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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1903

Page

5

Embargo on Flats Over Children Sparks City Debate

A Chicago style ordinance to force flat owners and rental agents to admit families with children is cited as a model for Indianapolis. The piece notes objections from landlords about disturbances and noise and lists Indianapolis buildings that already permit families while detailing wider city trends.

Indianapolis Chicago Indianapolia Ordinancs Ony Frm Lata Pressly Figts N. Pensylvania Alexandra Holland Wyandote Roberts Lexington Blacherne Funk Chalfant Meridian Colonial Wal Ungford Ballard Delano Ardmore Taggart Tuttle Terace Ferris Higgins Savoy Corona Wellington

Hoosierisms Sudden Turn at Rag-Sewing Social

A fragment notes a rag-sewing social held at Mrs Opheila Dunsett's home in Handen that devolved into an unlikely rag-chewing event. The text is garbled with stray phrases and unreadable bits, but centers on a local social gathering with shifting tone.

Opheila Dunsett Handen

Measure Your Walks Indiana Pedometer Craze Spreads

Hundreds in Indiana discuss the new pedometer a pocket watch like device counting steps. City dealers report wide use among clerks carriers and professionals with curious buyers claiming daily mileages of up to seven miles by noon. Some patients and physicians show interest while others seek fitness or appetite boosts.

Indianapolly Othara Baveral Ribling Watts

Bears Eat Children Rumor Sparks International Outcry

A report claims Romani groups fed children to trained bears after abducting them across Hungarian villages. Gendarmes recovered remains from bears and traced missing children to the band’s travels. An Italian influence and Austrian ban on dancing bears are cited, with Hungarians proposing similar laws. The article asserts the band faces execution by gallows.

Manager Discovers Dual Voice Star in Comic Opera

A 30 year old troupe proprietor discovers Leonaretta Traver who shifts from soprano to contralto then to baritone. She proves versatile, delivering a superb contralto and a surprise baritone performance in a single run. The manager offers big pay if she stays, but her twin brother Sam Leonard Traver intervenes with a marriage proposal plot.

Giel Leonarettia Traver Legnaretta Leonaretta Jove Léeonnretta Alto Cnet Alles Nonenga Signor Barilli Sam Leonard Traver Slater Leonarette

Long fight ends as Parish to receive $300000 from government

Joseph W Parish wins final victory after decades-long efforts to collect payment for a Civil War era contract. He supplied hospital ice and medical provisions. the government stopped ordering, but the Supreme Court and Congress ultimately approved compensation. About $90,000 will be paid by the government.

Washington Joseph W Parish Lane Chicago Parish Canada Supreme Court

Dollie Young the Beauty of Washington Society

Washington March 7 One hears many phrases about charm yet Dollie Young stands out as the beauty of Washington society this season. She is recognized as the belle of the year with a patrician face and queenly bearing. Her voice laugh and poise add to a refined cultured personality that commands admiration.

Dollie Young Washington Milas Dollis Young Bris

Frat House Promotes Dr Wood’s Pine Syrup Cure

A fragmented line promotes household medicine with Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a cough remedy. The text also references a cheap Popular SUN Miners and later garbled phrases suggesting a quarantine or local names.

Dr. Wood

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