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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1902
Page
4
A cabman recalls a day of weddings and funerals, detailing rides from dawn to night. He reflects on joyful gatherings, tired riders, and a grim procession to a grave, noting the human kindness he witnesses and the toll of sorrow on those he serves.
Dick overhears Miriam and her brother plotting to keep the father's necklace while he contemplates the tangled truth. He spots Miriam with a pasted name and a pawnshop clue linking to a pearl necklace. The canoe scenes reveal a conflicted night of concealment and reluctance. The tale ends with Dick escaping, reflecting on Miriam's supposed heartlessness.
An odd catalog item list notes Roven on Bunions Plastens sold in pairs for ten cents while another line proclaims fifteen cents kills. The fragmentary ad copy reflects a bargain basement style from a vintage newspaper page.
A glance at Indiana life with quirky facts from Kirklin to Scottsburg. Squirrel shooting feats by John Bennett of Kirklin. inflation of hotels needed in Scottsburg. wheat sales up. watermelon rind pickling with shoemaker scraps. Bourbon mosquitoes thriving. a death notice from Oolitic News. a Knightstown editor’s dun note to a subscriber who jokes about smallpox.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for liver and digestive ills and claims improved blood health. It includes a testimonial from Howard Jacobs of Marengo Indiana who attributes his recovery to the product and warns against substitutes for profit.
John Masterson Burke, famed New York financier, donates 4 million dollars to create the Winifred Masterson Burke foundation for a principal beneficiary Vicenta M. Fensley. The will specifies annual income of 4000 dollars for Fensley, housing at 18 West Forty seventh Street, and annual taxes and charges paid. Burke, frugal and private, lives simply, keeps horses and farm animals on a Mount Vernon estate, and has long served as a director for several railroads. He plans no public display and favors quiet acts of charity.
The Knights of Fidelity News reports heavy worry among Indianapolis saloonists after a ward 3 remonstrance defeated a Fifteenth and Illinois saloon application. It notes 1676 signers gathered in under a week and urges organized civic action to curb license proliferation.
In Indianapolis about 2,000 to 2,500 men bought Panamas this summer while 50,000 residents view hats with interest. The real hand made Panamas sold for $10 to $15, though many were priced lower earlier. Demand outpaced supply and a price drop followed as wearers switch to straw sailor styles.
In St Louis July 14 Judge Sidener of the First district police court halted a planned euthanasia of Jupiter, a dog accused of biting Willie Quinn. Nellie Simon spoke in court, arguing the dog acted in self defense, and the judge discharged Jupiter, ruling he must not be killed for defending himself unless he bites without cause.
A judge rules that a dog may legally bite a person who deliberately disturbs its peace by attaching a tin can to the dog’s tail. The dog that bites its persecutor in self defense is immune from punishment, likened to a burglar defending life.
The Columbia club will reopen its roof garden Monday night and for two months ladies will be admitted on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Klausmann's orchestra has been engaged for the season. Downtown stores closed Saturday night at 9 30 for the first time in 14 years with over 300 clerks patrolling the streets.
A reporter describes Indianapolis Chinamen as well fed and thrifty with four meals daily. Weekly market bills run 2 to 2.50 dollars per man, meals provided by employers, Sunday feasts attract out of town customers, with elaborate holidays featuring imported delicacies and Chinese candies.
In Washington Indiana on July 14 Sunday morning a free telephone church service began with hundreds listening from home. The Central Union Co proposed free church phones citywide to let any patron listen to multiple churches simultaneously, an offer ministers eagerly accepted. By next Sunday every city church is expected to have a phone system.
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