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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
5
A vandalized 1910s report warns leprosy dangers among American troops postwar. It cites Fort Scriven in Georgia and isolated cases in New York Chicago and San Francisco. The Surgeon General withholds patient names to spare families while pay issues are debated and isolation camps are traced to biblical quarantine roots.
The Grand closes for four months after a final performance on Saturday with a reopens planned on the first Monday in Semenster. Management promises a brighter 1901 season with bigger, better vaudeville. Park attractions feature The Holden stock company with A barrel of money and The two orphans on successive days, plus The Christian. The Empire theater to close for burlesque retooling. decorations will be handled by a major firm. Weber Field all star stock company also noted.
The Fair Bank amusement season begins May 6 with a series of Ostendorff concert band performances. Improvements include a new front stage pavilion with rain protection and seating for about 60, plus decorative upgrades, fountains, new cages over enological tracks, and enhanced grounds.
An elderly woman described as an amount appearing stranger entered the Emerald lobby, creating a curious scene in the theater district. No further details are given regarding her identity or motive.
Dorothy discovers Uncle John left about 150000 dollars to the future wife upon marriage to Jack Lester, a prank that triggers a forced divorce. The tale shifts to a court case involving Eagle Boy and Pipe Eagle Boy with a string of marriages and tribal divorce customs. Federal officials press for state marriage laws, while Indians resist changing tribal practice.
The Indian agent and U S law are discussed with spoofing of divorce court use. The article notes Indians embracing divorce more as the law grows and mentions a rise in Indian divorce filings while describing imagery of tribal dress and officials. The tone blends satire with critique of colonial policy and its impact on indigenous communities.
The article discusses Native American divorce practices and legal challenges. Lawyer J. E. House argues Indian divorces should be treated like white divorces, citing tribal customs and rapid acculturation. A case is described where an elder seeks desertion-based divorce for a young wife living near an elder companion.
A rural Indiana column notes Elmer Smock drives for a living and pegs shoes in winter while others like Pite Williams of New Albany face fines for sidewalk bicycle riding under a new ordinance. It also covers local people attending a looming circus parade, family duties to take children, and social notes from Carthage, Rushville, and Columbia City with a quirky aside about John Bathan, a bachelor farmer, owning a new auto.
A Civil War prisoner, Captain N B Westbrook of the 35th Ohio Volunteers, recounts his capture after a Confederate assault near Martinsburg West Virginia. After a year in prisons he was exchanged at Annapolis in spring 1865 and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing rheumatism and related illnesses brought on by exposure. He describes painful recovery and the pills’ advertised blood restoring effects.
Kalamazoo Michigan May report shows Fred Carrow, a Michigan asylum patient, died after a stomach full of nails screws lead and ballast. Postmortem revealed large iron nails and car parts inside. the stomach acids partly destroyed many items and a large nail pierced the stomach likely causing liver abscess and death.
Excursion and through coach service from Indianapolis starting May 10 1903 to West Baden French Lick Springs and Gosport with morning departures from Indianapolis 4 6 p m and 6 30 a m connections via Lake Erie and Western routes to Fort Wayne Hartford Lima St M Muncie Portland Celina Elwood with special Florida connections.
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