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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
4
Public notice from The Sun of Indianapolis includes carriage details, office address at 125 Zient-Ohio Street, subscription rates outside city and monthly terms, advertising inquiries, and a request to notify the office if delivery fails. Telegraph and postal addresses provided for business and publication communications.
A city newspaper denounces the end-seat hog on streetcars, arguing that women with children and the elderly should be allowed the end seat and that others must yield. The piece condemns the practice as selfish and uneven, noting men often resist yielding and comparing it to behavior in theaters and churches.
A city leader urges arrest of wheelmen who leave bicycles at curbs citing obstructed pavements for pedestrians. He argues many others also block sidewalks and disputes that bicycles deserve more leniency than carriages and horses.
The Powers case verdict shocks Republicans and pleases Democrats as 11 Democrats and 1 Republican sit on the jury. The paper argues Powers aided a conspiracy to wrest power from Goebel, with Taylor using force leading to Goebel’s murder. It contends the conspiracy charge is weak but blames certain Kentucky Republicans for disgraceful acts and calls out political maneuvering by Hanna and Bryan.
A Dunne report from Kansas City blends quips from friends Dovley and Hennessey with tales of Dinkelspiel and Hearst. Mark Twain, Ola Bunyan, Rathbone, Henry Watterson, Ex Gov Stone and others share mock anecdotes about travel, politics, and famous figures.
A remark about a politician named Blaine prompts a debate as a Westerner asserts he wore a white plume and carried a spear in Congress while a companion questions the claim. The exchange highlights legendary imagery surrounding a national figure.
A Georgia governor statement printed in Cleveland responds to New York riots. He divides negroes into good and bad, praising southern restraint with criminals and arguing in Georgia the crime determines punishment, not color, while northern mobs punish all blacks.
The state fair race program lists 12 races starting Sept 18 with events at 2:30 trot 2:09 pace and 2:20 trot among others through Friday including free for all pace and trot. Regular purses total 7600 dollars with the Western racing circuit offering 250000 dollars in stakes and purses attracting many fast horses.
The poem narrates Bunks buying two mining claims in western lands and sinking two mines that yield no wealth. He demands a refund from Denver Jack claiming the seller misrepresented the claims. Jack counters that Bunks did the mining and thus “worked” the claims, leaving the dispute to be settled by words and wit.
A fragmentary humorous and grim mixed page shows a mock dialogue about a lynching and social banter as a reporter seeks a usable pad. It includes stray jokes about voting, singing, and a stray poetry excerpt, ending with an old medicine advert for Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry addressing infant illnesses.
Indiana firms and institutions received gold medals at the Paris exposition. The list includes the State board of public instruction E Co Atkins Co saw manufacturers American Bicycle Company Indianapolis Chain Factory Indianapolis Homing Mills Indianapolis Brewing Company state factory inspection bureau State board of charities and Oliver Chilled Plow Works South Bend.
A compilation of brief quotes from various papers commenting on farm labor shortages due to Boer War service, republican views on prosperity, and questions about imperial risk. Mentions Bryan and McKinley with one line on Ottoman debt and a jest about automobiles.
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