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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
5
On the third day after Torpenhow returns, Dick battles withdrawal and pride as his obsessed painting nears completion. Whisky fights the vision, and Torpenhow confronts the growing danger while Bessie withdraws. Dick bears a consuming drive to finish the work despite ruinous cost.
A historical survey traces Joseph Cullen Root as founder of the Modern Woodmen of America and the original Woodmen of the World, noting his 1883 Lyons Iowa camp, long leadership, a 1890 Springfield ouster, and current head consul Northcott steering a national convention. It contrasts growth to turnover and expanded staff across states.
In New York Bronx Thames Gore an expressman paid taxes for 15 years on a lot at Mapesave near Carnell and Greene avenues. Michael Garvy, administrator of Patrick Garvy, discovered a deed and plans to pursue ownership in court. Garvy had bought two lots in 1886 but misread the auction, believing he purchased different parcels. Gore claims regular purchase and title to the property where his barn stands.
A fiancée confronts her fiancé about flaws as they plan marriage. She fears his glass eye reveals a hidden defect. He writes a note, then reveals his monocle and that his eye is normal, turning the moment into a test of mutual trust and love.
In superior court, John WW. Coons, expert bookkeeper, unraveled figures while W C Phipps recounted war stories. Phipps claimed Coons was a master rough rider who rode a horse named Old Holly during a foraging mission, describing a chaotic potato patch escape with rebel cavalry in pursuit.
Jonathan Lefevre aged nine, reputedly buried eight wives, will wed ninth next Sunday. He will lead widow Mary Kerson to the altar as five generations of descendants attend. Lefevre reportedly had one child from his eight marriages, all born within.
In Philadelphia a Baptist preacher Rev. G Taber Thompson argued for divorce, claiming marriage does not guarantee compatibility and noting that many mismated couples produce harmful outcomes. He compared human mating to animal breeding, urging separation for unhappier unions despite church opposition.
A Pennsylvania congressman away from Washington leaves a diligent colored man to tend the home. The man, who also serves as a government payroll laborer in winter, handles caretaking tasks and is a messenger and doorkeeper for the Ways and Means Committee in season. The piece hints at broader questions about government employment in congress and executive residences.
Capt Harry W Newton of AGGIES MENU CARD SUPERIOR sent a draft menu from a Aguinaldo birthday banquet to the Astor Library in New York. Miss Frank E Bultoon is collecting the card for the library, the original dinner card pasted on a cigar box cover. The card measures nine by eleven inches, with courses listed in black ink in fairly good Spanish and bordered in ink red and blue pencil.
A chaotic tale features Helen and her sister Faanie, Shortridge graduate, with a parasol gift. The story shifts to a medical dispensary where a doctor faces a death by suicide case as a patient who relied on his prescriptions ends life, provoking a grim remark by a young physician.
A 1920s style piece notes bartenders at downtown cafes report summer drink trends. Beer remains popular, mint julep leads mixed drinks for cooling effect, lemonade and buttermilk sell well, and wine and whiskey use declines as hot weather shifts demand.
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