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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented Indiana themed column praises the state’s resources and crops, notes powerful manufacturing and minerals, while lampooning the beef trust injunctions and Oxford Rhodes scholarships quarreling. It comments on city governance, casino tolerance, and a busy laundry season.
A collection of humorous or pointed lines from Indiana newspapers praises or teases public figures and events. Notable items mention Pierpont Morgan as American through and through, calls to vaccinate, earthquake ballooning for Pacific coast travelers, and mockery of Indiana literary men while musing on Riley and Tarkington for national roles.
The excerpt surveys press commentary on a Texas Democratic convention that failed to nominate, the Beaton Christian Scientists challenging doctors over smallpox treatment, a publicity race between Richard Carvel Churchill and Booth Tarkington, and Newark requiring automobile owner details and registration numbers on cars to aid identification as a public safety measure.
Dr and Mrs George Coughlen head to California. Mr and Mrs C Gardner depart for California Monday. Mrs John N Hurty and Miss Anne Hurty plan Mackinac trip Wednesday. Mrs Fannie Sims of Chicago visits her mother at 5245 Christ. Invitations are out for Zenas W Carter of Indianapolis and Miss Charlotte Engle of Kokomo. Amy Mrs Latte Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Luft host Queen Esther auxiliary Friday at 1615 College Ave. Mrs Harvey E Hemphill and Mrs John E Purdue travel to Noblesville Wednesday for a family reunion with their mother Mrs Jas Q Moor. Miss Dora Craft of 523 Drake St vacations in Atlantic City with Mrs Dwelle and will return mid August.
John W. Minor Jr is promoted within the insurance field moving from Indianapolis to Denver to join the Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico bureau. The piece notes the appointment as a good job and mentions ongoing discussions among state and special agents about new schedules, with higher rates on old and unsafe buildings. It also reports Indiana state banks held 29.75 million dollars in mid July, the largest banking activity to date, and notes Eugene Berry was arrested for an $800 jewelry store robbery after informing police.
Otho Marble and wife sue Mr and Mrs Harry Godfrey and Detectives Jere Kinney and John Morgan for $5,000 damages alleging humiliation when detectives searched their home for stolen jewelry and found none. Also reporting Judge Stubbs heard a case against Joseph Flack of Indianapolis creamery for selling weak milk with defense citing contract allowing skimmed milk before delivery.
A wandering ventriloquist, penniless, visits a Philadelphia saloon with a dog that speaks. The dog orders a ham sandwich, prompting the German proprietor to consider a loan of fifty dollars in exchange for the dog. The duo parts with a promise to return the money, and the ventriloquist departs, leaving the dog behind.
A collection of brief, dated quotes and witticisms from various papers. The snippets feature a tourist remark about Arizonas cemetery, hotel pricing curves, a press agent bargain, Miss Gadsbys gown, social exchanges, a cricket season remark, and a doctors heroic treatment line.
The piece notes summer undergarment trends with thin fabrics like Batiste and lawn, straight cut chemises with minimal sleeves, and sheer lawn sets described as affordable. It also gives care tips for silk stockings, praises white China silk underwear, and mentions 27 inch drawer lengths and current fashion preferences.
A Baltimore Herald verse piece extols Miss Summer as a beach and court temptress. A tan cheeked maid in bathing suit wades, plays tennis, and charms with a guitar serenade under moonlight, blending sport and amorous whimsy in a sunlit scene.
A vintage method describes a dessert using a sunshine angel food loaf inverted with a hollow center, filled with firm vanilla ice cream, then served in slices. An alternate method scoops frozen cream into a hollowed angel food cake, caps it, dusts with sugar, and decorates with candied cherries.
A physical culture note extols upright stair climbing with weight on the ball of the foot and no waist bend. The piece shifts to social commentary, arguing critics misunderstand people and that problems lie in fiction and idle minds. It remarks on women, jealousy, and marital dynamics.
Instructions outline choosing chicken and pastry, with tips for optimal filling. Focuses on selecting quality ingredients, seasoning, and cooking methods to craft a satisfying chicken pasty.
Charles Curtis of Topeka seeks a senate seat and has Indian heritage. Rev. Dr. Hale enjoys Mantunuck life at 81, noting life is five miles from a doorbell. Conan Doyle earned 7000 from a war pamphlet and funded a South African scholarship at Edinburgh. Miss Jeannie Gowir reportedly revived Paris consul salon, praised by French women. Bill Brown, Kansas populist leader, urged to run again for legislature after fame as railroad committee chair.
Caution against mercurial catarrh treatments and urges use of Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo firm Fd Cheney Co. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Ad warns buyers to verify genuineness and notes price per bottle and accompanying pills.
Charles Anderson aged 66, a Civil War veteran of the Seventy-ninth Indiana volunteers, died Monday night at his home 628 East Thirteenth Street. The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the house. Isaac Van Ness Sutphin, president of the Beveridge paper company, died Sunday night in Boulder Colorado. his Cincinnati home is cited. 8 B Sutphin of Indianapolis is a son.
The Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson tells a tale of preaching in a small western town where an organist asks about the sermon subject. After he outlines it the service proceeds and the choir ends with the plaintive line Sometime, sometime we'll understand. The joke pivots on the preacher himself.
A series of wry reflections on gender and public life. It notes that a wooden leg is like an constitution amendment and a one armed man plays a lone hand. It also jokes that a wife imagines her husband would stay single without her, and that public life offers little pleasure.
Collects revenues, rents and manages all real estate matters. Acts as custodian of wills and escrow receipts. Provides complimentary consults on trust affairs. Closed Saturday afternoon.
The text touts Texas and Louisiana rice farming as a path to prosperity for settlers. It cites $20,000,000 added wealth from rice and inviting land at low prices. Readers are urged to mail two cents for a Rice Book or ten cents for a Rice Cook Book via Southern Pacific agents or W H Connor in Cincinnati.
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