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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1902
Page
12
A tense domestic drama unfolds as Harry Evans suspects infidelity at a city office. Miscommunications and a secret call reveal a marriage proposal thwarted by trust issues and a mistaken assumption. Miss Sheldon confronts Kingsley while a jealous lover confronts the truth. The lovers plan reconciliation after a dramatic misread.
Nine year old Daniel Dermody died after a trolley collision in New York. Witnesses say motorman Matthew Barr did all he could but a furious crowd, furious at the fatality, threatened the operator and reserves were called. Dr Hart prayed for the boy as he asked not to die. His mother collapsed in grief.
Indianapolis will send 75 Knights of Pythias to San Francisco for the national encampment with a $54.15 low round trip rate available Aug 1 to 12. Delegates include Union Banner Hunt and Robert Brown among others with families, with receptions arranged along the route at Ball Lake City, Colorado Springs, and Denver.
A compilation of short regional jests and anecdotes. A Lebanon sign taunts with Undertakers and Barbers. A Carthage angler fears a bubble in Blue River. It contrasts old and new fortunes of local farmers near Jonesville and Elmdale. Greencastle plans a celebration to wake natives with cannon. A jelly prank ends in a damaged finger. Franklin papers discuss park prospects.
The pin tuck trend remains popular with new forms. Pin tucks appear in clusters forming patterns on skirts. Groups of three, five and seven tucks are used, expanding into larger arrangements for many skirts.
Rev J E W Brown and family have gone to Winona. Mr and Mrs A M Robertson will leave for Colorado this week. Mr and Mrs D P Erwin depart for Canada for several months. Mrs George A Gay and sons go to Portland Me to stay two Mr and Mrs Henry Rauh and Misses Gene and Marie Rauh return from Europe. Clarence Stevens of Indianapolis and Miss Josie Rahe wed in Versailles Ind by Rev H L Liddle. Miss Clara Hawkins hosted coffee for Miss Lillian Atkins and Miss Helen Campbell of Newtown. Mrs 8 P Sheerin held a dinner dance at the Country club for Miss Shine guest of her daughter. Mrs Henry Gramling held a card party for the same young lady with Miss Alice Shiel also in attendance.
Readable anecdotes describe daily calls to police headquarters from citizens. A "humane office" inquiry about cats to fleas, a friend asking police to pad a horse stall for a sleeping baby, and two country boys lost after riding in and hitching a horse, illustrate quirky requests and desk sergeants' responses.
Plainfield Indiana July 44 Staff Correspondence When work now under way is finished the Indiana reform school for boys will have the state s only up to date sewage system It will provide irrigation and fertilization and will be built largely by the boys saving the state 5 000 to 6 000 Supt EB York will view completion by September Engineer Alva Baynes Purdue led the project with 60 workers now on site There will be 2900 feet of ten inch tile and a brick tank 37 by yet to be completed The system uses a septic tank and brick ditches to distribute treated water over the garden with 13 arms watering the west side every 12 days providing irrigation and fertility while offering sanitary benefits for the reform school buildings
An old newspaper fragment touts Wedle Nair Tone as a new hair preparation. It also promotes Rovax on Moth Ants and Fizas for pests, offering a 2 pound can for 50 cents. The ad mentions relief for rheumatic pains and sore feet, with garbled copy suggesting various products and claims.
Indianaplis moves to replace the White river bridge with preparations underway. About 100 men will work this week as excavation deepens for the west pier and pile driving starts. A Jumbo pump, largest in the state, handles a 12 inch water stream to keep the excavation dry. Stone cutting advances with two piers prepared, three boats McGregor Spofford and McGaughey to ferry stones.
Father McCarren of Our Lady of Lourdes in Brooklyn advised a parishioner against marriage for a man earning six dollars weekly. The denied wedding left Miss Louise Sweet and her mother in Greene County, as details emerged of a supposed wealthy background and false claims by the prospective groom. The priest stated six dollars a week is insufficient to support a wife and advised against the union.
The Sun's seventh page liners advertise helping readers find lost items or deeds, offer rooms for rent, vacant houses for rent, and even property drilling services, implying broad local transaction utility through these listings.
The writer notes a well developed summer illness in a family was cured last week using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The drug is sold by all druggists and should be kept on hand at home during summer.
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