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John Peter Frank was a curly-haired, dark-eyed baby who seemed perfectly normal at birth and for the first few months of his life in Bloomington. Ind., where his father was teaching law at the state university. True, Petey seemed slower than most babies in trying to roll over and sit up, but his parents thought little of it. One steaming day in Washington, D.C., Petey fainted and was sick for a while; the doctor thought it was only the heat. A second seizure was laid to an ear infection. The third time, a doctor gave the verdict...
Dearly Beloved . . . In Gary, Ind., Justice of the Peace Paul Dudak indignantly announced that he would not marry any more couples who chew, drink, hum, whistle, wear greasy clothes or crack improper jokes during the marriage ceremony...
...faced cop tried again. He discovered that the men lived in Gary, Ind., and thought they were still in Gary. The doctor announced that they were not seriously hurt, so the police decided to let them sleep in jail for a few hours, then stake them to carfare home. The English-speaking Serb shook off the guiding arm of a cop. "I go myself, gladly," he said. "Here is freedom and democratsia...
Before long, so many defective watches were returned that Sears advertised for a repairman. Alvah Curtis Roebuck, 23, who had been earning $3.50 a week fixing watches in the corner of a delicatessen shop in Hammond, Ind., got the job. In 1891, Sears set up a partnership with Roebuck (Sears kept two-thirds control) and rapidly expanded sales by filling his catalogue with every come-on known to the sharp retailers...
Notre Dame, Ind...