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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1902
Page
4
A towheaded newsboy Timothy known as Tony tells a pale, serious secretary he loves him after a girl with violets visits his building. Tony recalls Dorothy and the scent of violets as Trinity chimes ring, ending with a tease about the flowers.
Tony and Shinny surprise Dorothy with crushed Parma violets from Shinny’s blouse. A mysterious young man clutches a letter to Dorothy while his resolve to avoid her grows shakily. The moment ends with the Oxford gray coat speeding toward Dorothy’s home as violets linger.
Maj Blanche Cox a Salvation Army officer known in Indianapolis for crusading against sin faced Judge Phelan in Detroit for violating a campus ordinance. The judge suspended sentence after remarks about authority and a lengthy exchange reflecting on state supreme court validation.
Inquiry requests sending 10 cents for a two bottle sample box to the import office located at 1-3 Ann St. N. Et. H. P. Wasson & Co. is named as the party involved.
A judge denounces a defendant for her reform efforts as misguided and criminal. He threatens fines and prison, likening to murderers, then suspends sentence while warning against further campus involvement. The remarks echo historic religious dissent and highlight tensions over liberty and social reform.
In Scranton Pennsylvnia Frank Compton seeks a divorce while the case tests whether a post office corridor ceremony with Carrie Hedglin created a valid marriage. Compton and Mickels were convicted of forging a license. Mickels serves nine months. Hedglin later married Paul Slack, prompting further legal challenge and appeals.
A collage of small town notes and wry anecdotes from Indiana communities. Reports include a Greenfield hat shopper mocked for a sale tag, a Kennard saloon rumor, tomato and apple price chatter, a Covington woodsman injury, Veedersburg twins after marriage, Brownsburg’s Never Sweat Club fines, Lafayette–Remington electric line talk, Delphi auctioneer Frank Hoshaw selling truck, and local editor jabs from Beanc Hill Beacon.
Miss Olgan Johannsen of Brooklyn hopes her brother Charles Oscar Johannsen will see this notice. He left South Africa as a Boer soldier and arrived in America after adventures with Karl Hultin and Hjalmar Pp. Janck. She last saw him in London six years ago and now awaits contact for a reunion.
Rev. R H Adams of Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington heated his bed with a hot iron to warm his feet and suffered severe burns keeping him from church services, authorities reported on February 18.
The Proctor reading circle met Tuesday with Mrs. S P Sheerin. Mrs. Henry D Pierce will host a luncheon Saturday for Mrs. J A Milburn. Miss Elizabeth Ketcham hosts a luncheon Friday for Mrs. Frank Jellett. Miss Myrtle Sloan and Thomas Williams plan to wed Wednesday night at Franklin. Y W C A membership banquet set for February 25 with a colonial theme. Miss Lillie Reese held a large luncheon Monday with harp music and spring flowers. St Marys of the Woods club hosted a musicale Monday at Mrs F W Shephard’s Woodruff Place home, featuring a program by former students.
Rear admiral Evans boarded the battleship Illinois and formally assumed command of the four ships in the welcoming squadron as Cincinnati and San Francisco joined Illinois and Olympia. He will meet the Kron Prinz Wilhelm at quarantine by tug, not by bay run. Hotels report strong demand ahead of Prince Henry’s visit to New York.
John B. Carruthers, famed NH anti saloon advocate, urged the governor to testify against liquor dealer A. A. Trafton after learning Gov Chester B. Jordan had visited Trafton’s bar. A subpoena was sent to sheriffs but Jordan had already left for Concord.
The city employs a range of inspectors led by the license inspector who checks saloons for proper licenses and calls police if unpaid. The building inspector, earning 1800 a year, enforces codes, reviews plans, and inspects public and active construction for safety and legal compliance. Street sweeping, garbage, and health inspectors monitor sanitation and upkeep with modest pay, while the city engineer and bridge teams supervise contracts and structural integrity.
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