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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1902
Page
5
Henry J. Ewing laments Augusta, his second wife, who has moved four times in a year and taken all furniture. He says he will not support her debts and plans to live as a bachelor after leaving the chaotic marriage.
In autumn 1780 two British officers visit the Henley home on Franklin Square New York. Col Melrose courts Inez Henley while her father favors the English alliance. A rumored Prentiss death drives Inez toward Melrose and a spring wedding with Sir Henry Clinton as best man at Cherry Hill.
In a Civil War era wedding there is a dramatic interruption as a mysterious old man objects to the ceremony. The supposed ghost is revealed as Capt. Prentiss who rescues Inez Henley and escorts her to the American lines. The pair wed once safety is secured and later settle on a southern plantation.
A collage of short items from Indiana towns jokes about honest folks and feasts on beans. It mentions a Richmond couplet, Woodruff Place romance, Selma club talk on faces, an Evansville funeral offer, Hammond’s new Labor Herald, Madison progress, Bible carriers, Easter jokes, Walkerton trapping tally, and musings on new paper socks and cotton footwear.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on March 12 the Thorp family and two boarders fled a fierce blaze in their Indian Creek home. Fire blocked the stairway. James Thorp leapt 20 feet to a snow drift followed by others. James and Kirk Thorp suffered singed hair and Mrs Thorn sprained her ankle.
Newby Oval races this spring may occur without management oversight. Director Herbert Foltz says no action has been taken but supports the statement. Last year the venture left the management 2600 in debt. high schools will use the grounds for training and the Purdue Indiana football game on Nov 16 is planned. Wheelway league may hand the course to the park board, Edward Porter notes it did not pay to be a money making scheme. The oval, extending from the city to Millersville, charged five cents to repair, and promoters are praised as public benefactors for the beauty of the ride. Horace McKay favors turning it over to the board but doubts board acceptance.
Indianapolis horsemen awaken to spring as Capitol avenue crowds watch the steppers on Sunday. The Gentlemen's Driving Club will meet soon to elect officers and map plans for the season. Dr Willard Short is a leading candidate for president. Mentions of forming a racing circuit and favorable weather conditions for action.
The piece mocks modern earthquakes as unpredictable and dangerous causing damage and mortgage losses while joking about a Mars bridge built by J Pierpont Morgan to escape tremors. It notes the lack of warning from weather forecasters and the unsettling force of the quakes on society.
The passage contrasts a modern line about earthquakes being a tonic for a torpid liver with the masses preferring a torpid life to facing the most violent quake. It uses tongue in cheek to critique public appetite for upheaval.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for pregnancy and infant health. Mothers testify it strengthens the mother so she can raise a healthy child, claiming no alcohol or narcotics in the remedy and inviting consultations by letter.
Washington report notes Senator Hoar opposes直接选举参议员的提案 saying it would alter the constitutional principle. The Senate discussion centers on direct vote opposition with states like Ohio Indiana Missouri Pennsylvania cited. In the House a rural free mail delivery bill failed to under a contract system. the delivery bill then stalled.
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