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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
4
A long Indianapolis column denounces winerooms as immoral spaces feeding vice and tempting young women, urging law enforcement and social reform. It then shifts to a Christmas appeal urging readers to help needy children with gifts and stockings, contrasting wealth with poverty and calling for charitable action.
A column argues that many so-called generous acts come from social pressure to avoid stinginess. It contends people spend on cigars for appearances, fund subscriptions for reputation, and cover friends’ fares to seem liberal, even when their own needs are unmet.
Twenty acres of tobacco have been harvested from Col Nugent Bryerard’s land in Bardulstown County Meath Ireland Col Francis Younghusband who commanded the British mission to Shagsa has been granted a year’s leave as a reward Christmas toys in Farts feature a bearded figure who springs up and cuffs a sister figure resembling Gen Andre The Portugal king’s England visit reportedly cost 125000 to 20000 Most of the gifts were for British court officials and escorts A mourning party on a Scottish platform leads to a joke about a funeral The Cornwall coast faces a dogfish plague In Arad a courtroom lights-out incident ends with pockets picked A new Austrian Reichsrath arm law absolves drivers unless fault by another is shown Cars under 75 miles per hour exempt London ad seeks a memorial statue of merdism or soldiers proposed by committees Lady Stanley’s grave at Pirbright features a six-ton Dartmoor stone inscription for Sir HMM Swanley Mytarl Rock Breaker name for Stanley in Africa appears in the inscription.
The fortune left by the late Mr. Kruger is valued at no less than £700,001. In addition to £25,000 bequeathed to Yarinua societies in Holland, he provided funds opened after the South African War to aid widows and orphans of Boers who lost their lives. He also made bequests for the maintenance of the Dutch language.
In the czar's Peterhof palace a summer dining house serves meals with a magic bell. After each course the table and its contents descend through the floor, reappearing laden with the next course, and no servants are required during meals.
Vanity Fair notes Kaiser desires his daughter wed to Duke of Haze-Ccburs-Gatha if the princess consents and the duke agrees. The match would bring a handsome dot to the couple and reflects imperial ambitions in aristocratic betrothal.
The Park theater presents Sausu's El Capitan as the first comic opera in years, with 40 in the company. William Hennenweat stars as the army captain in Peru amid politics and romance, supported by Ben Lodge and a chorus noted for high talent.
A Mount Vernon News-Herald note praises Scandinavian codfish as a yearly staple and cites fattening cattle research from Missouri and Kansas stations showing younger cattle fatten more cheaply. Washington Post discusses Shiras proposing federal protection for migratory birds, while Kansas City Journal recounts old wagon anecdotes in Fulton and Millersburg, highlighting durable farm equipment and local pride.
A preachy passage urges Nin boys to see themselves as equal to others, stressing humility and respect for teachers. It claims there are only four kinds of dove based on height and behavior, categorizing boys as tall, short, red, and bad, to instill class and conduct norms.
In Guthriz, a lodge-filled city, Frank Greer of the State Capital joins many orders, while a new resident spawns a tale about lodge membership through a boy’s quizzical answer. Dr. Wallace Wood discusses beauty versus usefulness, with a barber joke about an ear cut highlighting values. Father Gorman of Gananoque enjoys horses and dogs, joking he’d be a bishop if theology matched Irish critters.
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