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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
5
Dick and Maisie navigate fear and longing in a grim London studio setting. Bessie’s life and Torpenhow’s choices intertwine with art, money, and temptation as the trio confront desire, obligation, and escape.
Dick and Torpenhow discuss a frightened girl named Bessie Drake Stonebroke, bringing her to a room for painting and shelter. They debate her humanity, plan to draw her head as a model, and weigh moral boundaries as Bessie seeks warmth, food, and safety amid fear and poverty.
The article proclaims Indianapolis as a highly unionized city with 110 local unions across 90 trades and five national headquarters. It traces early unions like Typographical No. 1, shoemakers, cigarmakers, and iron moulders, noting shifting power as unions now shape industries. It highlights building trades, rail, and printing unions and mentions headquarters for miners, carpenters, German typographers, and others, with plans for garment workers to relocate and a unique hod carriers union past its 18 years of quiet strikes.
A veteran postal inspector discusses the lure of money in letters and the decoy system’s power to trap thieves. He recounts a Western case where a trusted assistant chief clerk hid twelve money tellers, bought lottery tickets, and aimed to steal thousands, while other tales involve a railway clerk caught with dozens of money-filled letters and a church-fund donor who escalates to $1,000 in contributions before being exposed.
In Suffolk county court G Sterling Wines and Laura Wines reveal a bitter divorce. He, a Harvard educated hypnotist known as Dr Wines, alleges cruelty and intoxication while she accuses him of hypnotic control and claims exposure to dozens of women. He recounts assaults, expulsions from lodgings, and separations since 1901 amid testimonies of flirtations and rival claims.
The notice lists railroad fares and Sunday departures for several routes. Terre Haute and return priced at $1.00, Green Castle at 7 cents, Madison at $1.25, with departure times from Indianapolis early morning. Michigan City and Rochester routes priced at $1.28 and $1.00 respectively, Sunday June 14 departures noted.
A rural Ohio village reports a new love correspondence system using outside messages on aluminum mail boxes. Examples include brash lines from sweethearts facing parental objections, such as “Papa says I can't leave home any more. Jennie” and “Mum went home and broke your date, Una.” The item blends local humor with ad jokes and public notices.
Fragmentary report notes a society editor's death amid a chaotic scene referencing medical extracts and infant illness. Names and places are unclear, with garbled phrases about dysentery and remedies. Further readable details are unavailable from the fragment.
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