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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
5
A detailed explanation shows how mortality tables and present value calculations set life insurance premiums. It explains net single premiums, reserve requirements, and equivalent yearly premiums, using age 35, $1000 death benefit, and 3 percent interest as the conservative standard. It emphasizes mortality theory and arithmetic methods behind pricing.
Alice visits suite 7 at 8 pm following Aunt Kate’s marriage plan. She mistakes a stranger for her aunt, triggers a crowd, and reveals the misunderstanding. The tall, dark gentleman explains the setup and clears her name as the scene ends with a tense, comic note.
William Allen White portrays Benjamin Harrison as a lifelong learner and principled leader. The piece traces his roots and career from Indiana politics to national service, praising his integrity, intellect, and calm, dignified conduct in defeat and in office. Harrison is depicted as a studious, humane Virginian-like figure who valued conscience over party expediency.
Evansville wholesale grocer E G Ragon dies at 54. Edinburg residents Alber Otto and Mrs John Bruce pass away in Detroit and at 67 respectively. Ide Bradford of Fort Wayne dies after injury from a chair fall. John Smith of Frankfort, a machinist, dies by morphine self harm. Monroe township trustee G W Brandeberry remembered as Allen county Republican. Mrs James Davidson of Lafayette killed by a train at the Second Street crossing. Kokomo merchant Alexander Hardwick, 59, burial set in Brooklyn with widow and three children. Purdue basketball player Mary W Cook of Sellersburg dies of pneumonia at 21 after a week ill following a game injury.
75 year old Sarah Overshiner of Madison County sues for divorce from 83 year old Martin Overshiner claiming denial of life’s necessaries. he is said to be worth $25,000 and they have five living children. Other items note a soap seller decamping with dresses, a man jailed after alcohol intoxication, regional theater notes, crop prices, sardine plant curiosity, and civic bids for Clover Leaf shops in Marion.
The James boys in Missouri opened a three day engagement at the Park theater with 2 and 8 p m shows. The performance aims to win audience applause and leave patrons feeling they got their money’s worth as Frank James previously helped redeem the family name by showing himself a man of high standing.
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