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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
4
Announcement lists second-class matter status and subscription prices Outside city rates 3.00 annually 1.50 for six months and monthly 0.50 plus mentions telephone lines for editorial rooms and business office notes.
An editorial chides the Red Cross auxiliary for choosing an improper drop site for Porto Rico fund subscriptions and goods. It urges using the lecture hall of the university in Tron’s Alley to spur public donations and capitalize on past patriotic campaigns.
A critical column denounces rising taxes without rate cuts, blaming growing officialdom for waste and slow courts. It highlights Indiana county treasurer earnings, calls for salary parity with private work, and notes political meddling affecting public services and commissions.
A collection of vignettes recalls frontier exploits with Gen. Crook and Apache youths, a New York insurance romance, Washington bicycle stables in the Treasury, a Shropshire visitor’s bottle making lesson, and entertaining quirks of everyday behavior.
J B Turner former chief usher to Harrison and longtime White House employee says the executive mansion is undergoing an old fashioned house cleaning during the president's Lake Champlain vacation. He notes seven living rooms and three parlors and mentions unostentatious living compared with European royalty and possible future expansion plans.
Bridgeport reports coroner's jury finds motorman George Hamilton guilty of criminal carelessness in the Peck's Mill trolley crash. The panel blames the street railway company and urges state action including iron guard rails on bridges licensing for motormen shorter working hours for street car workers and creation of a state trolley commission.
Prof. Rudy of the University of Illinois band has received 35 requests for rag time pieces to be performed at the Commercial Club concert on the south steps of the monument this Friday night. The program includes pieces like My Honolulu Queen and Blue and Gray, with performances by Viza Skinner Morcy and other soloists.
Dr. J. H. Ford chief surgeon of the Big Four will move his family from Wabash to Indianapolis about Sept. 1. The Eastern division of the Wabash road bans employees from riding bicycles on platforms or in yards where accidents may occur. The railway needs 69 engines to handle Indianapolis switching.
A Kentucky feud grants principals protection from both law and lynchers. The Evansville Journal notes the unusual safety in such disputes reflecting local sentiment and legal gaps. The item cites editorials from multiple papers commenting on political and national figures.
The Swirl of Society reports Dr J A Compton returning from New York. Edward L McKee hosted a brake ride and supper at Allisonville Thursday night. Miss Agnes Ketcham entertained several young ladies at her country home Thursday. Dr and Mrs Lawrence hosted a parting luncheon Thursday at Mrs Clarissa Watts home 28 N East St Vincennes. Adele LeCroix and Dewayne Gaylord of Chicago wed Thursday night. Mrs Elizabeth Talbott hosted Thursday night for Mr and Mrs Robert C Wright visiting Vincennes from Columbus DC. Friday night Mrs James P Hoster hosted the ladies from Thursday’s tea. Saturday Mr and Mrs Hoster planned a drive and dinner at Allisonville.
Advertisement promoting Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. Claims to soothe gums ease colic and diarrhoea and to cure wind colic. Priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
The notice invites travelers to spend their vacation in the mountains and directs readers to write to the General Passenger Agent of the Colorado Midland Railroad in Denver for maps views and descriptive matter to plan the trip.
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