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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1903
Page
17
A writer recalls observing white mice drum their forefeet on cage floors to signal, notes experiments replicating the effect, and compares outdoor sightings of a prowling foxlike creature. The fragment includes scattered Q&A items on biology, geography, language, and historical notes from readers.
In a woodland scene a mother mouse climbs a pine trunk to a cedar roofed nest, retrieves four babies, one slips, but she saves the lost infant. She returns with the brood to the nest, then disappears, leaving observers amazed at her care and agility.
A Paris report describes a bronze bust of George Washington by David d Angers to be gifted to the United States. The effort, led by the Comte de Rochambeau and others, recalls a prior 18th century Franco American gesture and underscores enduring Franco American friendship. The statue is cast from the original model stored in Angers and aims to replace the destroyed Capitol bust.
The Journal explains a special editor handles questions and answers in a separate department. Readers may write to Fidella for personal inquiries. The column covers blushes, fashion color choices for blondes, sun exposure while golfing, engagement timing, personal reading plans, and joining a women’s club.
Washington Letter in Brooklyn Eagle reveals discovered Treasury files and a Jefferson Davis letter accepting A. S. Grant’s resignation. It recounts Grant’s early resignation, family knowledge, and Davis’s reply. The piece then pivots to French crime history detailing ex-gendarmes Danga and Dumollard, watchmakers, servant girl victims, and a trio of sensational murders with vivid notes on trials and executions.
A preserved 1824 treasury warrant to General Lafayette for 320000 cites acts of Congress and signatures of Secretary William H Crawford and Comptroller Joseph Anderson. The article notes Lafayette’s penned receipt, a worn corner cancel, and compares with Revolutionary War officer pay ledgers and early Congress signatures including D Webster and Henry Clay.
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