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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1901
Page
4
The Sun reflects on its own history and standing in Indianapolis, praising its status as a long established newspaper and warning against experimental rivals. It urges readers to trust the paper and notes local issues with the streetcar company, union rights, and charity work, predicting stable leadership.
The article discusses straw-board firms seeking Board of Health approval to dump refuse into rivers, noting the board has the legal right but should act cautiously. It also reports a carpenters’ strike ending with a 20 cent per hour raise, praising the victory and warning street car officials to respect union rights, while questioning underground trolley feasibility within the mile square.
The postmaster general orders mail carriers to wear gray shirt waists and belts during hot weather with uniform shirts in each office. The plan could create about 2,200 new positions and 6,500 promotions nationwide. Average pay for clerks in lower grades may rise by about $100.
The Northwestern will leave South Chicago April 24 for Hamburg, aiming to cut freight handling in Chicago and speed shipments to Europe. If successful, a 23 day voyage and 60 day round trips could transform regional trade, with Chicago as home harbor and future canal prospects discussed by Chas. Counselman & Co. executives.
The Hustling Spirit contrasts old German inns with American inns noting time to relax. A shadow asks the query editor Tam if cane can be raised in northern states and suggests chickens raising Cain, then vanishes before a strike.
Capt. M. F. Steele argues in the Army and Navy Journal for attaching dogs to units to act as scouts in tropical jungle ambushes. He cites his dog Dane’s success on campaigns, noting dogs’ keen scenting abilities and improved escort duty.
unsigned lines from the Podunk Times appear on a Washington street hotel counter. The lines ponder why some men eat angel food and question names. Life Burlap has recovered from delirium tremens enough to be out, but later reports say Life is coming up the street paralyzed.
Fowler's Mills in Milford, owned by the Fowler family since 1640, passed to George M. Gunn. The 260 year old mill, Connecticut's first grist mill and site of the colony's first sawmill, will be torn down but its race and sluice will stay, to power a turbine and light Bridgeport's town.
A reflective line from Edward Singer urges resilience as spring rain gives way to blooming May flowers, implying renewal after hardship and a hopeful outlook for the coming season.
The excerpt quotes editorial quips on punishment and public sentiment. It references Georgia practices of lethal retaliation, mentions steel plant sales, and notes reactions to J Pierpont Morgan and the Kaiser in Germany.
Chiquita the midget appears at the Zoo in English's with her manager watching Frohman’s comedians. Jonnstone Bennett draws crowds at the Grand as a five character vaudeville act. Dalys’ dancing is popular. Creston Clarke begins a brief engagement at English's with The Bells, then David Garrick. Sis Hopkins stars later in the week as Rose Melville.
Albert Edward York, claiming royal kin to Edward VII, dozes on hay in a Alameda barn. A billygoat belonging to Mrs Bernlochner eats Yorks whiskers, leaving only a short beard. York threatens damages while the goat remains silent.
The court ruled that voluntary intoxication is not an excuse for crime but may be considered when determining intent in the John Booker v. state case.
John Baggs, 54, died at the poor farm Tuesday from several diseases after working at a bicycle factory in West Indianapolis. Funeral for John Campbell, a county pioneer, was held Wednesday at the Christian church in Clermont with interment in Union cemetery. Miss Mary Flaherty of 534 Abbott Street died Tuesday from consumption. funeral at St. John's Catholic Church and Holy Cross vault burial. Judge J. J. Hayden, 80, gravely ill in Washington after a brain hemorrhage. previously appointed to the post office department. Gov. J. K. Toole of Montana and a delegation visited the city to inspect state capitol fitting for their new capitol. they stayed at the Grand. Henry Sitel of Union Trust spoke on savings at First Baptist Church Tuesday, closing a Yoke Fellows lecture series.
A Minneapolis Times item notes an Indianapolis incident prompting debate on whether Bengal tigers rogue elephants and lions that kill a man occasionally should be kept. The piece questions safety and policy implications.
Illinois municipal elections held Tuesday produced Republican wins in Centralia Danville Bloomington Jacksonville Joliet Evanston and Woodstock. Democrats carried Pears Aurora and Kanehee. Independents won in Alton Decatur Monmouth and Rockford.
The Denver Post reports in a playful Indiana observatory that two Perry county families named Day and Sunday are neighbors. Day has seven daughters, Sunday seven sons, five Days married Sundays, and another engaged to a Sunday, suggesting every Day will be Sunday by and by.
The Pennsylvania Water Company files a detailed trade mark description for its Tuckahoe Lithia Water bottles. The description includes a wreath design with crossed stems, the words Trade mark Health, a gauntlet holding a torch, and encircling text Tuckahoe Lithia Water, certified by Marion County Indiana clerk George B. Elliott on April 9 1901.
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