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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1902
Page
6
The article outlines Indiana law requiring a formal process to incorporate Norwood. It details survey and census, 20 day waiting, petition signed by at least one third of voters, and a commissioners hearing with affidavits. An election follows under a unique town name, with a final order declaring incorporation.
Maj Macklin explains that the army keeps a detailed file of each recruit on a surgeon general map with physical traits. The records include height weight hair eye color and even tooth quirks to verify identity and previous service, especially for those with a questionable discharge.
Miss Stella McClew and Mrs. Harry Dunkel receive notice from a New York attorney to attend a July 10 convention in Pottsville of about 200 heirs to a $252 million fortune traced to a disinherited Spanish or Dutch royal line. The case, rooted in 19th century imperial rules, has spanned 25 years as heirs seek to prove rightful claim and division of the trust fund.
A contractor recalls how some laborers’ wives seize wages on Saturdays. One wife threatened with a brick to force full payment to cover a household mortgage, then left with the money after a brief standoff and a small nickel.
Sam Lower of Tipton Iowa and Goldie Mutchins of Tippecanoe City Ohio endured 18 hours on Cook Stove Mountain Colorado Springs 12000 feet up. A rescue party reached them after they cried for help and ropes were used to haul them to safety where they fainted at rescuers feet. Mutchins is 17 and considered delicate. survival remains a mystery to friends.
At Bellville Ohio July 4 a schoolhouse debate weighed pie against confectionery. Three young men argued for pie and three young women argued for ice cream cake and candy. The pie side tied the sentimental and national home symbol to Thanksgiving.
A historical look at how presidents handled gifts from foreigners and officials. The piece notes constitutional limits, old statutes, and notable episodes from Cleveland to Van Buren, including pearls stored in the treasury and Sevres vases in the White House.
In 1901 John J. Gallilan was shot in Lincoln. Charles Hayward, then Beard, and Jacobs figure in a tangle. The jailed Beard was released after Jacobs refused to testify. The mystery deepens as witnesses falter and key evidence remains elusive.
A humorous column fragments a party with dyspepsia talk and a neighborly tale. A man named John Smith-like avoids accountability after aiming a brick at a cat with a lawn mower, misses, injures a neighbor’s dog, and faces confrontation from Mrs. Jones while chasing a streetcar.
Reverend R B Mattice plans to run a church property grocery to aid the poor at cost price. Wealthy congregants will fund it but take no income, while local grocers oppose the plan claiming it aims to profit. The store will operate from a barn renovated for this purpose.
An old advertisement touts Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases and other ailments. A Spartanburg South Carolina pastor testimonial claims rapid improvement after two weeks of use. The copy notes druggists carry decenter and dollar sized bottles with a free trial sample by mail.
John Power of Pleasant Valley near Sharpsburg, a veteran railroad conductor and longtime friend of Andrew Carnegie, has been informed by R. A. Franks that he is placed on the pension list created by Carnegie for aged friends and former employers. Power is 69 and has known Carnegie for years but has had no direct contact recently.
In Metal township, residents paid 25 cents per package for supposedly cucumber seeds said to yield two foot cucumbers. After weeks with no vines, buyers opened the barrels and found wooden seeds, carved to fool buyers.
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