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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
4
Harmas wins a record majority on the joint ballot marking the largest margin for a Ohio senator. The public favors his continued service and he is linked with presidential possibilities, though he shows no such aspirations. He pledges to serve the country faithfully with his noted business sagacity.
Democratic observers express anxiety about a Republican candidate for president. They credit McKinley’s progressive methods, now carried on by Theodore Roosevelt, and feel the current administration should remain in power, conceding his nomination would mean election.
A sensational notice proclaims a Kimball piano sale to lure buyers by sacrificing a new W. W. Kimball & Co. piano in a stylish walnut case. The ad promises a $300 piano marked at $300, with price dropping a dollar daily except Sundays until sold, inviting readers to watch the window and speak when the price fits.
A story shows a shopper buying watches with small sums then larger ones as the jeweler offers escalating options. Then a public notice lists delinquent lands and town lots for sale to satisfy taxes for 1902 1903 in Sullivan Indiana with sale set for February 8 1904 at the courthouse to liquidate due amounts.
In Rome a year round climate supports a late autumn to mid spring hunting season with biweekly meets. Riders depart from Rome or nearby villas by 11 am to reach the field, usually northward or on the plain. The gathering mirrors New York Meadowbrook in fashion, speed, and wealth as motor cars and horse-drawn carriages arrive from noble estates for the day’s chase.
A missionary recounts a Chinese servant who chose to die for money to save his poor parents. Separately a New York line reports expert sandwich cutters earning by the hundred for fast, waste free production, noting seven workers cut 000 sandwiches in two days and paid by output.
A small African snake of the causidse family is described by Dutch Boers as the spuw slang or spit snake. When it raises its fangs the maxillary bone presses the venom gland causing drops to flow and air expelled from the mouth may blow the poison some distance.
The excerpt extols continual exchange as life. It likens the sun, ocean, clouds, rivers, lungs, and leaves to a cycle of giving. It argues that nature rejects hoarding and that acts of giving fuel ongoing vitality and growth.
In a clipped Detroit Free Press snippet Pat and Mike discuss a plan to “see what is burn in” while two men in the theater claim they will go to the foyer. Elder and Miss Kuteley exchange formal remarks with Bessie as a nickname.
Annual report details receipts under SPECIFIC FUNDS for the year 1903. Key figures summarize funds received, allocations, and financial activity of the Board of Commissioners during 1903.
A vivid pursuit story recounts four hounds chasing a large red fox near Sullivan. Dogs from various yards join in as the fox darts past farms and along fences, rattling cages and drawing a crowd. The fox ultimately eludes capture, leaving handlers joking and frustrated.
Fragmentary notes reveal Ethel and Edith pursuing a nobleman with Marjory claiming the man is a landed gentleman. The text hints at schemes and romantic intrigue in progress.
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