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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1904
Page
4
A long column contrasts the knocker and the jollier as social foils. It argues the knocker exposes flaws and guides moral growth, while praising the value of frank criticism tempered by genuine kindness. It also explores the perils and pleasures of kissing as a social custom debated by scientists and tradition.
The Valley editor praises a Sun editorial urging child rights to a happy school life while urging balance with education. It argues that mastering reading, spelling, arithmetic requires some drudgery, and children must learn tasks even when not entertaining for meaningful learning. GEQ, P, BROWN.
A poetic vignette portrays Uncle Buck as wrinkled and withdrawn, a man who spends days dozing, smoking a clay pipe, and choosing silence over conversation. The piece contrasts the past vigor that envisioned better luck with the present solitude and unlit charity that haunts him, hinting at inner storms and lost potential.
William Penn’s voyage among tribes ends with a signed document, though ink is questioned. An absence of ink leads an impostor to claim a Penn signature. The disputed land is named Penetlvinia, reflecting the era’s quirks in colonial claims and signatures.
A metadramatic tale set in circus life opens at the Park Monday for three days. It follows a village parson's daughter who turns to the sawdust ring to support her children, revealing fraud, tragedy in a dressing tent, and a clash of duty and vice led by Beryl Hope as the daughter. Mrs Kregele, visiting from Los Angeles, begins return trip home.
In a lakeside estate tale, Scotty McMasters Scott confronts Colonel Armstrong over his daughter Helen. After a boathouse encounter and a staged test of marksmanship, the situation resolves with Scotty and Helen secretly married, prompting a reluctant, humorously affectionate reconciliation with William Porter and the colonel.
A Rushville item notes Chiiman Gowdy of the Republican state committee is ill at home. Western states suffer wheat losses from cold snap. South End sees good stickings. Kraft homesteads near Maywood burned Thursday. Food market accounts were dropped last week.
A New York couple, Paul and his wife, face a divorce after alleged infidelity and violence. Paul claims his wife is small and fragile, while the fighting and uppercuts are cited as the cause of strain. The wife learns of another home, arranges legal action, and furniture is seized, with Rosa Behenbrett as a key rival. An unrelated accident injures Levis Gabbard, 81, in a railway yard, with hospitalization following.
Distress after eating includes nausea between meals burning vomiting flatulence and nervous headaches with stomach pain. The ad notes that neglecting this condition makes cure harder and pitches Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as a remedy.
A persuasive call contrasts crowded slums with rural abundance. It argues that urban poor, especially malnourished children, suffer while idle farmland awaits industrious work and the country offers breathable air, light, and nourishment. It urges action to move people from tenements to land.
In Java, the Dutch rule tolerates polygamy but opposes the customary widow burning. Despite warnings, two widows of Tabanan prince Goert Ngoerah Agy eng died in the rite. The ceremony featured elaborate monuments, music, and stark rituals as officials and crowds witnessed the deaths, reflecting noble obligations and brutal tradition.
A compact survey of the seven wonders: Colossus of Rhodes a bronze statue once 80 feet high erected about 20 B C and toppled by an earthquake fifty years later. Hanging Gardens, Nebuchadnezzar’s terraces with plantings. Great Pyramids of Giza seven monuments dating from 4th to 12th dynasties and the Great Pyramid in Cheops’ tomb. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus fully described with dimensions and its 220 year build. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus erected in 20 C E but later decayed and quarried for castle stones. Pharos of Alexandria island lighthouse built about 30 B C and destroyed by earthquake in the 14th century. Statue of Zeus at Olympia colossal in gold and ivory in the Olympian temple.
The New Castle division of the Indianapolis and Eastern interurban faces flood related peril as Solomon D. Brandt of Langneport, who wed on an island in the Wabash, is believed drowned. In Shelbyville, Anderson Gore, an elderly man from Shelbyville, was struck by a backing interurban car near Fairland on Sunday.
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