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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1903
Page
6
Washington Star recounts how detectives break a suspect using pressure and careful tactic. A railway postal clerk describes a $18,000 heist while an inspector exposes post office tricks and the postmaster’s attempt to disguise missing funds. The tale highlights the difficulty of convicting a skilled criminal and the clever sleuth methods used.
No woman in France is more admired than Mme Combes wife of Premier Combes head of the Cabinet. Her cultured background and encouragement aided his rise from humble origins as the son of a working man to a physician and statesman.
The postmaster breaks down with his face in his hands recounting how bill numbers were changed in the letter of transmittal. He asserts the accusing finger should point at the guilty man, noting detectives usually find it easier to prove dishonesty than believed, unless the suspect is an habitual criminal.
The New York Evening Post notes the retirement of Elias Harts of Reading Pennsylvania after seventy five years as a goosebone specialist and weather prophet to the world. The piece mocks the retirement as unjust and laments the loss of a widely followed December to May forecast tradition.
Among others an Arabian twelve years of age whose soul had been saved and a Servian nineteen years old who had been cured in fifteen days after eight years of necrosis of the left femur and who had been compelled to walk on crutches.
Bishop Goodsell preached at Independence Avenue Church on the text Christ in you the hope of glory. He urged Americans to abandon grandiose words for simple truth, drawing contrasts between glorious and contemptible uses, citing a hurricane voyage, a locomotive, and daily speech to illustrate restraint and precision in language. He noted his rise to bishop in 1888 at age forty seven.
Public opinion notes a new Mosetig method to fill bone cavities in Vienna hospitals. melted iodoform sesame and spermaceti plug is inserted, reabsorbed as new bone forms, with antiseptic effects, speeding recovery and allowing patients to return to work. Several patients were cited as cured at a Vienna Medical Society meeting.
A retired gambler in the New York Telegraph warns of dice scams revived by sharpers. He details securing, dispatchers, loaded and electric dice, and ringing in, where fraudsters swap true dice for fakes mid throw. The piece emphasizes skill, risk, and the dupe’s unwary trust.
Francis H. Whitney explains the long search for the proper postal card phrase instructing users to inscribe only the address on one side. The article traces seven attempts, from phrases urging only the address to evolving variants, ending with the current usage inspired by British practice.
Thomas J. Gorsuch, a nonagenarian Baltimore resident at 127 Aisquith street, heard tapping behind a wall. He found a carrier pigeon with a brass leg band inscribed B. N. Y and a number, released it to fly toward New York, and now awaits further developments.
Parents seek gifts to brighten Christmas morning and promote joy through a piano purchase. The Starr Piano Company markets its one price open and above board method, offering pianos across a range of prices with guaranteed quality. A visit or catalogue request invites inspection and comparison, promising easy down payments and nationwide inquiry.
Local piano dealers announce rental pianos available at 350 dollars for long term, plus four and five dollar monthly rates. Also offered are fine piano tuning and careful piano moving services to ensure safety and quality care for instruments.
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