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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1905
Page
4
The article comments that the issue stems from private investment and effort, not government control. It argues the government may regulate railroads but notes the Star’s ongoing self-conflict, which provides amusement during a dull season.
Seattle December 5 A remote scenes shows Running Ned an old Slvash in the Indian village near Seattle operating a bark wickiup wired with tin cans and canvas used as a telephone Ned owns the village’s only telephone and proudly embraces this modern convenience as tourists note the scene and its implications for basket trade and native life.
A ragged, humorous patchwork from Cleveland Leader and Kansas City Times recounts petty pranks on a Grand Axe blacksmith, a saloon apron swindle, a fictive trial threat, and a dream of city hopping in 1890s gossip prose. The piece weaves comic theft, misheard lines, and domestic squibs.
Predictions for December 6 1465 warn Seek work ask favors and push business until noon if birthday falls on this day. Expect family trouble and affection with money kept safe and no lending or speculation. A child born on this day 190 will suffer in family affairs but succeed in business. a female may marry a headstrong man.
A garbled collage of quotes about suicide fear and odd remarks, mixed with crude ad copy and product pitches. It mentions a girl in Cleveland, a man reciting lines, life insurance, a water god myth, wedding chatter, and references to Dax pew, Brutily, and Hamilton. Also contains Hood's Sarsaparilla and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup ads with prices.
The Railroad Commission faces pressure from shippers statewide as grain farmers struggle to move crops. Elevators are full and railcars scarce, with freight haulers prioritizing first class loads while grain, coal, stone, and lumber shipments suffer. The piece calls for stricter freight service laws and notes Indiana Trust Co offers gifts and banking services amid the shipping crisis.
Special to the Sun reports Lew Whisler will manage the Terre Haute team in the Central league next season. The Springfield dispatch notes the posting of the managerial appointment and outlines Whisler’s new role with the club.
George Hauer of Hiden West Virginia was killed and Samuel Keteling of Creston Iowa and Henry Keteling of Collegeville West Virginia injured at a railroad crossing in Logansport yesterday afternoon. They were en route to attend a brother-in-law’s funeral when a Vatthaila locomotive struck them on the tracks.
William Campbell, a pioneer farmer aged 11, hanged himself with a rope tied to his bedstead in Bentley Ind yesterday. He had been in ill health for some time and the motive remains unknown.
In Princeton Indiana on December 5 a brick manufacturer, Frank Mitchell, 11, drowned after the ice broke. The incident occurred in the afternoon and involved the boy being from Jenne Mitchell.
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