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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1904
Page
4
A Lafayette Indiana case of a reputedly prosperous man who vanished years ago and reappeared claiming he grew tired of life. The piece argues wealth and status fail to ensure true happiness, urging effort and ideals as life’s real satisfaction. It also touches on polo disputes, gambling machines, and public health notes with a critical, reflective tone.
In Sacramento County California a campaign targets nickel and quarter slot devices banished from the capital and seized in rural areas. An owner fined for possession questions the uproar while noting a hobos fate after gambling a nickel, turning a nickel into ten cents and causing him to miss a train.
New York life insurance experts say Hebrew residents show the longest life expectancy among city inhabitants. A leading actuary notes Jewish Americans are about 15 percent better insurance risks, attributing longevity to temperance and survival of a robust, historically persecuted lineage.
A Massachusetts court grants a man fifty dollars for losing a fifteen-a-week job, a novel measure in jurisprudence. The piece defends the job as a man's essential possession, crucial to happiness, family support, and personal dignity amid industrial society. It notes the low value of the award and brushes in broader, fragmentary mentions of Indiana consular staff and the Leiter family, with drought remarks.
A San Francisco influx around the Minnesota steamer prompts tours. Union Trust building adopts New York three shifts system. Sonoma Medical Society plans lodge doctor exclusion post January 1. Los Angeles church tower to be re erected as an observatory. Black Butte gravel diggers uncover a giant buried mast of ice. James Smith of Alameda, oldest California pioneer, dies. humorously insists he did not die of old age with death certificate citing pneumonia.
A Salt Lake Tribune reader column recounts Harris being asked for a kingdom royalty by a former slave, and a Vermont governor recalling a San Francisco will case. The anecdote contrasts adjusted praise with a tombstone source and reflects on authorship and trust.
A quirky anecdote imagines a New York gentleman at Noah's Ark claiming dogs share a chilly nose due to a cold morning when a puppy sniffs a hole in the ark. The tale, while fanciful, suggests inherited frostiness but lacks documentary support.
Dec. 7 report from New Orleans says Stella Levert daughter of Gen John B Levert Mardi Gras queen was shot in the back by a stray bullet during Christmas festivities. Unknown shooter and condition not disclosed. Levert described as one of the state’s wealthiest augur planters in local notes.
A collage of opinion notes on women’s dress and propriety from Boston and Portland papers. Topics include female vanity, mascot charms for bridge players, a Chicago domestic incident, and reflections on moral judgments of women’s spending.
Grand audiences Monday afternoon and night praised diverse acts from The Mitchells and The Theréses to The Clerk and the Bellboy. Park's Lighthouse by the Sea drew acclaim with scenic settings and strong performances by Reeves, Bradley, and Mildred Flora. Morning Glories at the Empire offered polished humor with Wilbur and Constancy Windom noted among the cast. Marcus the district inspector also featured as a capable comedian.
Notes of foreign life describe English chimney sweepers unemployed due to gas, the Canadian band in Scotland, and bright reception of a new California gem kunrite in London stores. It covers a London charity, a pensioner pledge promotion in Yarmouth, Cape Town sailings, and British Army red tape exemplified by Aden station orders and Tommy Atkins minor offences.
Tarvey Lants superintendent of the Springfield flotation hospital died at once after taking crank carbelic acid by mistake in a darkened room Monday night. Police are investigating the accidental poisoning.
A fragmentary note shows Ted-Tom breaking a Christmas gift he gave, while Ned's query of what it was hints at lighter holiday mischief. A Springfold stranger defrauded a street railway of fares, sending 15 cents. The editor’s family laments a wood shortage as subscriptions lag, and jokes about wealth and work contrast with a local pun about drawing blood with a pen.
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