of Pilgrim Congregational Church led a city wide probe into women drinking in public venues. His results cited percentages for drinking at lunch dinner and theater, and visited hotels and cafes with representatives from four papers. He urged public investigation and action.
United Press dispatch from Elgin Illinois reports a postoffice department fraud order stopping Miss Marion Grey from her affinity bureau. Washington issued the order and the Elgin post office refused to deliver mail to her. Four pretty stenographers were left idle as Miss Grey’s mail volume averaged about 300 letters daily.
Benjamin M. Brown, a former insurance man, stirs Chicago’s wealthy class as a self styled live wire for Jesus Christ. Backed by a cereal magnate he funds a bold foreign missions drive using business like letters and persistence. He quit a $5 000 a year insurance post to promote missionary work and promises large gifts from donors. Brown, 35, worked through Oberlin and Princeton, then sold books and insurance to finance his path to ministry. He now runs a mission shop in Chicago and pursues donations from top financiers.
Description details a coat of tan cloth featuring deep blue embroidery on turn back revers, large tan velvet buttons, and a lingerie dickey. The accompanying hat is deep blue velvet with silver gray wings and blue velvet chou.
United Press reports engineer Michael Mead was killed when a Big Four passenger train collided with a work train near Cincinnati city limits. The wreck demolished the engine and several cars with many others reported hurt.
At Saturdays meeting the Columbia club will discuss changing the constitution to elect the president and vice president by popular vote rather than by the directors.
Miss Goode opens the musical season at the Propylaeum in Indianapolis on Wednesday Oct 2 assisted by Miss Virginia Hewett Schafer of Louisville. The program features Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Somervell songs, Gluck Brahms dances, and Leos Josef Leschetizky works, with a strong upcoming artist thrust.
A humorous pastiche questions why young men struggle to propose, riffing on Latin phrases and poetic pretension. It suggests possible reasons including speechlessness from nerves, rising living costs, or shyness, ending with a playful jab at Mollie Darlings.
The piece cites Alexander Pope on hope and mocks the cynicism of the theatrical trust. It argues that while art cannot be squelched, it can suffer under restrictive control and reduce artists’ pay.
Appraisers Charles Henry and Edward Hawkins for the Inchanapoolis Huntington Columbia City and Northwestern railroad company report the property now valued at 64097. Promoters invested about six in making the road workable. This report was filed Friday with Judge McMasters of the superior court.
The Vicksburg Monument Commission will visit the battlefield around now to inspect sites chosen for Indiana regimental monuments. It has reviewed monument designs but not selected any. About 383000 dollars is to be spent by the commission on this project.
The Sun showcases a ten cent pattern program with a leading pattern company. A new pattern is described daily and is the only ten cent pattern that includes seam allowances. Patterns available postpaid by sending ten cents, the pattern number and size, plus name and address to The Fashion Department of The Sun.
An anonymous writer ponders the prevalence of wealth among lawyers while contrasting it with poverty among judges. The piece toys with exposing biases, teases a bold revelation, then reconsiders and poses a counter question about the disparity.
A terse line speaks of working class hardship and the Standard Oil empire undergoing difficult times, hinting at economic strain and public scrutiny of power during a period of labor unrest. The piece juxtaposes toil with corporate resilience, emphasizing grit amid adversity.
A playful exchange in Pompano pokes fun at political daughters. Mack E. Bell jokes Mollie Cod is Tommie Cods wife. The Roosevelt girl wears a Teddy bear hat while Fairbanks and Taft girls are imagined with decorative accessories.
A brief remark notes women wearing Teddy bear hats as a fashion sign. The exchange hints at a trendfront sighting and a wry comment on current style. The dialogue emphasizes novelty and public perception in a casual newspaper voice.
David Warfield, amid talk of theatre trusts, says art remains independent of commercialism and will not be absorbed by brick and mortar. He expects no ambition to follow Mansfield and aims to run a successful season. He rehearses A Grand Army Man, before opening the season in New Haven, then New York’s Stuyvesant Theatre.
Pearl Hatfield as administrator of Allen Hatfield’s estate received 1500 damages from Indianapolis Water Co after probate court Judge Walker ruled the decedent died from injuries at a pumping station while employed by the company. The decision was handed down on Friday.
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