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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
4
Fragmentary notice discusses subscription rates and forwarding rates for agents. Mentions city and outside city pricing, annual and six month terms, and a business office contact. Page typography suggests an early 20th century newspaper notice with incomplete OCR segments.
Notice warns readers of The Sun about lying and disruptive methods affecting distribution in Indianapolis. It urges subscribers who do not receive The Sun regularly to inform the office by letter or telephone at 880, old or new, and asks subscribers who must stop receiving the paper to notify the office promptly.
The Bradley Martins of New York abandoned the country amid 1890s financial distress, hosting a lavish ball that drew sharp criticism for wealth display. They left for England, deemed a menace to American virtue and governance in a stark public judgment.
The Sun dismisses the Indianapolis suffragist gathering as misaligned with its view. It argues women's political power may threaten traditional roles and motherhood, noting society's preference for compliant, childbearing women and predicting broader social costs to adopting ballots for women.
The piece laments slow action by Marion County Public Works on heating in cars and a Central Ave bridge project behind schedule. It criticizes hog cholera laws in Indiana, urges public health reform, and mocks local figures including Lawyer Salem Clark and Judge Baker over fee disputes while noting Billy Mason's upcoming speech and the 31-year-old News.
The Bostonians open at English's Friday night in the tuneful new opera the smug glers. Rob Roy is on Saturday with the serenade, and The jilt returns to the Grand Friday night and Saturday. Blanche Walsh and Melbourne MacDowell appear in Sardou plays Monday to Wednesday at English's. Leroy Fox and V Powell perform as The great triple alliance with magic, shadowgraph illusions, and vaudeville. Kellar visited and praised the show. Matinee and night shows continue all week. The gay masqueraders are not first class but offer some worth watching. Carlos and Vouletti present new acrobatic bits amid clean acts. The Sharkey Jeffries fight representations appear if the machine cooperates. The two burlesques are average.
The Ladies' society of the Mannerchor plans a constitutional amendment meeting next Monday. Mrs. Henry C Campbell hosts a Thursday reception for Mrs. Harry R Campbell of Atlanta. Kindergarten fifth section to hold a music festival Friday at Mrs. A J Lemcke's home. Circle 7 at Central Avenue church hosted a Friday reception. State weddings feature Miss Millie Blynn with Prof E E Ruby in Fort Wayne and Miss Grace Bassett with Charles Allison in Elwood. Ophelia Thiele wed William N Johnston at the bride’s home with Rev Peters officiating. couple to reside at 1111 N Alabama. Harold O Smith of Indianapolis married Miss Elizabeth Carroll in St Paul’s Cathedral, Lynchburg, Va, with several bridesmaids including Maud and Josephine Smith of Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Michael Clune hosted a reception and dance for their son William and his bride. elegant decor and varied color schemes noted.
A cut from a rustic, dialect filled reminiscence contrasts old times with modern scenes. It threads through a memory of a snowbound era the singing bells and a marching team evoke. Characters from a Feeder Flat literary meetin offer debates on thin versus fat and the moral of charity and community.
Ephemeral ad copy touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a health aid for men and women aiming for a happy and vigorous old age. Also mentions fashion notes with neckhands and skirts, and a Progress Laundry with telephone contact 1121.
A Victorian anecdote recaps the Baroness Burdette-Coutts being mistaken as a shoplifter due to a Paris shopkeepers’ refrain of two-ten a password. The tale expands to 17th and 18th century smoking customs, coffee houses, and Tory views, with related vignettes of Disraeli Gladstone and Lafayette memories in America, London, and Baltimore.
A collage of excerpts citing political figures and policy points from Indiana papers. Mentions Roberts of Utah facing Congress, fuel choice critique amid winter, a new hotel for Indianapolis, Quay and Clark fraud allegations, and Democratic war leadership debates. Includes stray notes on health remedies and garbled misspellings.
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