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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
6
A compilation of sharp political commentary on Taft’s policies, party dynamics, tariff reform, and congressional stance. It cites Taft’s calls for no new trust laws, La Follette’s cautious selections, and the partisan tensions across Republicans Democrats and progressives, with satirical verses and editorials.
The piece contrasts British self set awry with American uproar over the Crippen murder trial. It notes tickets sold for sessions, contempt rulings, fake confessions, and overseas mobs, then compares English and American politics and society, praising restraint and highlighting perceived British superiority while criticizing sensationalism on both sides.
The piece argues that the central issue is citizen power in Indianapolis amid street car and city governance turmoil. It critiques the machine, appointments, and secrecy, noting Shank's era and questioning what the public can do beyond voting, primaries, and potential replacements.
A December Des Moines gathering where John Mac Vicar urged officials to allow citizen control via initiative referendum and recall. He contrasted Indianapolis efficiency with local council deadlock over streetcar governance and calls for full public vindication of Councilman Rubens amid a framing of reform.
The piece argues for public fight against disease, bad air, poor housing, and alcohol abuse. It calls for despondent voices to join the arena so society values life over wealth, aiming to save thousands of lives yearly.
A city columnist argues for reducing governance to five elected officials to uncover and hold five responsible men to account. The piece critiques checks and balances as masking fault, names Copeland Owen Shrader Shank and Denny, and calls for centralization of responsibility to reveal the full story and prevent scapegoating.
A Marton Chronicle note urges broad public action on human resource conservation, arguing social and moral decay threaten future civilization. Citing an Indiana health board bulletin claiming 70 percent of American men are physically afflicted by social violations, it warns of generational impact and calls for a new conservation movement to protect virtue and vitality.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly features Tightwad asking how to reduce meat costs and the butcher suggesting payment on account now and then. The quip highlights frugality with a sly punchline.
A short verse from the Chicago Tribune encourages a positive mindset with lines about sharing luck and avoiding anger. It urges passing goodwill and avoiding fuss.
A fragmented verse image portrays a true poet rising at dawn as the alarm rings. He lingers between bed and gas grate, pausing near the frost rimmed window, a telegram-like motif suggesting interrupted communication.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report explains English insurers at Lloyds now offer policies on marriages and progeny. From covering a son’s betrothal to potential triplets, premiums hinge on psychology assessments and family plans. Some families insure against childlessness or multiple births, with stories of tailors and jewelers protected if nuptial plans fail.
A brief, dialogic item notes a parent and child exchange about a past piece of pie. The quote suggests surprise at a return, mentioning JT as not having eaten it. The snippet preserves a local newspaper voice and a domestic moment.
A humorous exchange notes Willie denying Santa is his father and insisting Santa Claus is not daddy because he is no saint. The brief dialogue reflects a child’s clever retort about who Santa is.
The Catholic Standard and Times quips that suffragettes are tiring and would persuade the public to regard Adam as simply Eve’s counterpart rather than a distinct equal, reflecting a satirical take on gender roles and reform debates.
A child brings back the remaining medicine given by an apothecary claiming the grandfather is dead and the mother asked to return it. The fragment hints at a family tragedy tied to a medical remedy and a fatal consequence.
In Trenton on December 10, following Secretary Knox’s announcement that the United States would surrender Porter Charlton to Italy for his wife’s murder, his counsel filed habeas corpus and certiorari petitions before Judge Ressstab. The judge allowed both writs, returnable January 9, with notice to Italian authorities and U.S. officials.
A restaurant owners committee says James W. Lambkin, clerk of the city council, denied taking money from lunch wagon men for help passing an ordinance allowing wagons to stay parked. Emmanuel Finkman claims a $25 receipt proves Lambkin’s legal services and suggests similar payments totaling about $225. The committee lists members and notes Lambkin’s denials and inconsistent statements while the ordinance was under consideration.
State employees across institutions will not be unpaid for Christmas. The state board of finance met Friday and faced many bills delayed by December county settlements. Funds are arriving. counties must pay by December 31. The board chose which bills to settle first while November payrolls will be paid.
Tissa Knisell wife of George Knisell of 203 North Jefferson Avenue filed affidavits against her two sons in a juvenile court on Saturday One son faced a charge of incurability while the other was listed as a dependent child Knisell works as a cook at the YMCA earning ten dollars weekly and offers to send them to the White manual labor Institution paying fifty cents daily for board
Hazel Hungerford sues Paul Hungerford and Geiser Manufacturing Co claiming $100 for services rendered and asks for $5 weekly alimony plus payment to the court clerk. The couple married July 1904 and she says he deserted her in February 1910.
The Packard patrol wagon arrived Saturday and was delivered to the police department in the afternoon after inspection and testing.
The N C H club Order of Eastern Star will present The Peak Sisters and Brothers next Tuesday evening December 13 at the Masonic auditorium corner North and Illinois streets.
The annual Robert Burns event will be held at Towjinaon Hall on January 3 featuring a concert and dance by the Indianapolis Calefonien club. The notice urges attendance and notes festive Scottish-themed entertainment for locals.
Indiana state geologist W S Blatchley urges legislature to require mine escape shafts near main shafts and cross-entries, plus a 5 cent per ton coal tax to fund safety gear. He highlights undeveloped water power sites on larger Indiana streams, noting limited current harnessing and a survey by Blatchley, Tucker, and Smith.
County Auditor Sahm to arrange a December 2021 get acquainted session in room 5706 Denison hotel for incoming and outgoing county auditors. Letter signed by Indiana County Auditors Association secretary treasurer notes August meeting approval and urges cooperation with the legislature on many matters.
A mass meeting of the children church societies is scheduled for Sunday at 3 30 p m at the First Presbyterian church on Sixteenth and Delaware streets. Karl Lehmann interstate field secretary of the Christian Endeavor society will address the gathering. A bannered procession of about 500 children from each society is planned with Miss Lillian E Hays presiding to introduce the speaker.
In federal court Saturday the American Car Supply Company and J B Thomas of St Louis sue Haskell and Barker Car Company of Michigan City for patent draft mechanism infringement. They seek a perpetual injunction and damages. Margaret Barker, 14, heir to the car company, is mentioned in the case.
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