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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
6
A collage of folklore and etiquette traces leap year customs from St Patrick and St Bridget to Scotland and France, then shifts to holiday menus and home entertaining ideas. Advice covers New Year feasts, Japanese interiors, fur cleaning tips, and ceremonial dress of Montenegro, Italy, and China.
New York dispatched news that 619,980 immigrants entered the United States this year, up from 547,187 last year, with about 2,000 expected before January. Southern Europe provided the largest share, while northern and western Europe nations like Norway Sweden and Denmark showed marked gains. Italy remained the leading single source.
Notable event in capital society as Isabel Duffield daughter of Justice and Mrs. Auschensa weds Pitts Duffield. Cardinal Gibbons to perform at the Me home 1705 Rhode Island Ave. Invitations issued to McKenna family and Washington society peers as Miss McKenna departs the capital for New York. Duffield linked to Gen H M Duffield of Detroit and Cuba era, with professional ties to publishing and Scripners Magazine.
In Des Moines burglars robbed M. C. Cohen merchant of cash and damaged safes. Jobe, Illinois reports robbers breaking into three safes at the post office stealing stamps and government property. New Haven notes Yale professor Horace Fletcher says he sustains himself on 20 cents daily with a device monitoring meals and health.
PERU Ind Dec 31 The city will have a new depot at the Wabash station. President Ramey announced the company will appropriate 25000 dollars for the new structure.
In Noblesville Indiana ML Dienst a rural mail carrier was invited to dinner by a patron on Christmas. He found amber tr 200 with a note offering payment if the government did not pay him. In the same city a boy whistled to mimic a conductor causing a near accident on an interurban car as passengers alighted.
A criminal protection association operates in Terre Haute with members vowing not to testify against each other, hindering investigations into multiple murders. The group has existed over a year and is linked to several unresolved killings.
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