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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
4
The Indianapolis Sun lists old and new phone numbers and a six cent weekly carrier delivery in the city. It notes post office entry, business communications to the business manager, publication submissions to the editor, and advertising rates via the advertising department. It offers Sun forwarding rates to agents and terms for Newa dealers to stock THE SUN.
A harsh colonial-era critique denounces nagging wives as a universal nuisance. It argues nagging destroys marriage, mental well being, and family life, portraying the wife as a devilish source of ruin that cannot be eliminated. It warns that ingratitude and constant fault finding corrode love, leading to divorce and degraded homes.
President McGowan argues against separating the E Michigan streetcar from the stockyards line citing longer mileage to loop via Louisiana barns. He notes service would worsen as cars detour to stockyards and back, urging use of the downtown loop shared by other cars. Democrats hint at primaries to fund delegates for the congressional convention. Hearst plans a paper in Indianapolis and readers comment on Hearst headquarters.
Democratic city convention to be held in Bloomington on Friday night. Linton district miners refuse to return to work until a satisfactory agreement with operators is reached. A child drinks lye. burns severe but non fatal. Amateur chorus work praised. plans for permanent chorus at M E Church. Body of Sol D Prandt found after drowning in the Wabash at Logansport. Terre Haute prohibitionists nominate Brother Pierson for mayor. past incident cited. Coal operators threaten further negotiations until miners return to work. delegates urge return pending settlement. An unknown woman buys a $12 bank draft in Vincennes. forgery noted but no arrest. George Burrrett, Big Four brakeman, fatally stabbed at New Point after altercation aboard a freight train. Martin of South Bend, aged over 10, plays a silver flute once owned by Tor Holliday. entrusted to Mrs Haddock for passage to a worthy owner. John J Burroughs, Panhandle fireman, sues for $1000 claiming arm lopped off after accident in Nevada in 1902.
Fragmentary text mentions students, locations, and partial names with numerous garbled terms. no coherent event or clear entities to identify a definite story or outcome.
The column lists vaudeville and burlesque showtimes at multiple houses, notes Yeage’s return with 50 concerts under R E Johnston, plans for Parsifal in Boston, and Cecelia Loftus’s Europe trip to discuss a new play. It also reports on Cecelia Loftus, Minnié Monk’s death, Nay Robson joining Century, and Ha drew crowds at Mansfield engagements. also mentions plans by Mrs. Langtry and Lulu Glaser contracts and other Broadway notes.
A humorous recount with a Greek tale frame where a ring bout features Ulyasea parading a velvet bundle while Potts handles the chalk. The players joke about a wooden horse ruse and a supposed schoolish ringer, taunting the audience with comic overtones and playful misdirections.
In a cozy scene Vinton shares a quiet moment with Eleanor and Margaret Trades while Toodles, a small child, insists on a tale where a poor prince woos the princess with a diamond ring. The exchange reveals family warmth, a playful dynamic, and a shift to domestic topics like kitchenware and aluminum innovations in cookware.
Neighbor accounts describe Mrs. Theodore Terry appearing in a soft gray rain coat with a monetary cape and metal buttons as she walks up the front walk. The witnesses recall the coat’s cut, belt, and large sleeves, noting a feared rad on her collar and a simple gray hat with velvet knot accents.
Instructions detail removing buttons and chiekis, washing in cold water with Rand soap, avoid heat to preserve color, prepare starch paste from powdered starch, starch collar and cuffs, rinse and air dry, iron warm enough to smooth starch without fading color, with guidance on gas pipes and proportions.
A new gas stove claims to save labor and gas for housekeepers, resembling its old cousin but with distinct features. The unit shows regulation numbers at the top, arranged for simple disassembly and easy crane handling during setup.
A scene of idle dreamers and a city water craving shows a stylish young man in a new suit, examined by a moneyed businessman. Dialogue touches on books, profit, and a fleeting sense of opportunity as a supposed magazine’s appeal is debated amidst a comic, urban mood. Edward Singer is referenced in the closing line.
A report notes John Oliver Hobbes published a new England novel titled The Vine Yard rich with epigrams. It cites passages on love, marriage, wealth, and modern business, followed by a Des Moines, Iowa item about the Illinois pardon vote for Sarah Kuhn in a murder case.
The Indiana Trust Go offers safety and security of principal and interest with a 3 percent rate compounded semi annually. Interest paid May and November 1st on a capital base of $1,000,000.
In York Pennsylvania on a Wednesday night a carriage factory fire led to the wall collapse that killed three firemen. The dead were Patrick Bultziiver Horace Etring and Soloman Strubinger. Three other firefighters were badly injured.
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