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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
4
A reflective piece urges youths to value home and parental guidance. It recounts a young man’s night out with his father and a visit to his mother and sister, ending with the resolve to spend more time with family and cultivate their company. Madame signs off.
A Philadelphia man killed himself after learning his wife was dying, abandoning his two young children. The writer condemns his selfish act, praising the mother’s selfless love and urging that the babies deserve loving guardians and positive role models instead of a void left by a wounded father.
The Consumers' Gas Trust directors pursue court action to determine their right to manufacture artificial gas. The Sun has urged court intervention since the matter must be settled judicially. It would be a shame if courts blocked the company from serving the public or allowed the Frenzel crowd to wreck the firm.
A fragmentary program lists Wizard of Oz at Grand-Vaudeville with 8 performers and King of the detectives at Empire-Burlesque with 2 acts. It promises melodrama thrills such as a balloon race and an airship scene, a heroine clinging to a church steeple, and other sensational feats.
A king of his kind uncovers plots and misdeeds as a sweeping mystery unfolds. A parallel love story threads through the intrigue, adding a human and romantic beat to the suspenseful action.
In Perth Amboy New Jersey February 18 a district court case questions the validity of an oath taken by an atheist witness. Nathan Roth sues Philp Slobodten with Jacob Schwarts as key witness. Schwarts testified after which it was discovered he had sworn to tell the truth so help him God. He admitted disbelief in a supreme being yet the judge ruled the oath binding as Schwarts felt bound by it.
A fleeting line speaks of the Wind’s despair and a bold question about diamonds. The fragment hints at a boastful offer of gems to wear, set in a mood of whimsy and uncertainty. The piece reads like a lyrical vignette with mythic imagery and personal intrigue.
Edward Singer comments on lessons of daily life through pointed lines about honesty, temperance, and social hypocrisy. He notes women’s contradictions, from vanity to blunt disregard for adulteration and religious zeal, as he wryly critiques behavior and judgment.
Lady Marjorie Grevill, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Warwick, married Lord Helmsley, heir of the Earl of Feversham. The 19 year old bride, debutante last year, is described as England’s prettiest bride in the London wedding spectacle.
In a bustling domestic scene Persis lays out fabric choices while the narrator judges color harmony. They debate width and yardage costs, comparing 48 and 52 inch fabrics, then consider plaited versus gored styles. Persis hires a tailor promising savings and prestige, triggering ongoing comic misadventure in the tailoring project.
A man narrates his relentless pursuit of Persis’s tailor fittings and a dramatic Directoire dress. Persis endures long waits while the tailor praises her figure, and the narrator calculates the exhausting travel and hours spent. Persis triumphantly unveils the completed gown, and the couple looks forward to social envy. Bryan lauds Senator Hanna’s leadership and political force.
Mr Henry Brown of 382 Weghorst St reports two years of dull back pain and irregular kidney secretions improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The product, advertised as a kidney cure, was bought at Henry J Huder's drug store and relieved pain and regulated secretions. Sold for 99 cents per box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A crowded local notices page reports hospital funding closure, touring library exhibits at a world fair, land valuation for Pleasant Run Boulevard involving appraisers, and state charity officials weighing Indiana style registration. It lists Phi Chi convention plans, burglaries investigated including Freund grocery case, Big Four staff arrests for meat theft, Consumers gas trust owner contesting artificial gas production, Parry baggy works mail hoax case, a potential laundry boycott countered by Major Taylor, mere police actions and preliminary hearings. Adentram Grand lodge election of officers is recorded with names and positions.
Mrs. Frank Flanner plans a Californian sojourn for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wild hosted friends Wednesday. The Spanish club meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Flora Wulschner’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Hickley Landers visit Mr. and Mrs. John Landers in Indianapolis. The Turners host a masquerade ball Monday for members only. A children’s masquerade is set for March 4. A ladies concert by Indianapolis alka is next Sunday in the Elks Building assembly room for members and guests.
Paris court heard the tale of a stolen diamond valued at 5,000 francs belonging to Messcher. It moved through a cook, her daughter, a bus conductor, a diamond merchant, an antiquary at Nice, and a jeweler before reaching its original owner, sparking questions about sale prices and lack of inquiry.
The old John Overman Pines residence, a landmark in Washington County, burned down recently. Nearby towns report a string of local notes from educators and residents including a Martinsburg flood, Tipton sprinkling wagons, and odd anecdotes from Jasper Herald correspondents.
Oscar Tousey aged 72 of 1810 Central avenue died at home Wednesday He was a traveling salesman for Lewis Mier Company employed 18 years Funeral from his residence Friday at 2 pm Godfrey Fredericka died at the Tafay soldiers home Wednesday police seek relatives in this city He formerly worked at the rolling mill and Sergt Crane recalls he never wore a collar.
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