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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1902
Page
21
Readers learn that Indianapolis candy manufacturers begin preparations months ahead of Christmas. The piece highlights local industry strength, employment increases, quality concerns about cheap candies, and explains sugar bases like sucrose and glucose, plus candy making methods and tests for purity.
Mrs. Bradford B MacGreggor, widow of the late Standard Oil magnate, is not expected to contest the will. The estate stands at about 4 million dollars and the will, made before their marriage, omits her name. She holds a dower right to one third of the real estate and appears content.
Ida May Ballister eight years old travels with Granpap to the State institution for the Deaf. A long intake interview, the hope of a new life, and Ida May’s homesick first hours amid large halls, strict routines, and a welcoming matron. She adjusts after a tense departure, sharing meals and forming a first sense of belonging.
Ida May, once wary of school, now sails back to the institute for fall term amid mingled pride and mischief. She greets teachers and peers with a bright smile, hides lingering fears about unfamiliar rooms, and insists she loves being with deaf mutes like her, while maintaining a poised, grown-up front.
A miscellany of trivia and Q A items covering cotton production by the United States about 8 percent, dynamite safety in fire, Bruce the Mississippi senator, plurality voting rules, a skeleton head flag myth, Boxer uprising myths, Stone's River battle dates and losses, Pandora's box meaning, and notes on the upas tree and related legends.
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