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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
4
Deputy attorney general recounts early Kansas years after moving from Indiana. He arrived with $50, found work solving a land dispute, won his first fee, helped census work, and became Scottsburg prosecutor within 45 days despite not yet voting. His rapid rise followed a bold courtroom bluff and a legal digest.
In Frankfort Kentucky a surge of girl babies over two years raises concern about voter balance in city politics. Governors mansion births lead the list of names with Eleanor Raphael Beckham daughter of Gov J C W Beckham among the notable infants. The trend appears widespread among both major parties as a lawyer notes Providence seems politically impartial. A rough ratio suggests five future Woman's club applicants per future voter.
Owen Conkling, a restless former student, travels and reviews every woman as unremarkable until he meets Pauline, a practical trader. He helps her retrieve a lost valise and a red apple becomes a quiet emblem as he contemplates work over romance.
In Clare near midnight Conkling buys 500 barrels of apples for 2.90 per barrel from a Dutch seller while hoping to learn Miss Pauline Davis’s name. He advertises and receives many replies, then confesses to Miss Davis that he bought them to win her. She agrees to a life partnership if she joins him in business and love.
A Nashville carpenter recounts a near fatal fall from a 19 story New York building escaping by ducking through an open window and landing inside. He also survived a scaffold collapse by hanging to a nail until rescue. Other notes cover lemonade vendors profits, Rev Glaze's leg injury from shale, a giant potato patch by Ebenezer Whittaker, and a charity windfall story. Mt Jackson Maccabees to hold lawn fete at 1999 W Washington St Thursday.
After King Edward's illness became public, Lloyds London underwriters sold bold policies on his survival for six to seven days at 20 to 50 percent premiums. They insured coronations, queen Victoria, Jumbo, racehorses, bank deposits, a glass bed, even a dancer’s gowns and a singer’s tour. Lloyds grew from a coffee house to a giant, insuring odd risks from monarchs to twins, with bullion guarding ships and a million plus in gold moved from ship to vault.
Charles H. Anderson of near Frazersburg, Newark reports a two month old bald shorthorn heifer calf born without fur except for a small tuft on each ear a patch at the tail end and hair on lower legs drawing hundreds to his farm for viewing and speculation.
The description notes a calf of normal size, sound health, with flesh resembling that of a newborn. No further context or figures are provided, leaving the buyer seeking offers for the animal’s purchase.
In Indianapolis fashion notes the low neck line tops the season with round necks and collarless bodices gaining favor. Beading bands with velvet ribbons finish necks, while round square and V shapes appear. Shirtwaists adapt to low neck finishes for graceful looks.
A free trial treatment offers cures for chronic and lingering ailments including heart and lung disorders, kidney and liver trouble, skin and nervous system issues. The ad promotes Dr Lipes’s new method as superior to older cures and invites out of town patients to request the free trial by mail.
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