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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1903
Page
7
In Marl region a young man named Lanny Pumiincon explores the Hell Hallow area when a fall traps him inside a limestone cavern. Rescuers, including a dog, navigate treacherous rock passages to reach him as darkness and peril surround the living grave-like space.
New York February 34 A letter from Mme Adelina Patti in this city confirms plans for a U S concert tour starting in November with a guaranteed fee and a share of gross receipts. Patti says she will sing one aria and two encores per show and will not perform in scenes from opera. Critics in New York doubt the venture, arguing audiences may reject a worn voice at strict terms.
A Beltway sugar price battle erupted in Boulder as rival grocers advertised 4 pounds for 1 shilling while others offered 20 pounds for 1 shilling. The contest escalated with counter offers and aggressive selling, drawing long hours of selling, and a tense market standoff.
A fragment from a 1900 era record states a fair yearly ration. It lists values such as 427 per dozen and 0 to 240 quantities, with mention of pounds and a yearly consumption estimate.
A merchant says he will handle his own business as price drops again by 108 pounds for Hl while the State rovers association is expected to take a hand on the matter.
Detroit story recalls a hog owner Esper who watched a drove of pigs attacked by a disease behaving oddly. A dog slipped into the pen, injuring one pig. The infected pigs began dying one by one, with eight remaining, and Esper shot them as the situation worsened. The final hog charged the yard fence and was killed.
In Dyersburg Tennessee a petrified man is reported found in the Forked Deer river bank. The 11 inch tall figure lies on its back with arms crossed, showing lifelike wrinkles and a natural facial expression. Local buyers paid 25 pounds for half ownership, then sold the rest. two town residents now own the find.
The Austro-Russian note on reforms in Turkey's Balkan provinces gains unanimous approval and will be presented to the Porte on Saturday. The proposal, molded from its original form, no longer specifies Macedonia and reads as a general demand to safeguard Christian lives and interests under Turkish rule. It is believed Turkey may accept the reform plan.
Report says if the sultan spurns allied wishes stricter steps may follow to achieve the intended end, according to good authority.
A Tacoma man, aged 35, reportedly married three widows of advanced years. The first wife was 80 and died, the second widow was older than him, and the third wife is understood. He even had a stepson older than himself and claimed he pursued aged widows he could not resist.
A report identifies George Barrington as Lori Barrington, the noted English crook, with matching photographs and Bertin measurements from Dartmoor prison. Barrington, who wed Miss Wilhelmine Grace Cochran in St Louis after a courtship, was later jailed for disturbing the peace. a short time later he faced warehouse imprisonment. Plague in Mexico spreads with new deaths and cases as government steps up controls. authorities deny Mantela outbreak. A Kansas City marriage license ties Paul Grant and Miss Thompson, an adoption link formed years earlier at the state soldiers' orphans home in Atchison County.
A four masted schooner four miles off Misterganting was found in distress as gale winds battered the coast. The steamer Goldsboro collided with the vessel and sank her at once. Goldsboro then stood by and is believed to have rescued the schooner’s crew.
Indianapolis traveler returns from many small Iowa towns and contrasts the old fashioned Hairy Nation settlements with a bustling modern city grove. He notes two centers, one quiet and gray with strangers, the other lively with commerce, music, and welcome. He ponders when he will return to the city.
Aadvertisement urges moving from sedentary to active work and outdoor clothing to cure piles. It claims Pyramid Pile Cure quickly soothes inflammation reduces swelling and restores normal condition, with testimonial from L M Wiligs of Conneaut Ohio stating thirty five years of trouble ended after six weeks. The ad notes the product costs fifty cents a package and directs readers to Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Mich for a free booklet.
The text sketches a surreal, dreamlike scene around Welty and the Halry Nawun life by placid white waters and woodlands. It references Urbana, an old postmaster family, and distant locales with garbled names, hinting at hardship and pulling away from humanity.
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