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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1903
Page
4
A partial fragment requests readers to confirm receipt of The Sun, urging OLD or NEW subscribers to telephone 280 or send a postal reply if delivery is missed. The notice appears amid garbled OCR data with urban contact details and a directive to ratify service.
The piece accuses James W. Noel Hilton Brown Dr Hunt and Detec tive Slahi of using indictments to thwart reformers while urging citizens not to challenge city officials. It mocks Noel and recounts related political conflicts with ministers and press, noting Nos and the Stahl Logsdon affair.
A Philadelphia Record column lampoons summer heat and social mores and muses on ambition and luck. It jokes that calm, steady effort leads to advancement, while overconfident bets fail without the right odds. The piece critiques degrees and rivalries with wit.
A collection of city anecdotes and jokes from The Leisure Hour including a Cleveland bound tale of a divorced marriage, Lipton’s cigar quip about bacon, and a patient’s ether high followed by a quip about heaven. The pieces mix humor with social observation from the era.
A Pittsburgh Gazette note recounts a downtown bank's missing forty dollars triggering a week of searches and internal scrutiny. A priest visiting the cashier, guided by a penitent, reveals the error and absolves staff, prompting praise for the bank staff and expectations of raises.
The item surveys a range of facts from Edison patent counts and female rail workers in France to English millionaire deaths, large trusts, antiseptic toothpicks, reptile bans in Kanag, a rainmaking Paris project, Africa's missionary drought, Kansas harvest labor needs, a railway misprint about lawful charges, and the famous Boswell to Friedens loop railway.
New York June 1 Dr. George K Vanderwater a prominent clergyman and former chaplain to the Seveply-first New York regiment has been named as co respondent in a divorce case Archibald Waits a wealthy New Yorker accuses the clergyman in a counter claim against his wife's suit for absolute divorce Vanderwater denies the charges and says he has an absolutely clean record as he fights the allegations
The piece details sash fashions for summer wear with plain satin and figured ribbons in blue and green shades. It notes new tying styles such as four in hand knots and rosettes, plus decorative sashes with satin edges, girdles, and ribbon flowers. Also covered are paper rugs for decor, stylish boxes for summer homes, souvenir cards, and light wardrobe items like Japanese silk waists and snowflake dimittles.
A historical note praises Andrew Lang for extraordinary literary productivity, detailing weekly writings for multiple publications and four daily hours of pure literature. It cites 1890 works including the Red fairy tale book and Life, letters and diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, with averages of up to 25,000 words weekly.
Fragmented lines reveal blunt social commentary on gender, labor, and wages. References to statistics, romance, and daily life hint at postwar concerns about work, dignity, and public discourse. The tone suggests a column or opinion snippet from a mid-century sheet.
A concise set of social norms from Modern Mexico covers greetings, funeral customs, table manners, travel courtesies, and hosting etiquette. It notes who greets whom, how families mourn, dating norms, and customary behavior in homes and public spaces, including interactions between men and women and at social events.
A Boston Journal poem celebrates the barefoot boy’s dawning freedom. Mothers cautious about shoes, yet the child will wade through water to school, endure bruises and sunburn, and face mosquitos with fearless cheer as he embraces bare feet and joyful mischief.
A collection of aphorisms from the Atchison Globe remarks on love money and motherhood, plus a Cincinnati round trip by CG H D with two special fast trains. The 1 25 fare includes Sunday travel June 28 with departures at 3 20 am without locals and 7 15 am limited stops at Huahville Connersville and Hamilton.
Railway fares from Indianapolis include Lafayette and return at 1.00, Michigan City 1.25, Rochester 1.00, Terre Haute 1.00, Green Castle 0.75, Madison 1.25, with various departure times mostly early morning and returns in late afternoon. A steamboat excursion up the Ohio river offers a round trip for 2.5 cents. Also notices selling items through The Sun.
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