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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
4
The letter from Methodist ministers to Mayor Bookwalter on vice and crime is judged too tame. They urge firmer action if they indeed hold evidence, while Cy Neal mocks as a jokester for proposing Frank Jones as governor, a joke that gains statehouse traction then fades.
The article notes Mayor Bookwalter’s public endorsement by Hon. Jim Keach and urges new state laws to abolish contract convict labor with support from organized labor and manufacturing interests. It mocks political feuds with Durbin and Blatchley, mentions a pesthouse location question, a burglary report, and Sid Conger’s oil can status.
A compilation of editorials and notes from Indiana papers citing press agents in coal shortages, Indianapolis police conduct, 1904 St. Louis fair preparations, councilmen imprisoned, Venezuela debts, and proposed mayoral term extension aimed at saving Mayor Bookwalter.
Real Estate column and For Sale Miscellaneous sections highlight affordable lots and items. Listings include various properties, vehicles, and household goods. Buyers are urged to act quickly on enticing prices and local opportunities.
A compact collection of quips on liberty, business, and life by various authors. It ponders independence versus liberty, inventors’ minds, and the value of education and health as investments.
Gov Durbin and family spend Christmas in Anderson. Mrs J Cumming Smith to Chicago for Christmas. Miss Lucy Nathan hosts vaudeville party next Thursday. Mrs John Landers to Louisiana for winter on rice plantation. Dancing party for Miss Louise Bybee and Miss Lois Pratt. Roberts Park church circle entertained Tuesday night. Rushville weddings Cornelia Teudner and Hillary Hayden. Muncie weddings Elsie Hussey and Frank Haines. Dugdale hosts tea Monday. Julia H Moore to read Poe paper.
A collection of light anecdotes from various settings including Newton Mass. hotels and bowling alleys, a Scottish innkeeper and a gentle joke about a south wind, a guard recruit and a colonel, Judge Culberson bets, Yale professor William Phelps grading with letters, and student reactions to A B C D E grades.
In dawn light a child confronts an aging speaker about light and duty. The elder muses on guilt, hunger, and neglect while a sharp line of questioning exposes broken faith with a warning from the past. The scene ends as the child departs at dawn with a grieving exit.
A women’s page offers simple kitchen and craft tips. It explains a creamed turnip dish with a white sauce and advises cubing turnips for salad. It also shows a method to transform old panne velvet into fashionable, shimmering fabric using a hot iron and steam.
A fragment from a patient lyric about a girl asking Santa for a doll that can sleep and grow bigger than the last, with a stray remark about Christmas crying and a toy-store proprietor noting we forget money and focus on friendship during the season.
The rise of washed shirt waists continues in winter demand with shelves overflowing next to woolen options. Cheviot and linen hopsack lead materials as consumers seek fresh appearance year round. black linings stain waists fast, complicating upkeep for white styles.
A historical note extols ammonia as a valuable household staple. It suggests adding drops to bath water for vigor, using it to remove grease from fabrics and stains on oiled sewing machines, and cleaning gold or silver jewelry and diamonds. It also mentions ammonia to treat acid stains on cloth, with chloroform to restore color in many cases.
A collage of anecdotes about public figures including Nebraska Governor Mickey a Wesleyan trustee who refuses an inaugural ball and other jests about Arthur Balfour Father Healey Senator Lodge and Nelson Dingley. The pieces mix humor and political caricature with dated references.
Poetic verse highlights how observers miss hopeful signs until faced with another obstacle. The speaker contrasts silver clouds with the fatigue of the crowd, suggesting persistence despite recurring delays.
A village preacher confronts the editor over subscription costs and threatens to write weekly letters describing his travels for publication. The editor, after consideration, agrees to reduce the price.
A compact collection of aphorisms on honesty and hypocrisy in social life. It jibes at blunt truth versus polite lies, warns against wasted effort in idle pursuits, and mocks faith-based remedies. It notes fate for stepmothers and advises distance to stay friendly with certain people.
Christmas trees gain electric illumination with battery powered or housewired appliques from electrical dealers. Incandescent colored globes mimic stage lighting for costumes, offering varied attachments. Despite higher cost, fire risk is claimed to be nonexistent.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item satirically questions doctors claims that rheumatism is contagious and jokes baldness could lead to bans on theater seating, highlighting humorous public skepticism about medical knowledge.
A collection of moral maxims on judging others, forgiveness, generosity, and the paradoxes of virtue. Readers encounter lines about overcoming evil with good, faith across time, and the tension between wealth and perceived poverty.
At a Denver city convention many women delegates attended. A Hibernian boss directed vulgar language at them, prompting a female delegate to remind him that they are ladies. The boss retorted with a crude quip challenging their status as delegates.
The Indiana supreme court has granted a divorce to a girl aged 14 years and one month, who was married over a year ago. The girl’s mother is 32. The Buffalo Times notes this does not reflect well on social conditions in Mwoosterland.
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The firm promises $100 for any case it cannot cure, and invites readers to request testimonials.
A columnist critiques social behavior urging restraint in flirtation and pride. It argues forgiveness should be selective, poetry should not govern serious bonds, and confronting arrogance requires a new, unfamiliar approach. It also notes money as a pleasure tool and mocks historical taunts against independent women.
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