Old and New Phones Across 626 and 3411
A brief classified style note lists phones with old and new models, numbers 626 and 3411, alongside reference to 150 300 and 880 as figures or prices in a compact listing.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1902
Page
4
A brief classified style note lists phones with old and new models, numbers 626 and 3411, alongside reference to 150 300 and 880 as figures or prices in a compact listing.
The column discusses a proposed state institution for the care of inebriates funded by liquor licenses, praising Representative Boyden and citing John S. Duncan. It also argues for higher salaries for prosecuting attorneys, suggesting a $1000 yearly pay plus all office fees to improve efficiency and attract qualified lawyers.
The article notes Hemenway as a potential U S senator after recent governor bid faltered by frost. It mentions Senator Fleming busyness, Pierce’s rail ventures, Roosevelt Wood clash talk, and plans re Fort Benjamin Harrison. John Mitchell to return Jan 18 and Maine battleship commission referenced amid holiday mood. Randall Morgan and Cy Neal jokes mentioned.
A fragment from Terre Haute Tribune notes a Yellow figure wed an Indianapolis girl who jilted Marconi, while another item from Marion Chronicle comments on a Venezuelan blockade potentially affecting German and British merchants in a short period.
Mrs Mortimer Levering hosts a 4 o clock tea Friday. Mrs 8 M Preston will entertain the Philharmonic club Friday afternoon with Mrs G W Hufford reading a paper. L Aiglon club open house. Thursday 3 to 6 at Miss Fannie Valinetz 1209 S Meridian St. Miss Clara Hawkins and Miss Bertha Pals receive Thursday at 12% College Ave. Hope Noll to raise funds Thursday night for Miss Alice Barr at Bluffton and Miss Genevieve Hogan of Fort Wayne. Mr and Mrs Samuel E Raih entertain Hortense with a Columbia club dance Monday night. Mr and Mrs Thomas Taggart host a holiday dance for daughter Emily Monday evening at their N Capitol Ave home. Mrs George Fulwell hosts tea Monday at the Denison for daughter Lento Fulwell with guest Miss Neal of Marion. The Kinney family of 631 N Capitol Ave give a handsom e party Saturday night at the Denison in honor of their daughter with festive decor and music throughout.
Miss Emilie Fritz, a New York public school teacher, prepared a pupil Rebecca Loeb for a Christmas program. A boy brought a note saying Rebecca is dead, signed Mrs Lomb, prompting the odd, somber interruption of the recital.
Anxiety over financial affairs is believed to have led to the death of Rev. Jesse A. Wilkins a retired minister found dead in Woodstock Connecticut neighbors discovered the body. He had been served on Christmas Day with a mortgage foreclosure notice of 1500 dollars on his farm. Dr. Jesse Spalding suspects brain congestion from the distress. The 75 year old recluse had lived in seclusion for two years.
Lincoln Nebraska announces Mile. Zeke de Lussan will marry rich Brazilian Henrico Robteldo and retire from the stage to live in New York after the wedding. The New York singer, known from Little Buttercup to Carmen, has also been engaged to Spaniard Vicomte Andrade less than a year ago.
Albert Robinson of Denver and Miss Gertrude Prather, an artist from Chicago, married in the capitol home “to be different from others.” Rev. H. Atkinson performed the ceremony and helped the bride ascend the winding stair to the perch.
A young farmer staying with Mrs. Marianna Green in Norfolk, Connecticut, praised Georgianna Green as the housekeeper and cook. After a dinner featuring an outstanding apple pie, he proposed and they were married, planning a move to North Dakota.
A lanternful of brief gags and mishaps appears from diverse locales. A preacher blushes at a wedding, a groom asks for an explanation, a carpenter contest yields a joke, and a school pupil explains the axis of the earth with an imaginary bonnet.
The Columbus Dispatch notes Gen. Molineux may ask New York lawmakers to repay funds spent clearing his son of murder charges. The amount could exceed 100000 dollars. The paper questions the justice of pursuing costs against a prosecutor and judge involved in the case.
An Indianapolis young woman displays a holiday gown of gray cloth with a cream satin waist and lace overlay, chinchilla fur trim, and a matching flat blue satin hat. Additional tips note pearl trends, velvet foliage, shoulder capes, dressed kid gloves, broom care, and celery stews with simple sauce ideas.
The piece promotes midseason hat sales for women seeking cheap pattern hats and designers’ leftovers. It notes many hats remain unsold at reduced prices, with one third to half off on some high priced items, plus affordable Jardinieres and softly colored sardinieres as stylish yet economical choices.
A humorous Gridiron club dinner in Washington featured two bears one real and one impersonator from Mississippi. Roosevelt joked about stuffing the impersonator for a cabinet post. Other anecdotes followed including stories about John Mitchell and Venezuela.
A fragmented verse piece centers on Lucinda the laboring sister in a family through a will reading. It contrasts Lucinda’s toil with the pampered sister Bess who inherits a farm while Lucinda’s loyalty and brighter spirit persist amid family tensions.
A Freckled Fanatic dodges pursuit across two continents until a streetcar accident ends his flight. The exchange with a grocery clerk hints at romantic entanglements involving a landlady as detectives close in. Edward Singer provides the quoted narration.
Poem lyric about festive dancing and winter romance. Imagery centers on sleet, firelight, holly and mistletoe as couples join in a quadrille. The piece evokes warmth, crowded room, and lovers in a southern newspaper settings tone.
A Pawtucket magnate fined $20 after an incident with his mother in law. The item notes the fine as a terse domestic conflict involving wealth and notoriety.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features endorsements from local merchants in Toledo and claims the remedy works internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces.
A reader glimpses the sixth and seventh pages of The Sun featuring the Real Estate column and the For Sale Miscellany. The snippet invites readers to review listings and items for sale across classified sections.
The famous dramatist Bernard Shaw was called before the curtain on the premiere of his latest work. The audience cheered him generously as the play opened, though one member of the crowd interrupted with a remark.
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