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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
4
The Sun Bulldog offices are at 1125 East Ohio Street with editorial rooms on the 1st floor and a business office at 100 E. Ohio Street. Subscribers may receive six cents per week by carrier and rates vary for outside and inside city delivery with six months at $1.50 and $3.00 per year.
City leaders and residents push for a strict building law in Indianapolis to halt flimsy, dangerous structures. The plan calls for tougher inspection by the fire department, watchmen, safer exits, and clear tenant notices to curb risky new builds and protect occupants.
The Anderson editor hints at a lasting grudge against Gov Durbin and calls for new bridges across the White river to replace dangerous current structures. The piece questions whether the Sentinel will explain the so called whack system.
Mrs A M Sweeney visits Jasper parents. Deboniar club hosts final Brenneke’s dance Friday. Mr and Mrs Charles Wright host card club ending season. Rev T J Villers speaks to Muncie Woman’s Baptist Missionary Society. Ida Weber and Charles Rink to wed May 8. Carrie Chapman Catt to visit Mrs O L Wade late May. Gardner hosts 15th anniversary card party at 1912 W Washington. Townley Erwin wedding at bride’s home 968 N Meridian St. pink rose decor, bridal party present. A Chicago crank threatens Mrs Kate M Boyd who leads anti vice crusade.
Amusements note Lincoln J. Carters Down Mobile at the Park with a brisk action and a dramatic fire scene. Stuart Robson engagement draws big crowds, alongside a revival of She Stoops to Conquer with Eleanor Barry. Grand Theatre features include Miss Mary Norman and a slate of comedians, dancers, and musical acts. Mrs Leslie Carters Zaza seats went on sale.
A fragmented newspaper fragment presents a mix of verses and humorous vignettes. It references Blondering Jimmy Joseph Snow Mrs Snow and a farm wagon scene with a tax assessor and mentions Millicent Stella and Miss Simplex in short humorous exchanges. Edward Singer is named.
A collection of brief notes from various papers mentions a sharp comment on Gov. Durbin and a quip about Grover Cleveland turning to the newspaper field. Other items note Oklahoma rushes, a Yen loan in Japan, and a hospital stitch in St. Louis with a grim pun on broken hearts.
A local note announces that a back beer is on sale today in all top saloons. Advertised as absolutely pure and brewed from malt and hops only, it invites patrons to try it as an invigorating beverage.
A fragment notes rcan financiers about to loan Joh Mull more money to buy American mules per Topeka State Journal. The piece references President Kruger’s “I told you so” look on British budget coverage in the Minneapolis Times.
After four decades in hotel service T J Cullen retires from the Denison. A known figure in the state, he began at the Lahr house in Lafayette and moved to the Grand hotel in Indianapolis in 1875. He led the Denison from 1891, with only three houses in his long career.
George Batchelder chief deputy to the supreme court clerk woke Tuesday morning to breaking glass and a strong chloroform odor. He searched the house and discovered a shelf of bottles in the bathroom, signaling the failed attempt and close escape from suffocation.
Police are looking for Emma Ott age 18 who wandered from her sister Mrs. Anderson’s home at 448 South Alabama Street last Monday. She is five feet nine inches tall with dark hair and eyes, about 145 pounds, and wore a red shirt waist, black skirt and a hat trimmed in pink.
A local notice states that the bdck beer is on sale today in all the leading saloons. The brief promotes availability across venues and highlights current pricing and accessibility for customers.
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