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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1902
Page
4
The Sun advises Indiana Republicans to nominate David Sherrick for state auditor as a rebuke to character assassination in politics. It condemns anonymous circulars that seek to destroy reputations and argues such attacks backfire and elevate the candidate assailed.
Julius A. Haag offers to take over all holdings and obligations of the Consumers gas trust company for 300000 to ease city operations. The Consumers company, now firmly controlled, resists losing its plant and pushes a stiff meter system bluff. The council should reject the bid and let municipal business return to normal.
The arrival of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks and Hon. Albert Wish ard spurs local intrigue as they dive into politics. The beef trust faces scrutiny amid calls for broader control of the food market. Kentucky curiosities, including a lake disappearance and a moonshiner arrest, add to the state’s odd mix of events.
The cityilah opposes a proposed law mandating natural gas meters, arguing there is no city role beyond resisting legislation in that direction.
The column mocks Carnegie’s wealth philosophy while critiquing public policy. It questions railroad elevation over grade crossings on Virginia Avenue, praises tempered justice with sense, and ridicules reform talk from Michigan City prison management to county party actions and bank holiday ideas.
A concise critique argues that legal delay harms trust life while a meter scheme declines, reflecting friction between judicial pace and regulatory innovation. Observers caution that sluggish law endangers financial reliability as the pricing framework wanes.
The Grand Rapids Press notes the president will not use the water cure on Gen Miles. The Detroit Free Press reports the Norwegian ministry has resigned. A Brooklyn father petitions commitment for his seven year old son, arguing he is incorrigibly bad, while Buffalo Times blames the父 for a child’s misbehavior.
A collage of broad opinions from Indiana newspapers touches on elections reform civil service and tariff views. It cites sentiment for delaying inauguration dates criticizes tax ideas on bread and praises airship competition while noting party unity and accountability in state politics.
A Washington Post roundup shows Representative Mahon recalling a West Virginia crowd heckling an imported speaker and a local orator. Senator Pettus jokes with Gen Wheeler about aging, while Secretary Hitchcock misnames Scott circle, and New York congressman Lessler emerges as a tiny but capable figure.
Fashion notes describe Japanese washauks in Roman stripes with white linen collars and lace braid. Silk coats suit travel while tan mohair automobile coats have brown silk details. Old rose linen outfits feature strapped edges, embroidery, and flared sleeves with a yoke and cravat. Hair ornaments include pearl netted combs and long chain pins for decorative styles.
The dialogue parodies dating and trust in courtship, with lines about a man’s notoriety from Apple Magazine, a barber quip about sharing clients while waiting, and a note mocking claims of Russian czar tyranny. It also mentions Prince Henry retreating into obscurity after lampooning Washington reaction.
A fragment from a narrative poem about Lizzie a stenographer and Henry Lee a businessman. The speaker recalls their gaze and lips as he dreams of her. Lizzie receives a letter and payment while he muses on why she left, still hearing her clickety sounds.
In a humorous scene at the museum a skeleton asks where the snake charmer is. The manager replies she and the bearded lady have gone to get married, returning shortly.
Uncle Hiram asks why one would travel to the Missouri hills. The laziest man in the village replies it is a case of starving no matter where, and he wants to be where neighbors do not meddle in his affairs.
A tragedian voices the idea that actors may form a trust someday. His friend, hopeful, fears higher prices could bar them from seeing performances. The pair acknowledge that the more they explore the trust concept the less terrifying it appears.
Foreman complains of too little material for the puzzle page. Editor Edward Singer nods to using one of Kipling's late poems to fill the slot.
The London Spectator prints a lyric fragment in which April is met on the way. The poem contrasts April's mood with changing weather and describes her hair, eyes, gown, and flowers. The speaker notes April's impact on the heart as she glides by in emerald and gray imagery.
The piece advises linen gowns on simple lines with exclusive embroidery as accents. It praises white shirts and belts, mock jewelry with turquoise pins, faux emeralds, and amethysts, plus small lace and vandykes decorations. The summer outfit, mostly white, suits all ages according to Philadelphia Telegraph.
Fashion writes about how to wear the artificial rose. Styles vary from very high like a toy crown to very low perched over the ear. The Miss Leiter look favors a low drooping pink poppy or red flower in light chiffon, creating a picturesque side of the head.
White pique tile stocks with a bow remain popular this season. The most attractive pieces feature an ecru lawn bow, sometimes visin or striped with a dark contrasting color, retaining the lively style seen last summer.
A large audience attended a drama under the Uniform Rank Knights of St George in South-side Turners Hall. A Crescent council of the Knights and Ladies of Columbia is formed in North Indianapolis with 127 members and plans councils in West Indianapolis and Irvington. D. M. Parry, head of the National Manufacturers Association, leaves for Cincinnati for a banquet and outlines policy on consular service reform. Freight activity in Indianapolis shows 27 518 cars received and forwarded in the week ending April 19, with 21 76 loaded. Belt transferred 19 989 cars. Indiana Medical College will graduate 750 students. Amherst president George Harri g will give the commencement address. Miss Eliza Herron’s relatives in Indiana sought by Montreal notary J M M Duff after her Montreal death on Feb 9. Her heirs have not claimed $2 903.86 in savings. Some Irish north-of-Ireland claimants mentioned.
The piece muses on aging, wisdom, marriage, safety, and belief. It contrasts first loves with lasting folly, notes the futility of forcing wind, and questions moral responsibility. It concludes that art is nature and good sense precedes and outlasts art.
Rev. Virgil W. Trevis of Fletcher place urged in a Sunday sermon that good citizenship starts with a desire for good government and a careful study of city problems, aiming to reduce lawlessness as the law-abiding community prospers. The Sixth Christian church at Elm and Priest streets was dedicated after remodeling costing 4500 dollars, with 8431 dollars raised. The First German Reformed Church marked its fiftieth anniversary with all-day services in Indianapolis.
An inexperienced furnisher erred by placing two reds of different tones in adjacent rooms. The hall should display a negative color such as buff or a muted self tone with a small broken figure to avoid strong contrast with the red in the dining room. If blue appears in the dining room, a yellow on the hall can help balance the scheme.
The program shows vaudeville at AMUSEMENTS GRAND with two acts at 2:15 and 8:15, and Empire Burlesque at 2 and 8. Black troubadours perform. Modern dramas hinge on grand scenic effects including a flood wave in Jerome, poor man, featuring Walter Perkins next season.
Leon Morris, a noted former Indianapolitan and acclaimed animal trainer, brings performing ponies to the Grand this week. Miss Artie Hall appears on the bill, while The Black Patti company headlines at Park in the week's first half. Rentz-Santley burlesque joins the lineup at the Empire, offering burlesque and vaudeville features, newly arrived in Indianapolis.
A New York Press quotation collection notes two pathways to advancement: rise above peers or see them fall behind. It ponders women's roles saying they wait first for marriage and children, then for those offspring to wed. The piece also questions a man's belief that marriage guarantees lasting love and warns the real challenge is sustaining it after marriage.
The article notes that the trolley system’s mechanical skill extends to home goods with curtain poles. New poles use a concealed groove attachment similar to trolley wheels, allowing smooth sliding with a simple touch and eliminating jerky catches.
Joseph F Laine of Flanagan Kentucky credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing years of dyspepsia. He says the remedy cleared his bowels, renewed energy, and made him feel like a new man, following other medicines that failed.
Capt and Mrs W E English returned from their farm Monday. St Marys of the Woods club meets Friday night at the English hotel. Mrs Charles H Broich elected president of the German house Ladies society. A French soiree by Mrs John M Shaw on April 29. Mr and Mrs John B Elam host dinner for Dr and Mrs Harris of Amherst College Thursday. Colonial fair by St Josephs church ladies opens Wednesday night. Calvin N Kendall hosts luncheon Saturday for Representative Sherman who will address the Grant anniversary meeting in the parish hall.
A vintage variation of baked apples named apples on the half shell. Slice bread rounds from half-pound baking powder can tops, butter, and line a pan. Pare core large apples, cut into inch thick rounds, place on each bread slice, sprinkle sugar, bake twenty minutes until tender and serve with cream.
J R Brady 58 died suddenly of apoplexy at home 605 E Twenty third St family found him dead on floor Funeral of Mrs William Paden who died Saturday night at W M Richards 1711 Bellefontaine St from pneumonia was held Monday Interment at Crown Hill Miss Ellen A McCarty 2619 W Walnut died Saturday after brief illness Mrs Cora Willitt 27 New York and Denny Sts died Sunday remains taken to Greenfield for burial Willitt formerly Miss Cora Martin of Greenfield Hood s Sarsaparilla advertised as spring medicine
The notice advertises $33.00 to California, Oregon and Washington with repeated pricing. Chicago and North-Western Ry offers daily service in March and April, $6.00 for berth in tourist car, personally conducted excursions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. An illustrated pamphlet is available on receipt of two cent stamp from S. A. Hutchison, manager, 212 Clark Street, Chicago.
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