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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
4
The clipping shows office addresses for The Sun including business office at 109 Ohio Street and editorial rooms in the Journal Building. It lists subscription rates outside the city six months 1.50, per month two, per year 3.00, and requests readers to notify the office if delivery lapses.
In Indianapolis Royal Hammer, a noted lottery broker, was acquitted in police court. Commentators question the legal standards and the authorities handling lottery prosecutions, noting systemic red tape and inconsistent judgments.
The city inspector urges lighting and watchman enforcement for air flats in Indianapolis to reduce fire and smoke dangers. He calls for building inspections and mandatory safety measures in cheaper constructions, arguing tenants should be informed of risks. A widening push for stricter future flat construction laws follows.
The speaker doubts Mr. Taggart can improve finances, wondering if re-election would help or worsen the economic plight. The remark emphasizes uncertainty about whether leadership would extricate or deepen the crisis.
The article notes a new electric road will reach Indianapolis with Martinsville and Mooresville as beneficiaries at the far end. It highlights the city’s welcoming stance while indicating the project runs through a rich farming belt. It also references local political figures and debates surrounding urban transit.
A verse portraits a young singer who once wore her mother’s skirt and acted like a queenly woman now aged twenty and seen as wild. The speaker notes her evolving style with a shorter skirt and playful childlike theatrics.
The Ordinary Man argues appearances can mislead while the Cynical Observer counters that outward looks do not reveal intellect. The exchange centers on judging character beyond looks.
In a flooded Ohio valley district a crowd gathers around a gibbering former temperance advocate on a raft. He cries about ballots and heaven before a tree branch in the current strikes and kills him, silencing his final warning.
A Highland chieftain orders the boatman to row him across and promises a hundred pounds. The boatman agrees, but the chief then beats Scotty, leaving his hide blue and black, in a harsh tale of coercion at the ferry.
Edward Singer recalls a vaudeville act last night featuring a song and dance performer wearing a new pair of clogs. The remark riffs on novelty in street entertainment and the performer’s footwear as a light comic highlight.
A collage of opinions on crime in Hiawatha Kansas taxes in England and Cuba annexation by Britain and US politics. Notable lines reference Carrie Nation crisis taxation and political office hunting with varied newspaper takes from New York Detroit Denver Atlanta and Detroit.
A compilation of editorials from multiple papers lampooning national and local politics. Headlines joke about voting principles versus prejudice and reflect on war, industry, and leadership figures with wry commentary.
Jay Cooke, the boy evangelist, expands his audience with rising attendance each night. He may move to Tomlinson Hall to accommodate larger crowds and field questions. He delivers a fine address with text chosen for him.
A May Success profile by Ferdinand Cowle Iglehart portrays Benjamin Harrison as a brilliant lawyer and orator with even, disciplined intellect. It notes his social reserve masking warmth, his political limitations, and a poignant anecdote about President Harrison and Senator Edmunds revealing a tender heart.
Walter Landis of the Porto Rican postal service returns to Indiana. The Indianapolis missionary social union met at Central Christian church. J. L. Paterson, Indianapolis pioneer, dies. A diffiranchisement case reaches the supreme court. Army recruiting teams depart for the gas belt. Measles, scarlet fever and other epidemics reported with death tallies for January to March. A grand gymnastic exhibition by the Independent Turnverein is announced. Local concerts by the Maennerchor conclude season. Elderly Sarah Cissne found wandering and claims mistreatment by a nephew seeking $2900. Multiple legal actions and business plans surface including a new edged-tool factory in Marion and a piano factory plant proposed for Indianapolis.
The McCormick harvester company broke ground Wednesday for a new warehouse at S Capitol Ave and Mobile St. The brick building will be four or five stories with stonerimings, 120 feet frontage on Mobile and 70 on Capitol. The design fronts a Chicago Auditorium architect, modern style, with a track into the building. Land cost about $5000, total project around $40,000, contract let soon, finish planned for September.
English's will reopen Saturday for a revival of She Stoops to Conquer with Stuart Robson as Tony Lumpkin and Eleanor Barry as leading lady. Mrs Les Lec Carter appears in Zaza next Wednesday and Thursday. Derenda and Breen perform a notable Indian club act, while The Park features the Carter melodrama Down Mobile at week’s end.
A well dressed youth handed circulars at Market and Pennsylvania streets urging shoppers to avoid Indianapolis tailors who refuse union prices. The pamphlet names tailors who use the union label and deserve patronage and is signed by F DeJulio and W A Landgraf of the tailors union and John L Feltman and Harry Slough of the Central Labor Union.
An 19th century ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure to expel germs from the blood. The copy urges readers to cleanse impurities to strengthen the body and ward off illness during a vulnerable time.
Special low rate colonist tickets to California available from February 12 and every Tuesday through April 30 via the Ogden and Sunset routes. From Chicago 30 dollars, from St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans 2750, from Omaha Kansas City and others via to California. Details at 238 Clark Street Chicago or Chamber Commerce Building Cincinnati.
One dollar fare for a Sunday excursion from Union Station at 4:00 a.m. to Ft Wayne return by 7:00 p.m. via Lake Erie & Western R. Auspices German Lutheran Churches. Tickets at city office 288 Illinois St Union Station or Massachusetts Ave depot.
Cincinnati and return for 1.25 dollars via C H and D. The special fast train leaves Union Station at 7:15 am on Sunday April 28, stopping only at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Return departs Cincinnati at 6:30 pm.
Officials address W. W. Richardson Indianapolis Indiana to learn about attractions of the Pan American exposition and the Akron route to Buffalo with through passenger service twice daily from Indianapolis and other points via Columbus and Akron on the Pennsylvania and Erie lines.
At the Sun's temporary office in the Denison house block at 109 East Ohio Street, a contact number 830 is listed for new and old customers.
The Sun prints a cryptic exhortation about profits tied to exclusive liners guarding the seventh gate. The phrase invites contemplation of value and access within an esoteric framework.
In Pekin on April 25 an international force of 800 men under Col. Radford killed fifty Chinese robbers near Shan-Hai-Kwan. Six soldiers were killed on the international side. The body of Maj. Browning of the Indian force was recovered. Chinese and many foreigners protest German coercion that compels Chinese to aid in carrying army scavengers and forced labor.
A fragment highlights appealing and potentially profitable chances featured on the Sun's seventh page. The note emphasizes availability and ease of access for readers seeking new ventures.
The Sun's temporary office is in the Denison House block at 1% E Ghio Bend liners. A postal card prompts a telephone contact at 80 for new and old residents.
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