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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1900
Page
4
A terse publication notice outlines subscription terms with rates in advance. It mentions business manager and editor responsibilities and lists monthly and yearly payment amounts, indicating renewal timing and publication finances.
Commentary argues for a salvage corps and stronger fire controls in Austin Texas. The piece lauds prompt access to burning structures, criticizes weak municipal safeguards, and notes political shifts and court actions affecting policy. It references Dewey Bryan Quay Beckham and a foreign attack context.
A collage of dialogues and verses recounts flirtatious vanity in a scene with a queen of beauty, a sharp reply about a dog, and a wary take on politics and prizefights. Interwoven are weather verses and quips about autos and luck, all in a dated lighthearted tone.
In Elkhart and Evansville news, Mrs. Sterling R. Holt invites April 19, while Mrs. Melissa Blodgett plans an April gathering for Queen Esther auxiliary. Mrs. Helen Levison hosts Tuesday at 620 E Market. A Sixth Christian church social is set for Wednesday at G R Parsons home. J Q Hicks hosts Up-to-date cinch club Tuesday for their twenty eighth anniversary. Eva Rice and Charles McCutchen wed Saturday at the bride’s home. Tillie Rice and Edward Harris wed in Chicago. Georgia Carpenter and Thomas Winfrey secretly married in Jeffersonville last Thursday. they are step-siblings with Winfrey as an heiress in her own right.
Sunday pulpit echoes report Rev C C Lasby of the Central avenue M E church discusses mission churches versus self sustaining churches. Bishop Francis of St Pauls comments on why Jews rejected the Saviour citing unbelief, fear, and satisfaction with life. Lasby also preaches on The church and the theater praising Ben Hur stage success as a sign for drama’s future.
Quo Vadis draws crowds as stock company shows spark chatter. The belle of New York arrives Friday at English's. Park stages Humpty Dumpty all week. Mansfield seat sale opens Thursday and Julia Marlowe sale Friday.
Ben Jackson, a well known conductor with the street car company for years, was seriously ill at his home at 1527 Garfield Place but is reported to be somewhat improved. He has run the Central Ave line for many years.
A New York Journal opinion piece denounces the phrase emotional insanity and the label degenerate as excuses for murder. It argues genuine responsibility lies in choice, not excuses, and warns against normalizing degeneracy through rhetoric.
Collier s Weekly and Boston Journal recount anecdotes about historical and literary figures. Bismarck and Moltke share a cigars moment during Konigeratz, Forrest answers with a sharp retort, Mme Eames faces heaven’s gate remark, Carlyle’s museum tale, Harvard president at a New York restaurant, and Louisa May Alcott’s publishing anecdote.
The state committee met at the Grand Hotel for a lengthy session that resumed Sunday morning after Saturday adjournment. John G. Shanklin of Evansville urged reaffirming the Chicago platform and nominating Bryan, with all parties agreeing. Sleeper cars offered for Kansas City convention travel, while Reichwein's hall formed a Reich Democracy branch led by C. A. Husman as chair.
A compilation of newspaper quips about political names and potential running mates. The Chicago Record, Detroit Free Press, Topeka Journal and New York Evening Sun weigh in on Sen Davis, Dewey, and two forgotten predecessors Augustus Van Wyck and Richard Olney.
Patrons press for clarity as restaurant keepers anticipate a ten percent rise in prices this week based on unclear reports. Officials have not confirmed the change and customers seek details on affected items.
A collage of editorial quips from Indiana papers lampoons Dewey Bryan McKinley and others. Jokes touch open door policy, war and peace, Goats and records, and party tactics across towns like Knightstown Lafayette Greenfield Indianapolis Goshen and Columbus.
A testimonial ad proclaims One Minute Cough Cure stops a cough and cures cold faster than any medicine. The writer C W Williams of Sterling Pennsylvania claims it treats croup bronchitis throat and lung troubles and offers it at 1 cent. The copy reads as a typical late 19th century patent medicine pitch.
Elbert Hubbard to lecture at the Propylaeum on Roycroft work. Supreme court hears city suit over discharge of policemen and firemen. Railroads handled 29 274 cars last week with 22 807 loaded, a historical low high. Chas Brondell sues United States Express for 10 000 after horse injury at Ohio and Illinois streets. Hope circle sells old rubber to fund a Door of Hope nursery. Isabella E Spewell 72 dies. member of First Spiritualistic Church born in Switzerland county moved to Indianapolis in 1859. Eden Conaty 80 dies at 529 N Liberty. funeral at St Josephs church. Rummage sale by Girls Industrial School opens Tuesday. gas and telephones donated, merchants generous. Felmaro Kebota speaks at Y M C A on Japan and credits American missionaries. William N Jackson, railroad pioneer, fainted at Second Presbyterian service, recovers strength. Emma Fredericks to be kept at Rescue Mission with baby unsafe to separate. grand jury pending. Sheriff declines to remove her until then.
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