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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1903
Page
4
An essay argues gossip corrodes mental and moral growth. It condemns social chatter across classes, urging serious thought and purposeful study. Readers are advised to cut ties with inessential talk and surround themselves with those who offer real knowledge and insight.
A brief study notes shifts among Indianapolis papers led by THE SUN as it defies rivals. It highlights market strength, ownership changes, and reader loyalty, asserting THE SUN remains a leading, stable voice amid rumors and upheaval in the city press. A rumor hints the horse show display may rival women’s dress fashion.
A collage of fashion notes describes white silk gloves with black or white stitching, floral hat decorations, black street costumes, beer stein motifs, pearl waist sets, cream etamine gowns, and a range of wash stock collars. It also notes black ribbon wearers should add white trim for health and appearance, plus table decor trends and Aunt Seran Goodling’s famed quilting from Logansville, PA.
Fragmentary OCR shows fashion notes on collars and silk scarves with French knots and decorative edging. Mentions colors like white, black, dark silk velvet, and references to jackets and ruffs. Content is garbled with misspellings and partial product descriptions.
A childless widow Charlotte Trowbridge, long used to luxury, awakens to longing and charity. While driving past a tenement street she spots a young girl named Kulle, resembles a Madonna, and asks to adopt her as her child, seeking companionship and restoration from her lonely life.
In a tense scene Charlotte Trowbridge offers a large purse to a ragged young mother to win custody of the child Katie. The mother refuses unless the money is returned, and the child chooses to stay with her real parent, proving money cannot buy true love and loyalty.
From Camden Me comes a Philadelphia merchant who owns a summer cottage there and traded a lively horse for a French Canadian’s gentler animal. The first rider found the new horse blind, and the Frenchman later demanded why the seller had not said so sooner. The tale ends with the buyer blaming the dealer for the misrepresentation.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a wry exchange on money, happiness, and marriage with quips about opinions, oculists, and a moth fattening on holes. It notes heavy weight and thinning hair as a punchline.
Mateus Alteheack of Springfield Mass celebrates his eighty sixth birthday with his pet white hen. The bird, named Hitebark, follows him, cuddles close, and eats from his hand. The hen shows pride in offspring, once had five chicks, and is now inseparable after eight years. The scene with the gray-haired man and hen drew attention and a judge noted unusual affinity within prohibited degrees of relationship.
A fragment of verse contrasts a fiancée's smile with the speaker's despair as joy seems distant. The narrator contemplates leaving in solitude while a tonic claim about Hood's Sarsaparilla appears amidst the melancholy.
Justice A Beckett rules that a man may marry his sister in law but cannot wed her daughter. The plaintiff seeks a declaration of nullity of his marriage. The short ruling highlights a novel interpretation of kinship and marriage law presented in the case.
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