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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
5
In a feverish London wartime milieu within a Eurasian press circle, Dick confronts rumors of a new theater of war while Cassavetti and the Nilghal marshal plans and debate journalism logistics. Dick clashes with Torpenhow’s circle as permissions and routes factor into a looming Omdurman campaign. Maisie in Vitry-sur-Marne endures heat and unspoken tensions with Dick, balancing art, love, and distance as war drums pulse.
An advertisement touts a 1008 page Common Sense Medical Advice book as as good as Golden Medical Discovery. It offers cures behind its claims and promotes mailing for a penny stamp price, urging readers to obtain the publication by submitting payment and receiving the book by return mail.
A distressed young woman endures heat and insomnia as she divides time between an Italian studio in England and a Kamala studio, while a lover sonneteer claims years matter little and promises eventual return. she visualizes lectures and disciplined work as she wrestles with memory and desire.
A fragmented notice recounts efforts to host William Jennings Bryan in Indianapolis. Dr J N Howard and the Indiana silver and new idea clubs organized receptions while Gov. Durbin intervened by telegram. Bryan replied he would accept hospitality but could not attend the council meeting.
A postal card from an adopted son to Mr. Della Mosher says he plans to go to Chicago for a better job, prompting sympathetic remarks from Mrs. Mosher who recalls adopting him after their son died years ago. The boy, nearly six feet tall, is said to be capable but distraught. Also, Joseph Lawson seeks help locating his high school aged daughter who left with a friend several days ago to the street.
An Indianapolis orphan asylum reports a plentiful supply of infants available for adoption. One notable case is Carl, a several months old boy with dark blue eyes and light hair, described as a treasure with a good disposition.
In Monroe City Missouri on June 17 George H Bandley white and two Jacksonville youths Oscar Branum aged 13 and Lemuel Jenkins aged 11 slept on Burlington tracks near town. A freight train struck them leaving Branum with crushed skull severed left arm and severe leg injuries and Jenkins with the left heel cut off and instep crushed.
Wells Netherby uncovers a hidden box inside the ruined Netherby Terrace estate revealing Noel Netherby’s last will and testament. Mr. Maynard urges Wells to marry Norma Maynard to restore the inheritance, but Wells rejects fortune hunting, believing the curse and fire were part of a supernatural setup.
Joe Marihalla came from Italy to wed his sweetheart Josephine Risso in Cincinnati. The couple's plans were shattered when he fell ill, died at home on Cutter Street, and was laid to rest in a local cemetery as his heartbroken partner wept nearby.
Gen Gordon, leader of federate veterans, seeks his son Captain Frank Gordon last heard after a mission in Cuba. The missing 30s officer reportedly had a controversial service, with earlier clashes within Kay’s regiment and a later departure from the army. Aware readers urged to provide any information to aid the elder Gordon in locating his son.
Cincinnati June 11. A camp for consumptive patients of the City Hospital branch opens to provide temporary shelter. Tents with double canopies, board floors, and raised joists will house 32 patients. Specifications call for precise lumber cuts and setup to ensure fresh air and winter use.
Los Gatos California June 11 Congress Springs a resort near here was destroyed by fire Monday night. Loss 1095.
A jumble of Indiana items reports civil unrest fears in Nebraska church societies and a new building contract at New Albany. Events include a Huntington corner stone ceremony, suicides at New Albany and Logansport, numerous accidents, jail break attempts, child injuries, and local political appoints. Newsboys strike at Greencastle and a tragic death near Vincennes are noted amid a federal style run of brief incidents.
The offer covers 16 dollars round trip from Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis via Chicago and Northwestern Ky TA to Duluth and Superior and back. Travel runs through the summer with four daily departures at 3:00 pm 3:07 pm 6:30 pm and 1:00 pm electric merited service. Tickets available via agents or WN Breese Cincinnati.
Twenty years of notoriety claimed by aiding people out of trouble. The text extols Mormon Bishop's Pills as a quick restorative for overwork, disease, or folly, praised as highly as possible and sold by Sloan Drug Co. in a city address, offering a price per box and package details.
Reports from Grand Lodge sessions reference reorganizing plans to defend a title won in Kansas City last year. Putnam county's finances show state treasury shortfalls under long standing high valuation low rate policy. A Detroit salesman, W. T. Simpson, was knocked unconscious by a falling signboard before the New Avectine hotel in Fort Wayne. A woman named Mrs. B. S. Andruna suffered a moccasin snake bite on the foot a few weeks earlier, with swelling now prompting medical concern. Dr J. W. Ireland’s Chicago honeymoon trip involved swift hotel changes and a ginger snap dinner amid a waiter strike as a novelty note.
Thirty people were injured when a carnival crowd surged on the Macon approach, many hurled to the ground in a chaotic scene. Doctors say most will recover. Also report: Patrolman Lange shot and badly wounded in St Louis by 15 year old Allen Samuels, who was captured.
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