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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
4
The Sun lists subscription rates and a request for readers to notify the office if they do not receive the paper regularly. It shows city yearly and six month advance prices and provides a telephone contact for updates.
The letter argues against a flat bicycle tax arguing it targets the poor and harms streets more than bicycles. It criticizes street conditions worsened by wagons and presses for equity in taxation and better urban maintenance. It also notes a stance by the Street Railway Union favoring constructive unionism and warns against radical proposals.
Marion county council discusses adopting voting machines to replace ballots. Proponents claim machines curb corruption and prevent miscounting, while concerns focus on cost and implementation.
The article notes Democrats avoiding a weak nominee against Admiral Dewey and mocks Republican opposition. It also mentions a garroting incident in Puerto Rico under Uncle Sam's auspices, implying victims bear the tariff burden while Dewey may withdraw from the race shortly.
A fragment from a literary piece recalls childhood pain from a sulfur medicine and a mother’s restraint. The piece blends rural memory with sharp, shifting vignettes including family scenes, urban characters, and political verse about Dom Paul Kruger and the Boer War, capturing a satirical, varied mood.
A survey of inventions includes a fire escape window chamber using interior iron shutters to form a smokeproof refuge, a telephone call notifier by John M. Sailer, automated inset advertising in periodicals, a navy scrubber on wheels, hollow cement blocks for warm fireproof houses, a running clock in Cabery Illinois, a tea preservation coating, a magnet based switch mechanism, and a collapsible fly proof dish cover.
Letters excerpted from multiple papers critique the Dewey presidential candidacy and naval heroism. Editors dispute motives, partisan influence, and public perception while praising Mantua Bay heroism and calling for measured response to Dewey’s rising status.
Claude G. Bowers, a 20 year old Indiana native, dazzled a Lebanon Democratic banquet with a speech likened to Beveridge and Bryan. Despite being five years under the House age limit, guests nominated him for Congress against Overstreet in Indianapolis, with jokes about hypnotic oratory and a beverages committee expense hint.
New York April 11 Tom Johnson plans quick European trip with Al Cook after English trolley property. He says he will not be Bryan's running mate nor Dewey's either.
It is reported that a band of armed kaffirs left Mafeking on April 5 and broke through burghers lines. They were pursued, surrounded, and stormed. 31 kaffirs were killed. The incident reflects ongoing hostilities in the region. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is praised for piles and skin diseases, with warnings about counterfeits from druggists.
An old advertisement touts Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhoea. The product is priced at twenty five cents.
A fragment notes a business lunch service labeled Our Business Lunch served in the afternoon. It mentions ladies’ lunch on the second floor at or near Peart Street and an Ormente location.
The article chronicles Alexander McDonald, a Nova Scotia born lumberman who becomes a Klondike millionaire by buying Gipson claims, notably turning El Dorado creek finds into about two to three million dollars. It also mentions notable figures including J. Schabelitz, Count von Arnim, Artemus Ward, Horace Greeley, Mary Young Cheney, and former Gov. Bradbury with short anecdotes.
A collage of editorials and satirical remarks from Indiana and nearby states. Comments reference Sapho in theaters, songs, political figures, spring bed makers in Chicago, and local governance critiques tied to Mount and Indianapolis track elevation schemes.
In Brownsville Tennessee on April 11 a mob seized Will Matthews the Black man who shot and killed Officer Nash Sunday night. Matthews was captured Monday night as authorities reported the incident. The report notes mob action and the ongoing pursuit of justice in this violent case.
Bicycle patrolman Ed Bray fell Sunday and cut his right knee. He bound the wound with a handkerchief and felt fine at first. By Tuesday the pain increased and he sought medical dressing at the dispensary.
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