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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
4
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Jim Keach, chair of the city Democratic committee, endured a baseless scare about William Jennings Bryan coming to Indianapolis. He learned Wednesday from The Sun that no such visit was planned and that Bryan had not been invited, ending the angst over the rumored event.
The piece defends Billy Moore against ridicule in his mayoral bid. It argues he has the same right to run as any candidate and should be treated with fair, dignified campaigning. It cites other political names and a range of sensational lines to illustrate public discourse.
A collage of newspaper quips critiques events in Servia a parliament called the Skuptehing and a joke about President Roosevelt carrying extra weight. The tone blends satirical mentions from the Buffalo News Dayton Press Louisville Evening Post and Boston Herald in a composite noting public talk and office scans.
Miss Mary Kent and Emil Sonreiper wed Wednesday night. Misa Elma Newson and Marshal D Biteford also married Wednesday night. Ada Jeannette Lemen and Edward Barrett wed at St Anthony's church Wednesday morning. Alice McManan and William Hayes married at Malt Crown church Wednesday morning. Margaret Doyle and Edward Hanahan wed at St Patrick's church Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Crane and Myron Smock married Wednesday night at the brides' Park Avenue home. Lucile Simmons and John Taylor wed Wednesday night at the brides' North Capitol Avenue home. An informal gathering welcomed Sarah Waty Jace Foster who is to be married next week. Primary Sunday school teachers host a reception for Mrs Sarah Foster, soon to be bride. Mary Noble and Dr Samuel Grubbs married at Meridian Street home 8:30 p m Wednesday. Rev George Mackintosh officiated. Decorations were elaborate and the couple left for Ship Island on their honeymoon.
Eugene Cowles will perform a program at Fair Bank Friday night with a slight age error noted in the text. He will sing no horn but will perform favorites including Annie Laurie as part of his act in Indianapolis.
A traveler for an optical firm shows an imitation eye in London, boasting of its perfection. The clerk ridicules the piece, noting its size, shade, and artificial points, and reveals the eye likely came from Birmingham. The story adds anecdotes of jesters and petty theft in travel.
In Greencastle Inn Sune pUscar Williams, a quarry shooter, carried a quart bucket of powder when a fuse sparked and exploded. A nearby spark from a lighting match ignited the powder, enveloping Williams in smoke. Workmen saved him by removing his burning clothes. he escaped with minor burns to the face and neck and lost his red whiskers.
Brazil Ind June 18 Every effort is being made to save Talbott Shanks nine year old son of William Shanks but doctors see little hope for recovery. He stepped on a rusty nail weeks ago his mother treated the wound and it healed only to be followed by jawlock preventing any nourishment leaving him to slowly starve.
Vague clipping recounts a Muncie inmate named David Mardy who injured his finger during stone work and faces amputation after striking a stone with a hammer. It also notes an assassination plot against Father Pfeiffer in Little Falls over school conflicts, with dynamite left on his porch but fire extinguished. The piece ends inviting readers to mail ads to The Bun office.
Engineer Thomas Duffecy of 414 Wolcott Street was severely scalded when a spreading of newly laid rails caused a switch problem on the S and W near Homona Wednesday afternoon. The engine toppled completely, pinning Duffecy beneath it. no other crewman aboard was injured.
Radcliffe students Migs Stevenson and Frances Elliott opened a scientific bakery in Cambridge Mass. Stevenson manages, Elliott oversees bread making. They aim for superior bread combining pleasure and wholesomeness and have run a profitable enterprise since starting last year. Their shop employed five bakers and operated 16 hours daily.
A jelly called ruselle, made from the hibiscus sabdariffa flower, is selling in London and praised as delicate as fine red currant jelly. An Indian indigo-grower discovered the edible flowers when he learned okra pods were tasty cooked, sent jars to Bombay, and secured a lucrative offer, now selling well.
A jumble of town reports from Terre Haute to Muncie notes temperance actions, Sunday ball game opposition, factory relocations, fires, accidents, and local curiosities. Notables include Sam Jones attracting crowds near Lafayatte, labor strife at New Albany, and a Kokomo Salvation Army street drum appearance.
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