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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
4
A jumble of 1903 legislative tallies and social musings. The piece cites a count of fourteen thousand three hundred ninety four laws, mocks endless statutes, notes perils of legal ignorance, and shifts to reflections on Korean women's nameless status and night curfews. It also comments on American divorce impacts and political figures like Mr Taggart and Senator Burton.
Indiana items report a potential Elks building in South Bend, prohibitionists nominating Greensburg’s city ticket, strawberries selling as market novelties in Knightstown, and a rat bite injuring George Stichardson of Logansport. The Wabash River rises again, railroad services to be held in Muncie, and a White River bridge proposal linking Pike and Knox counties. Ten damage suits filed in Porter County. Glass workers in Coffeyville, Indiana, discuss polo in that town. An independent mayoral bid at Richmond is ended. Vegetable social in Rochester features hats and prize. Charles Roundtree ships Tunis ducks from Crawfordsville to Chicago. Embs fetch 29 cents a pound with buyer paying transport. Miners and operators conference opens at Terre Haute with a scale committee to report. Evansville’s Ohio River stands at 38.3 feet, rising. Edward Cluff and wife dead from measles, four children ill. Guy White and J. W. Anderson shoot two large white swans at Mrs. H. B. Tiuntley’s mill pond. Lightning injures Mrs. John McCart in Bedford. two daughters and a son shocked. An odd Salvation Army auction in Muncie features children bidding for nonmaterial values as religion is offered.
A whimsical, satirical verse set mocks food scarcity jokes and poetic aspiration. It blends humorous exchanges about poverty, publishing pressures, and ghostly fears with snippets from local life and a family scene. The piece references a flood, boardinghouse observations, and everyday hardship through light verse and stray banter.
A collage of quirky lines and misheard phrases recounts Achilles and Romulus and Remus in comic misinterpretations. The piece blends myth with odd dialogue, then shifts to a 1900s auction note about John D. Rockefeller and a Luther bible offered for $3,000, described as rare and well preserved.
Polly and a writer discuss the timeless idea of the girl across the street as an unattainable ideal. They joke about crossed views and the pull of the unattainable, noting how crossing over changes perception and sparking lessons on romance and desire. Other figures appear through dialogue as part of a light daydream of flirtation and social observation.
An old time patent medicine ad touts Rough on Catarah for curing piles and roaches with a claim of rapid extermination. It extols Rough on Rate as a safe two night treatment and a cure for roaches ants and red dirt. Also promotes Wells Hair Tone and Hair Balsam as hair restorers with pricing and contact details.
In a New York courtroom Frank Rehard recalls his feud with his late wife’s mother over domestic strife. The judge ordered Mrs Fricker to pack and leave the Schutz home within 24 hours, declaring the action a precedent in restraining the meddling matriarch.
Willam Claiborne returned to his Pennsboro home after years away to find his former wife wed to J S McNemar. He plans likely steps to annul the second marriage. Shortly after his departure Mrs Claiborne learned he was dead and had mourned him as departed.
The American Tobacco Company trust has closed its large Lima factory, laying off workers. The shutdown follows a general slump in tobacco demand and over-production, with similar shutdowns noted at Dayton and Cincinnati factories.
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