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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
8
A crude skit portrays a portly schoolboy hero from Woolotured with six feet height and a seven pounce frame, celebrated in illustrated tales. The piece mocks his Herculean size while showing a boyish charm and daily misadventures in a humorous tradin era.
Reported by Scripps-Howard from Sacramento but garbled text lists four senators charged in a bribery or extortion case. Names appear unclear. mention of a daily allowance and a jury proceeding suggests a high profile legislative corruption story with investigators and potential indictments.
A fragmentary report covers Mrs Chadwick’s trial with scattered names and dates. The piece mentions Judge A. E Taylor, a diplomat possibly retiring, and Roosevelt in a March transition. It lacks clear narrative due to damaged text.
A vivid and biased war sketch describes Russians and Japanese trenches, noting Japanese calm and effective use of indirect fire while Russian shells miss their targets. It claims minimal Russian frontline attacks over two months, surprising cavalry activity, and costly Russian artillery with few results amid tense stalemate.
Special to the Sun report from Wolcottville Indiana states Frank M. Koon killed here Thursday after a quarrel with his wife. He shot her with a revolver wounding her twice, then killed himself. Koon died from self inflicted wounds. His wife is gravely injured in hospital.
Loganport reports a woman named Parkyns died by shooting in the Barnett hotel on Thursday night while returning from a visit to Converse to Chicago. TH Parkyn, her husband, arrived to take charge of affairs.
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