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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
4
The Republican councilmen discuss the cheap gas ordinance with Charles Bookwalter as mayoral successor looms and Mayor Holtzman pursues party tactics. The scene centers on political wagering, city action, and a looming clean up of the Indianspoila area before the election.
An essay-like reflection compares London slum clearance plans with American reforms. It contrasts public crusades and graft concerns in the United States with London's planned 22 acre slum redevelopment yielding 14 flats, 87 cottages, tenements, and gardens. It notes a shift toward light and air in urban renewal and mentions political figures in a broader critique.
A courtroom tale on a damaged family as a divorce case exposes children to public shame. The piece rages at the harm to two boys from drunken and lurid testimony and questions how such records should affect their future.
Word from Augustus Baint-Gau dens of Windsor WI to Samuel Mather in Cleveland says the sculptor has a clay model in progress. When finished the commission will review and approve designs before construction proceeds.
The passage notes the whale has very thick skin sometimes several inches to two feet thick. It claims the Indian rhinoceros has the thickest hide among land mammals, said to be tough enough to resist lions tigers and bullets. The text is garbled and repeats phrases about toughness and durability.
Aug 18 dispatch details how mountain streams fuel hydroelectric systems powering Portland Seattle Tacoma Spokane Oakland Berkeley Alameda Sacramento Stockton San Jose Bakersfield Fresno Los Angeles and more. It highlights Mile Creek Redlands plant with 1080 feet head, Puget Sound project, Colgate to Oakland transmission, and Kern River link enabling Los Angeles to receive distant hydro power.
Lieut. Gov. Bruce notes a small grave marker in western New York for a widower who loved the departed yet saved. The mason carved a short inscription reading Sarah Huackert Aged Ninety Years Told, she was Thine, despite limited space. The cutter warned of crowding. the result reportedly reads Sarah Hackett Aged 80 Lord, she was Thin.
Historian Francis Bayliss, returning from Thanksgiving, meets Bristol lawyer Nicholas Tillinghast at Wood's Hotel. Bayliss jokes he has placed a ten cent piece in the nontribution box to accrue interest until heaven, and Tillinghast replies that it will grow into a large sum.
The text explains caravan leadership in Asia Minor where a xiteng butt leads camel trains by correct order. If the leader is absent or fails, the herd tends to mutiny. Curiously, donkey deputization for leadership is common in the east, reflecting the donkey's valued role there.
Incorporations The Jahnson Matthews company Vier tor capital stock 16.00 To quarry Bur mine and set stone Wm Johnson Fred Mathews K H Johnson The Leather Specialty companys Ser tour capital stock 40.00 To manufacture leather specialties Aug by Dickson H Osterman Aug Osterman The Triumph Safe and Lock company Conneraville capital stock 15000 Chas E Blechschmidt Chas J Blechschmidt Jas A Collins
A note on a striking hornbill shown as a recent acquisition for the London zoo. The caption highlights the bird’s notable beak and extraordinary appearance, drawing attention to its exotic origin from Nepal.
A mother advises cooling a feverish child by wetting the wrists and tapping the brow. She mentions placing cracked ice and salt in a dish in the sewing room on a hot day to help reduce temperature.
The Japanese reportedly regard salted whale meat as a delicacy, with large purchases indicating strong demand. Whales are captured off the Korean coast, flesh and blubber are cut, salted, and shipped to Japan for sale as food.
A broad run of local items reports on arrests in a Niagara Falls excursion incident, a shooting scare near Baltimore and Twenty fifth street, a printers strike possible settlement at Wood-Weaver, and holiday gatherings in Acton Park and Dearborn County. Notable property transfers include William Ward and wife selling Prast street property for 8500, and Albert B. Carter purchasing seven acres in Washington township for 2600.
Snakes are lured by mower sounds and rush toward the cutting blade, despite fear. Many are crushed or killed as they dart toward the machine, leading to frequent fatalities and warnings about operating near moving grass cutters.
A fragmented column cites quirky inventions and whimsy, including a mechanical pie device producing pies rapidly, cartoonish lines about a woman named Wiewie, diary notes, and a mention of a public highway with racing traction engines. The piece blends humor and local notes from Lacyville correspondence and Democrat sightings.
The fragment warns that August 14 brings heavy troubles and health issues for birthdays. It predicts illness for family, business misfortune, and a year of sorrow. A child born that day is marked as unfortunate and careless, with a poor fate in marriage for females.
A fragment argues that ships are only paper figures until steel is forged, questioning armor dimensions displacement waterline engine rotation under pressure and coal consumption to reach a target. The text critiques reliance on theory over practice in naval construction.
A stark meditation on human endurance noting that a person may die within minutes without water or food, with the timeline extending to a week or more depending on conditions and circumstances.
Walter Damrosch, former conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, has been offered the newly created chair at the University of California Berkeley. The offer follows his successful career in music and signals a shift toward academic engagement.
A letter from Congressman D i McKinley reports Taft in Honolulu criticizing Chinese labor dialogue to harden the exclusion of Chinese workers. Jealous woman kills in Hutchinson Kansas after discovering alleged betrayal by a lover and then ends her life.
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