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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1900
Page
4
The Sun announces its address at 125 East Ohio Street Indianapolis and offers delivery, office contacts, and advertising terms. Subscriptions outside city: $3.08 yearly in advance, $1.50 for six months, monthly rates listed. rates and agent opportunities also provided.
If you do not receive The Sun regularly please notify the office at once. Call telephone 880 or send a postal to The Sun.
Otto Carmichael sends a controversial portrait of Marcus Hanna from New York. The piece portrays Hanna as powerful, press-savvy, and contemptuous of journalists while detailing his Cleveland roots and alleged behavior toward reporters and actors.
The Marion county officials refuse to enforce Section 154 reporting on uncollected fees and dismiss the law as useless. The sheriff and county clerk face potential misconduct, while the piece criticizes executive disregard of statutes and questions accountability of local bureaucrats.
Critics say Mr Downing appointed by the mayor to succeed Capt English on the park board supported Riverside park’s purchase at double value and pushed costly benefits for Fall Creek landowners. They urge a court challenge to the original park measure and oppose Downing’s park history described as costly.
In a heated column, writers rail at excessive criticism and adulation of the flag, clash between Democrats and Republicans, question consistency of officials, reference Attorney-General Taylor, and note police action against cigar store gamblers as the grand jury weighs public conduct.
A Missouri savings bank case recovers $20 of a $50 nest found in a mouse nest. A New York suit claims negligence for a ripped pocket and false pretenses after a tailor kept $30. A famed Faityan to Mount Washington railroad charges high fares for slow service. A New Jersey family builds a tree nest due to poverty. Austria bars women from prison, dispatching female criminals to other punishments.
A curious local tale describes a nun acting as portress in a convent, keeping strict egress while a wart on William Creiger's face supposedly signals weather changes. It notes Morocco's tiny navy, now armed with four light guns bought from Cadiz, and the sultan Abdul Aziz's confidence in coastal sea power.
Fragment from a rural column mixing nostalgic lines on ragtime days with local satire. It juxtaposes lovers and breezes with jokes about Kanbas farmers seeking wives, a four hour grocery debate, census gossip, and a hometown race between losers and winners.
The New York Evening Sun casts doubt on an Indianapolis Democrat who refuses to salute the flag saying a free citizen will take off his hat only to a mother wife sister or daughter. Writers wonder which women would prefer such deference from a nation’s symbol and argue the stance reveals chauvinistic pride and bullying at home.
A compilation of quotes praising campaign contributions from figures like Carnegie and Hanna, and swift sentencing in Aktor G. The piece notes Akron, an abolition stronghold with industrial wealth and proximity to Garfield and McKinley, as the setting for an abrupt, brutal event.
A compilation of editorial remarks from Indiana papers condemning political tactics. The Evansville Journal criticizes stiff defiance under strain and city decay. The Anderson Herald mocks democrats using Lincoln quotes. The Mishawaka Enterprise cites misperceptions of Philadelphia's growth. The Terre Haute Tribune notes Roosevelt imitators as foolish. The Marion Chronicle warns against mob-led leadership and herd mentality.
The Park offers The game keeper with Irish humor and climaxes starring Smith O'Brien. Monday's crowds were large. The week features The woman in black from Jacob Litt now via John Hoeffler. Empire opens with Bon Ton burlesquers and acts by Gladys Van Shayne Worden Viola Sheldon and others. telegraphic McCoy Corbett fight results read Thursday. Irwin brothers and Little Sam Davis join the season as Empire box office lead.
The Fall festivities society advertises the Indianapolis October carnival within 100 miles. Chairman F. J. Scholz reports the guaranteed fund of 15000 dollars is nearly subscribed with only a few business men remaining to canvass.
Rail line offers out of town excursion tickets to Sandusky and nearby towns for September 1900. Special train departs Union Station at 9:00 p.m. and returns 9:00 p.m. Sunday. City office at 238 handles berths chairs and tickets.
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces a through sleeping car service between Chicago and Mason City Iowa via Belle Plaine. The through sleeper departs Chicago at 5 30 p m and reaches Mason City at 7 00 a m It leaves Mason City at 8 00 p m and arrives Chicago at 7 42 a m daily. A Chicago 10 30 p m train offers through connections for Mason City daily except Saturday. Through tickets are available from principal agents.
A seventh page features a broad array of headings and decorative styling for The SustA Linen section. readers are invited to browse highlights and advertisements across the page.
State charities secretary Butler appoints Perry N. Hiser Martin Pierce Joseph Bristow John Falley and Mrs Ella McCoy as truant officers for Marion county.
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