Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1910 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Shortage of motormen and conductors is seriously crippling service on the Fort Wayne street car lines. The superintendent of transportation finds it impossible to secure enough new men to man all the cars required. There is a corresponding shortage there in all other lines of labor. By catching three baseballs togged from the window in the top of the Washington monument, 500 feet from the ground, “Billy” Sullivan, catcher of the Chicago White Sox, Wednesday placed himself in a class hitherto occupied only by Charlie Street, the Washington backstop. Mrs. Amanda Griner, 55 years old, of Nashville, has filed suit for divorce from her husband, Ed Griner, alleging in her complaint that for two years he has failed to provide for her and her children. The parties to the suit have been married thirty-tour years and have a family of eleven children, all living. Clyde H. Marshall, of Kingston, N. Y., with an Average of 268 words a minute, won the national shorthand reporting championship and cup Wednesday. W. B. Bottome, of New York, holder of the title and Ineligible for the cup again, broke the world’s record with an average of 269 words.