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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
4
The Sun notes second class matter status and delivery by carrier with six cent weekly rates. It lists subscription prices outside the city by year, six months and month, and provides advertising contact figures and office addresses in Indianapolis.
If you fail to receive The Sun regularly please notify this office at telephone 880 or send a postal to The Sun. This notice urges timely contact to ensure continued delivery.
The piece catalogues how both parties wage fear campaigns in Indiana, depicting Republicans warning of disaster under free silver and Democrats ranting about yellow journalism and deflation. It condemns sensationalism, cites Chas Drum mond as a key Democratic attorney general candidate, and urges voters to see through empty demagoguery.
A reflective column traces how old political issues reappear in new campaigns. It notes tariff and money questions resurfacing, Imperialism used against Lincoln and McKinley, and the Democrats comparing Bryan to Lincoln while praising him anew. The piece comments on media spin and public gullibility.
The obituary lauds John J. Ingalls as a fearless reformer and ardent writer. It notes his impact on national politics, his vitriolic style, and his lingering memory among allies and rivals. It mentions his last writings in the Saturday Evening Post and contrasts anti imperialist ties with Indianapolis political talk.
Readable anecdotes recount Payson Tucker stacking bricks at Maine Central station and Moody in meetings with pointed retorts. Churchill and a major clash over a hospital tale underscores sharp wit, while tributes note Lucius I. Chittenden’s death and Adams’ London mission turning on a secret financier.
Public health ad touts Cascarets Caly Cathartic as a pleasant modern laxative. Text promotes easy digestion and regularity with a catchy slogan. Product appears in a drugstore context with price reference.
A curio of verse and prose pieces recalling Pleasure City and its idle era ends with a chorus on work, fame, and a flashy parade. A comic vignette shows a shirtless young man and his companion facing a waiter’s quip as they seek lunch.
Mrs T A Hendricks will go abroad next week for a short trip. Mr and Mrs W E English occupy a cottage at New London Conn. Mrs J Stalnaker is home from Columbus Ohio. Mrs Isabelle McElhennen of the public library will go to Petoskey Monday with an Indianapolis party. Misses Lois and Ruth Pratt will go abroad with their aunt Mrs Smith to spend the winter in Paris. Miss Clara O Neal and Miss Caroline Hadley of Obiesville visit Misses Anna and Josephine Evans who will entertain for them Wednesday.
Fast Express Steamers to Paris. Secure accommodation now through the Atlantic Steamship agency. P Pfisterer, agent, 26 Virginia-ave. Tel 1961.
Fast special train departs Indianapolis at 8:00 a m and stops Greencastle and Brazil for Terre Haute arrival at 10:00 a m Returning train leaves Terre Haute at 7:36 p m with stops at all intermediate stations on August 19th.
A compilation notes William J. Bryan following his father’s path, Kruger said to surrender but urged to be captured, Gov Roosevelt to tour Kentucky with speeches, Democrats discussed night riders as a counter to rough riders, federal appropriations noted at 3710,000,000 yearly, Neely case delayed until September to avoid election embarrassment.
A collection of editorial quips from various papers noting political stances and viewpoints. Comments include Indiana policy talk, an eastern view of negotiation, Hon. Thomas B. Reed’s McKinley enthusiasm, employment views on city work applications, Maj. Rathbone’s Havana threat affecting the Republican Party, and Neely’s extradition timing around elections.
The piece mocks Indianapolis as the political center and urges sympathy and subscriptions to support the third party anti imperialists and crank congress leaders Gamaliel Bradford and Erving Winslow. It also promotes Blood Bitters as a cure for a lazy liver.
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