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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
5
A widow pursues her husband's forged checks across banks, exposing a web of forgeries tied to Falterton's estate. Investigators trace the paper trail to Mingaworth and a handwriting expert, as a high-stakes legal fight unfolds with prominent figures and threats from a shadowy Landgraf.
In a tense courtroom scene Counselor Landgraf questions handwriting on three checks as experts identify the prisoner’s hand. A leading merchant lends three papers, duplicates emerge, and a flurry of confusion follows. The judge admonishes, witnesses debate, and the outcome hinges on expert testimony.
A Chicago preacher condemned Hetty Green in a fiery sermon at a Presbyterian church. He mocked her wealth and mortgage on a church, arguing a rich woman should cancel the loan and support the congregation. He linked the church to Christian charity while criticizing Green and her husband for their financial dealings.
A girl, Mary Kohland, in Connellsville was killed after falling down a hill and tumbling into a coke oven. Workmen nearby pulled her from the oven but she had been burned severely, with only a partial human shape remaining.
Discussion in Indianapolis ministers about whether to refer the divorce remarriage question to the Methodist General Conference. Rev Worth M. Tipps argues church law tightens on divorce, noting current law sanctions only cases of infidelity. Prospects of carrying the issue to the general conference could invite further debate and criticism among biblical scholars.
In a New York Pep Ad, Mrs John Jacob Astor discovers a hungry black and tan stray outside her Fifth Avenue mansion. She brings the weary animal inside, feeds it by hand, and places it in a warm bed, announcing the owner must prove ownership or the dog will remain in her care as a beneficiary of charity.
A medical write up links parental alcohol use to children who later drink. It warns heredity and early habits shape nervous frailty in youth, urging a strict regime, limited meat, and avoidance of comfort feeding to prevent later alcohol problems.
Anthony M. Evite and George McFadden recount a turbulent history of Uncle Tom shows. They describe fortunes won and lost, noting the persistent hoo doo effect on performers and producers like Peter Jackson and the Partington sisters.
Dr Corydon Medmund, longtime Kokomo resident and reputed oldest mason in Indiana, celebrated his ninety fourth birthday in the town. A veteran of the state legislature and early mayoral service, Medmund has long been active in the Masonic order and the state medical community, though his health now shows signs of age.
W P Long, a barber at 463 Curtlast, recounts his near fatal experience in the Wild Horse mine collapse on Full Hill. He describes being trapped beneath timbers for hours, losing consciousness, suffocating, and then surviving after miners and rescuers freed him.
A Mexican news item claims the secretary of foreign relations has proofs supporting a claim for indemnity against the United States over a bubonic plague assertion. It states Mexico plans to present the claim in Washington under Vienna convention guidelines. The article notes U S notification failures regarding the San Francisco outbreak and mentions special currency for pins. The Washington House vote on February 24 moves along party lines 1% to 1%.
The document notes a substitute for a Philippine coinage bill creating a special currency for the islands and designating an American gold guitar as the standard, while mentioning a penalty amendment aimed at an international confere nce.
A village tale recounts James Minniewr hearing burglars in a chicken house but discovering only Hywen’s calf. A cold deal era as mercury drops and tempers flare with profanity. Elijah Sills, 72, unwed, teases townsfolk with marriage rumors after buying a full new suit. George Veni’s grip and a thorny handle spark talk of strength and time's wear on a thumb brace.
An 19th century style testimonial touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness infertility and irregularities. The narrator praises relief from headaches pain and weakness after using multiple bottles and associates benefits with Dr. Pierce L. Root’s remedies. The piece reads as an endorsement by a woman referencing health struggles and confidence in the remedies shipped from Washington Co Maryland.
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