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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1910
Page
7
In a dramatic escape, Athol drives Hilda to safety through a menacing pursuit after a midnight switch frees a secret car booth. Morley and Coleridge pursue as the high speed chase breaches the night streets toward The Towers.
Alick and Nellie guard The Towers awaiting news as Inspector Burroughs reports Detective Sparkes has escaped. A late telephone message increases tension while police pursue the fugitive amid a nocturnal vigil. To be continued.
Margaret Johnson Brown, daughter of Major Claude M. Johnson of Kentucky, once eloped with Lewis F. Brown after parental opposition. After a reconciliation and a London separation, she married Austin Johns, a New York lawyer, following a distant royal intrigue.
An Atchison man aroused curiosity by a routine evening that included barber shave shoe shine supper and oysters followed by a restless night in a cold room. The local joke hints at a surprising secret.
The physician arrives to find a frail Black patient in bed asking for cheap medicine. The patient rejects full service saying he only needs ten cents worth of cough medicine, reflecting a perspective from Judge.
A mock classified page features an auctioneer seeking an assistant who must be virtuous, the deadpan reveal that his ideal candidate is his long-dead brother. A neighborly complaint over garbage and a dog prompts polite, wry exchanges. A courtroom quip ends with a physician noting who would suffer concussion.
On the deck of Patrick Lynch’s boat the speaker laments exile from Mayo and compares past plenty to present sorrow. He mentions figures such as Patrick Loughlin, Brian Duff, and Colonel Hugh McGrady with death and political change alluded to, as he sails from the county. The verse blends regional pride with loss and longing.
Mrs. Isabelle H. Scott, once ill and wealthy, leaves her home and social ties to run a refuge for 14 girls aged 18 to 21 in Sacramento. She says none of the residents who leave return to vice and she finds joy in helping them despite family opposition.
A writer rails against endless talk of personalities from women and girls while praising impersonal topics. He contrasts conversations between men with lengthy debates on sports and events to those dominated by personal remarks and judgments.
A string of quips and witticisms about popularity with women, a damaged dinner set, farm puns, a minister and donkey, an Annapolis alarm clock incident, wigs and tonics, a man in debt buying a piano, and a self reflective fall from a window with a tour through remembered misdeeds. light humorous dialogue captures social banter and pratfalls in a dated comic tone.
A study of coal consumption shows railroads and steamships use about 30 percent of output, with industry and heating shaping the balance. New York leads manufacturing but has no coal mines, while West Virginia has vast coal but little manufacturing. The piece cites 1900s figures: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania 41 million tons. New England 8 million. West of Ohio 7 million. Southern states 2 million. Canada 2 million. exports 4 thousand tons.
A poetic meditation on a mountain shore as home The speaker contrasts city life with the sea and cliffs The landscape features gorse waves and the wind The verse yearns for nature’s scents and sounds and the coastal terrain
In a brief courtroom exchange Judge Crawford asks why the wife wants to move. Crabshaw replies she spotted a house with two more clogets, prompting the relocation consideration.
The year 1909 saw gifts totaling about 150 million dollars, roughly double the previous period, fueling anti tuberculosis work. Major donations included 7 million from Mrs W K Vanderbilt, 500000 from Henry Phipps to the University of Pennsylvania for the Phipps Institute, 500000 from Nathan Strauss and 100000 from Dorothy Whitney, plus 2 million from George Crocker’s estate for cancer research. Other bequests support Johns Hopkins, Rockefeller campaigns against hookworm, Michael Reese Hospital, and hospital convalescent and sanitarium care in Galveston and Battle Creek.
The article extols the stomach as the most vulnerable body part and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for digestion and blood. it urges readers to request a free booklet and to trade for reliable remedies. It warns against untested medicines and advertises Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets.
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