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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
6
Aerial snapshot of Christmas shopping in Indianapolis as young extras fill temporary clerk roles. New helpers face rapid stock, long hours, nervous customers, and judgment from veteran staff while risking a future position if they prove reliable.
London dispatch discusses why wealthy Americans migrate to Europe for part of each year. The piece cites a mix of motives from nostalgia for the old country and desire to escape sensation mongering to the social deference shown to wealth in Britain. It highlights figures like William Waldorf Astor and James Gordon Bennett, notes European lifestyle draws, and suggests possible forthcoming legislation against absentee wealth.
Philadelphia Tec 25 reports Cramp ship and engine building co may secure contracts for one 100 ten battleship and two 150 ton cruisers, promising three years of steady Kensington employment for 3,050 workers. The yard also continues work on the 12,500 ton Russian battleship Retziva and other major vessels, with several ships near completion.
Describes a damaged church used by a young folks' society, rendered uninhabitable and abandoned for decades. The Methodists sue the group for damages, alleging neglect and disrepair.
Forrest Crissey visits Maurice Thompson at Crawfordsville to discuss the author’s love of nature and birds. Thompson recalls the sap sucker poem dispute with Howells, Lowell, and Longfellow, and hints at the life behind his Alice Roussillon with Creole Louisiana connections.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as the safest internal remedy for catarrh targeting blood and mucous membranes. It claims fast relief with pleasant tablets containing germ antiseptics like sanguinaria and guaiacol, priced at 5 cents and offered by druggists, warning of catarrh dangers to lungs stomach liver and kidneys.
In Gibsonburg Ohio a long running church row in Woodville has split the town. Merchants retreat to counters as neighbors quarrel over worship space. Since 1897 disputes escalated with the Young People’s Christian Association and Methodists, ending in locked doors and broken windows.
A noisy OCR list of rail connections and schedules includes Peoria Bloomington Champaign Columbus and Spring Ohio specials Cincinnati routes and city ticket office times. It presents multiple stations and times such as 7.5am 2.40 pm 5.08pm 4.10am 8.21am and 7.02pm with lines to Detroit Dayton Toledo and Logansport.
Fragmentary rail and fuel rate notes list departures and arrivals for several routes including Chicago to Tuscola and Lake Erie Western connections. An entry notes Beat Baltimore with a price of $1.40 per gallon.
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