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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
4
A city reader argues gamblers and saloonists are content with the county prosecutor, county commissioners, and city administration, implying weak enforcement. The note cites a leader financing gambling rooms, questions motives of officials, and references other local issues from electric lighting promises to interurban delays and political critique.
A young physician praises prompt treatment that saved a patient from a dangerous appendicitis, noting a missed opportunity for a fine operation. A foxy milkman blames salt for watery milk after a complaint from a housewife. A church choir rumor and a lawyers’ dispute over the Moneybags estate are also recounted as light anecdotes from Puck.
A compilation of remarks from several figures including Breunig McGee O'Connor Cline Baldwin Hunt Lawrence Lowes Furnas Coffin Evans Gould Reap Ruckelshaus Dartmouth Griswold Shover and others. The topics cover weather, groceries, real estate, mining interests, unemployment, gas rates, pensions, open receptions, monuments, livery, racing clubs, courteous service, and a Chicago smoke prevention study with recommendations for downtown enforcement.
A comic verse recalls a burly thief entering a home through a window then clashing with furniture and a shuttered cupboard before being confronted by a sleeping father wielding a shotgun. The burglar, scared, yields with comic meekness as the man of the house calmly accuses and halts him.
A Woman of Gloom muses that Willie asked where the Nickel mountains are. She believed they were in the Himalayas, but he replied they are on the gas range. She jokes about abdication and letting him rule over the destinies of the household.
The speaker questions Jillian’s claimed wealth and recalls gifts from loving friends. They imply he values these presents more than anything, suggesting his wealth is performative while the gifts anchor his esteem among supporters.
A visitor asks why she is called the hen that laid the golden eggs. Uncle Jerry explains the name arose because she is the only one in the flock to lay during the late cold spell when egg prices were high.
A fragmented verse by Edward Singer laments fear of death and mocks delay as a cave voice imagines waking in paradise. The speaker insists on taking medicine, urging Lou to hurry and noting the need for relief now.
A compilation of clipped quotes notes Lafayette openness on Sundays from Crawfordsville Journal and Laporte Herald. Mentions a West Virginia girl walking in rain to marry and contrasts with future wood gathering in rain and snow. Political fights stir prison reform debates in Michigan City. Cecil Rhodes left substantial fortune. Baseball mentions Spalding and Temple at bat.
In Indianapolis the hotel industry has transformed with the city’s growth. The Bates house and Grand led early, Denison and English expanded, Spencer and Lorraine added rooms, and new family hotels appeared. Recent changes include English becoming first class, Denison’s new lease, the English grill, and Claypool hotel construction promising a decade of hotel demand.
A health note asserts several common tasks cannot be performed: standing still blindfolded for five minutes, standing with feet against wainscoting, crushing a sound egg between hands lengthwise, rising from a chair without forward bending, and breaking a match laid across finger joints, highlighting surprising limits of the body.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications as the disease resides in blood and constitutional balance. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces, not a quack medicine. It allegedly combines tonics and blood purifiers with testimonials and endorsements from physicians.
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