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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1901
Page
4
A miscellaneous Indianapolis Sun page outlines business and editorial offices, subscriptions, and carrier rates. It then critiques the Indianapolis Press demise and the Sun’s survival, notes Pan-American exposition Sunday openings, and touches on Peck’s grown-up bad boy series and a department store price gripe. It ends with assorted tidbits about local college pranks, Rajah, Dom Paul, and a hotel sign.
The Sun notes rumors the street car firm discharges workers for union activity, argues such acts threaten public interest, and asserts unions protect both workers and the city. It warns of potential clashes if labor remains unorganized and condemns corporate efforts to keep employees subdued.
The street-car company, despite a long-term charter, faces ongoing attacks as efforts to throttle unionism provoke public dispute and friction within the community.
A muddled collage of anecdotes from a 19thcentury paper includes James Russell Lowell admiring a moonlit Cambridge night and a butcher joke about a slaughtering scheme. Other vignettes recount a German farmhand’s sudden marriage, Evarts’s quip about laurels, a New York settlement bath request, and Sam Rawson at a village meeting.
A collage of brief quotations from various papers criticizing officials and reflecting on international affairs. The Detroit News mocks Mayor Tom L. Johnson’s allies while the Detroit Free Press weighs Russia Japan and the German monarchy.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat honors Cassius M Clay who at 91 recalls a long anti slavery career from Kentucky legislation through Free Soil and the founding of the Republican Party. His life spans battles, political upheaval, and a changing nation as the republic grow.
After a fatal runaway on Washington Street the debate grows over adding pavement rings for horse hitching. Police and Supt. Quigley favor rings every 10 to 15 feet with grooves to hide them. Merchants warn rings invite lingering horse hitches and manure blocks. Opinions cite traffic, convenience, and street aesthetics across local businesses.
Council debates the plumbing inspector’s powers with Negley pushing passage and Perrott seeking committee referral. A vote splits 10 to 6 after tabled motions, while talks on swearing and ruling proceed amid tense exchanges. Budget actions include a 2000 appropriation for a contagious disease fund and a new shelter house grant.
The crowded town hall hears a dramatic performance as a villain menaces the crowd. A gun flash punctuates the scene while the crowd and stagecraft depict tension and fear under a chilly night breeze.
In a dialogue a citizen expects more war poetry as soldiers return from the Philippines. A cynic notes old phrases may not be used this time. Augustus explains he writes letters to fill his diary, prompting questions about writing more letters.
Edward Singer comments on May and Pearl comparing beauty and temper. May is praised for elegance and books but disliked for manners. Pearl is likened to Venus and described as outstanding, with strong looks and ahead of May.
Seven thousand people camp along Kiowa and Comanche borders awaiting entry permission for lands. Officials hear complaints about schemers selling supposed homestead lots as an estimate suggests only a fraction will win free lands.
The Buffalo News warns that if Bostock's vicious tiger has killed the shop proprietor, public sorrow may follow, yet emphasizes that Bostock has already received warnings about the dangerous animal.
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill making it unlawful to drink intoxicating liquor as a beverage unless the drinker pays an annual license. The measure targets drinkers statewide and sets licensing requirements for consumption.
The review notes Hilda Spong leads in Lady Huntworth's experiment to mixed effect with Jameson Lee Finney as the admiral drunkard. The program features Fan-Fan and LeRenard in a pathos filled tale, plus vaudeville acts by Bennett, Foy and Clark, and the Imperial Japanese troupe. Daily matinee and night shows.
A collection of light notices from Indiana papers mentions Aguinaldo visits, Indianapolis Zoo marvels, New England floods washing away imperial germs, soap rust stock jokes, shirt-waist fashion, residents in Kansas wheat harvest need, and political hints about Denny for mayor. It also notes Mrs. Potter Palmer slumming in Chicago, critique of Chicago address format, a Kentucky obituary timing error, and general editorial quips.
An old style drugstore ad touts Casca Candy Cathartic with mild effectiveness. Available through druggists for 10 25 or 50 cents, emphasizing pleasant scent and gentle relief.
Information announces two daily trains from Indianapolis over the Pennsylvania and Erie lines starting May 5. For details contact W. W. Richardson D. P. A. Indianapolis Indiana.
A note directs sending liners to the Denison house block at 109 East Uhlo Street. It mentions mailing a postal card or calling, with an amount of eighty dollars noted as new and old.
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