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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
6
An immersive account describes traditional Chinese marriage rites from betrothal to wedding procession. It details go-betweens, dowries, the capping ceremony, hairpins for brides, elaborate trousseaus, sedan chair processions, nuptial music, and post wedding customs, highlighting hierarchy, fate, and family duties within a historical frame.
A Philadelphia Record summary describes a Chinese wedding scene where the betrothed bride receives a red letter, the bride travels in a sedan chair, the groom meets her, they view the ancestral hall, partake in the drink offerings to ancestors, inspect the bridal bed, and the new wife shows obedience by serving the parents. The rite ends with polite reverence and modest behavior during the banquet.
New York July 18 Gov Charles H Allen of Porto Rico describes the island as a thriving garden spot with favorable climate and abundant soil. He says sugar tobacco and oranges offer growth, noting a planned sugar plant cost 1 million and a $500,000 crusher, with Cuba watching closely for potential annexation.
Morton county Kansas reports to the state board of health that no physician has served the county for a year due to no sickness requiring a doctor. With 400 persons in the county the situation persists as nurses and remedies suffice for routine health needs.
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on July 18 five athletic girls from near Centre Hall trapped a peeping Tom named Baker at a secluded creek pool. After catching him peering from a tree they forced him into nine feet of water and pelted him with stones and mud until he swam to shore. The girls now bring a mother to supervise their bathing hour for protection.
In Lincoln Nebraska a refriger ator car inspector named Paul Kobalter was killed when a lightning strike blew a hole in his rubber helmet allowing a spark to enter his head. He was found on top of a box car with a still lit lantern under his coat after being missing since the night storm. No burn marks appeared on him besides slight singeing of hair and a chin cut.
In Topeka a three year old boy, son of Harry Crittenden of Coolridge, requires a permanent gold plated tube in the throat to breathe. Doctors say withdrawal causes suffocation and that as he grows the tube will be adjusted to provide air, with no prior medical precedent.
An old advertisement touts early use of One Minute Cough Cure to prevent illness. It claims to be the favorite remedy for coughs colds croup asthma and throat and lung troubles with words like cures aplenty and universal efficacy.
Maj Jesse M. Lee, highest ranking officer not named in dispatches, wounded in the Tien-Tsin attack. Born in Indiana, appointed from Green Castle, he served in the Civil War from 1861, enlisted as a private in the Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, rose to captain, mustered out in 1865, declined major in 1898, later became colonel of the Tenth U.S. Infantry in June.
Thomas Telmon a 65 year old deaf mute upholsterer fell from his house roof and was taken to hospital. In the ambulance he surprised doctors by asking where he was being taken. He spoke all day and showed Bostonian speech patterns despite fifty years in Pittsburg. Doctors call it a rare recovery of speech and hearing.
For domestic use we manufacture ready mixed high grade paints and varnishes. They come in small can sizes and are guaranteed to give satisfaction. Warranted pure.
Chicago night express and vestibule services with purchase times at City Ticket Office. Monon and Cincinnati trains listed with morning departures and afternoon arrivals. Includes Cincinnati to Detroit and Toledo connections with various express and fast mail services.
Decatur and Western Ry schedules show multiple trains to Chicago Tuscola and Mich. ex services with marked features. Timings include departures and arrivals with codes for sleeper parlor and dining options, noting daily operation and Sunday exceptions.
Train schedule fragment lists C. C. and St. L. routes with a city ticket office at No. 1 E Washington, detailing morning and afternoon departures for Cleveland, New York, Boston, and linked services. It includes arrival times such as 6 am and 2:40 pm, plus mentions of limited mail and named services like Knickerbocker.
Train schedule fragment lists Benton Harbor express departures at 10 am 2 50 pm and 1 15 am 3 45 pm with Wabash accommodations noted. Details are partial and unclear, but indicate a commuter line serving Benton Harbor and nearby routes with times in the morning and late night.
The bulletin lists St. Louis train times and connections including the St. Louis Limited with departures and arrivals at several stations. It notes morning and afternoon windows for trains such as T30am 35.35 pm and W.Lim, did 6am 1pm, plus the St. Louis ex a.UMpm 4.05 am, indicating schedule details for travel planning.
Partial OCR text shows scattered times and places for Lafayette and Chicago activities. It mentions Lafayette accommodations at 748m and 515 pm, Chicago items including a 3pm W C event, 6:10 pm, and a night express with a 12.06am notation, but details are fragmentary and uncertain.
Fragmentary timetable shows routes between Peoria Bloomington and Champaign with listed times. Mentions Springfield Columbus line and Western express connections. Ominous station notes include St Louis fast service and Effingham, Effingham connections.
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