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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
3
Columbus Ohio reports that the active ingredients of Peruna are now public knowledge. The notice highlights golden seal cedron seed cubebs and stone root as key components. It frames this disclosure as a new advertising era for popular family medicines and claims benefits for mucous membranes nerves and related conditions.
Lafayette Ind September 29 Timothy Harrington was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Kirkpatrick on a Gibson county warrant charging criminal conspiracy Capt Harrington led the river boat where Henry E Agar of Princeton took flight and was later reported drowned Agar disappeared two years ago while handling large grain deals carrying thousands of dollars in life insurance Insurance payments to his wife followed and Agar was later located in Texas and arrested
Edward Troth, 41, of Rio Grande, Ohio, was indicted for assault and battery with intent to commit a felony after a deadly attack on Emma Kotzion, a Laporte widow. He pleaded guilty last night before Judge Richter and was sentenced to state prison for two to fourteen years.
Frank Townsend’s confession to the Commons Dairy office safe robbery implicates several other men, signaling the breakup of a major Richmond gang. The accused's statements tie multiple suspects to the crime, creating a widening police case.
Hot Springs Ark Sept. news from the Hot Springs resort details the Pittsburg Pirates clinching the National League pennant. The team has trained there for ten years at a leased park, drawing attention from magnates. Now Boston Americans Cincinnati Nationals and others seek training sites in the city.
In Ontario's cobalt region, cost to extract silver is low at Kerr Lake. The McKinley Darragh mine produces 3.5 to 4.5 tons daily while expanding operations to handle ore. Nipissing and Kerr Lake dividends rise as seven cobalt companies report quarterly payouts totaling over 1.3 million dollars and peak annual figures.
Advertising note touts Ontario cobalt camps and a 10 000 share issue at 15 cents per share. Claims fully paid nonassessable stock in Prospectors' Exploration and Development. aims to fund mineral locations across 14 properties with profits reinvested. Warns against other promoters and promises government backing and rapid dividends.
Una Clayton stars in His Local Color a witty vaudeville piece at the Grand with strong supporting turns by Francis Morey Ruth Hanforth and others. At the Park Theater The Right of Way company impresses with elaborate scenery and strong cast ahead of Broadway After Dark a melodrama under A H Woods.
The Majestic Theater presents Forepaugh’s The College Widow with strong audience demand as next week tops with Merely Mary Ann starring Eleanor Robson. Empire Theater showcases Larry Smith and Harry Marks Stewart with a varied vaudeville program and top vaudeville stars. Orpheum screens Hudson Fulton moving pictures, touting first showing in Indianapolis after manager L Sutherland secured consent in New York.
Johnny Kling, famous catcher and current world champion, expresses joy over the Chicago Cubs losing the National League pennant. He recalls quitting the team after disputes with Murphy and says he preferred Pittsburgh’s victory, even if it cost him his season’s pay.
Pittsburg reports the American Sheet and Tinplate Co raises steel sheets and tin plate by two dollars per ton. The advance is expected to trigger similar moves by independent manufacturers. Boom in steel trade and building operations cited as the reason and a halt to price cutting noted.
Fort Wayne Indiana September 29 Judge Allen Zollars a leading northern Indiana jurist underwent his third operation for kidney trouble doctors hold out hopes of recovery and expect his condition to improve.
The Talbots formerly the Lemons outplayed the Capitols at Capitol City Park winning 2 to 0 with strong end runs. Talbot lineup includes Brown Wells Pickett Welch Freeman Laurie Huntington Turner Chenoweth Schofield Lacey. A wedding anecdote is noted with a playful interruption by the bridegroom’s brother.
National commission meets in Cincinnati today to set dates and arrangements for the world's series. Presidents Heydler and Johnson confer with Chairman Herrmann on the important matters.
National Athletic club of Pittsburg matches Billy Papke and Willie Lewis for six rounds with no decision planned by Pennsylvania law. Each will receive 2500 dollars. The bout is set for October 8 or 9, depending on World Championship date allocations by the National Baseball Commission.
An odd promotion features gingerbread men parading from the Park theater to a Sun office event. The Sun office will distribute named gingerbread men to readers on Saturday, with a larger show at the Park theater exposing fantasy figures from Santa Claus land and other storybook characters.
William H. Mount died suddenly of heart failure at his home east of Crawfordsville Indiana aged years He was a member of Montgomery county council and a brother of the late Governor James A Mount obituary note shows a prominent local figure dying unexpectedly in his residence with ties to state government.
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