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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1900
Page
4
Information on location 125 East Ohio Street printed as Second class matter. Delivery six cents weekly. Advertising rates by manager. Subscriptions outside city priced annual 3.08 six months 1.00 monthly rates listed. Sun telephones for editorial room provided.
The notice asks readers to inform The Sun immediately if delivery by carrier fails. It provides a telephone line 880 and an address for notifying the paper, urging timely communication to ensure service continuity.
State fee and salary commission proposes a 10 percent take off on collected fees to spur clerks. The piece critiques compliance with Sec 134 requiring officers to report all collections and failures, noting widespread dodging amid coal miners’ wages and party politics. It mentions anthracite workers, Hazelton coal talks, and a Marion county clerk salary confusion.
Capt. English gains eligibility for membership in the Commbia Club, marking a step in joining the local organization. Details unclear due to fragmentary text.
The Sentinel cites a clash between modern politics and biblical justification over anti imperialism. It notes Skeptical press reactions and Senator Fairbanks's campaign reach, while Indiana census figures spark quiet debate on population. It questions McKinley’s and Fairbanks’s achievements and imagines a miner strike as campaign fodder.
The article details hawks breaking limbs with precision in Narragansett bay forests and recounts Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s hummingbird visit at Hampton Beach. It then describes New York's birth hospital for birds run by a German-accented doctor with wards of canaries and a summer boarding house for singing birds.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Mr. Neely remains with his lawyers who have unsettled the bench. He is not expected to change his residence until his funds are exhausted.
Rain spoiled the planned tableau of the prodigal return but Rev. Griffin drew the largest crowd yet. Devotees wept and pressed forward in a fervent scene during Sunday night services.
A collage of verse and dialogue scenes featuring lovers and poets. The speaker contrasts romance with irony, including a teacher quip and a gentlemanly suitor, with musings on art, beauty, and the appeal of songs. The piece blends flirtation, theatrical lines, and literary praise.
The Detroit News derides Ohio mob culture as similar to the southern mob. The St Paul Dispatch urges a city curfew for youths aged 10 to 15. The Detroit Free Press condemns lenient punishment for baby poisoners. The Minneapolis Times notes Andrew Carnegie will defend Bryan and Stevenson on imperialism and militarism next month.
Rev A A Fuller of Canton China addressed a large Sunday audience at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. He suggested the Boxer movement may have been stirred by government favor toward Catholic priests and said the government is not implicated. A missionary on a year’s vacation. Rev J P D John Greencastle spoke at Central Ave M E Church and urged that society advances only when individuals progress themselves.
A conductor writes that misbehavior on street cars causes injuries as Miss Somebody and a patron from E Tenth Street report passengers rushing to board or alight. He urges women to observe men alighting and keep their faces toward the front to avoid falls, noting hurried travel and overzealous reporters add to the risk.
A collection of satirical clippings critiques and editorials on William Jennings Bryan and Indiana politics. The notes reference press takes from Kokomo News Plymouth Independent Anderson Herald Terre Haute Tribune Lafayette Call Covington Friend and Evansville Journal noting speech fees shifts, populist strategies, flag planting in China and race dynamics.
Social notes report the Anonym club will dance at Broad Ripple on Friday. Various locals including Mrs. Mary Mythen and Miss Margaret Mutually travel to Chicago. Several families return from trips and host gatherings, with a euchre party planned Monday night.
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