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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
4
The Sun argues against lavish Christmas meals for inmates in city and county jails and workhouses calling it a premium on crime. It asserts criminals seek confinement for meals and condemns luxury in penal institutions while supporting aid for charitable homes and orphans. It urges ending holiday banquets for prisoners.
Amusements listing notes The Suburban with 2:15 and 8:16 showings and The James Boys in Missouri at 2 and 8, along with Empire Irwin's burlesquers evening performances.
The notes of the theater page report English's presenting The sub urban on Thursday with a matinee and evening show. The Grand awards a holiday bill drawing large crowds with two meritorious sketches and other vaudeville acts. At the Park the Christmas attraction is The James boys in Missouri and Irwin's burlesque company fills the Empire all week with strong musical features.
Jessie Millward nearly went on strike during rehearsal of Richard Harding Davis play The taming of Helen where she would be leading woman to Henry Miller. The conflict over a proposed costume prompted diplomacy ending with a sketch and Millward agreeing to a minor alteration.
George Gibbs Mansfield, three, will play Santa Claus in a single charity performance for the Free School for Crippled Children in New York. He will present a Christmas tree, distribute sweaters and coats, plus dolls and carriages to kindergartners, before his Riverside Drive mansion on Christmas Day. Richard Mansfield guides the event, selecting toys for the children.
Fifty years after its opening the Monte Carlo Casino transformed Monaco from a poor principality to a wealthy hub. Francois Blanc secured the concession for 1.7 million francs and profits flowed as the state expanded. The estate grew rich while Monaco’s people prospered. the casino employs about a thousand with expenditures listed for theater, maintenance, and public grants totaling millions yearly.
Supl. Wiley gathers all 4A pupils to the high school for an unannounced reading and spelling quiz to test grade progression. Euos Schaffer, of St. Mary's, dropped four ten dollar bills on a street walk and failed to recover them after searching. A large hall is being fitted for a group of the ill or injured, as noted with other scattered fragments.
A compilation of high profile individuals and how they influence politics and society. Lady Rothschild supports charities quietly near Tring Park Buckinghamshire. Mrs Chamberlain wields influence while staying retiring. Senator Clark of Montana faces cashless baggage on arrival in New York. Duncan Gilles becomes Victorian speaker aged 25 in 1859 Glasgow born. Beerbohm Tree’s daughter Viola shows artistic leanings and jokes about money.
The excerpt reflects a domestic scene after a busy shopping season. A father recalls children asking for gifts and Santa Claus, while the weary, proud narrator muses on home life, dirty floors, and a lingering sense of humor. He ends with the line I Have got the tie.
A revived boast from a Venezuelan business circle stirs voices in towns as barbers discuss beating England. The narrator recalls returning and finding the world harsh, yearning to rejoin the fold, while a fatherly remark claims “HER blood has told.”
The quotation emphasizes keeping a faithful yearly diary to record events so one can show it to a spouse without shame. It reflects values of honesty, transparency, and personal accountability in journal keeping.
A humorous verse notes a speaker’s attraction to an average looking girl who holds him in mind. He admires her for an extra trait that sets her apart from other girls and hints at a budding romance amid lighter topics like ragtime and social clubs. The verse references pop culture figures and a weekly tea, framing the flirtatious conceit in playful tone.
A reflective brief notes that genius may invite madness and self reliance is a natural trait not bred in a sheltered setting. It likens a lover's reunion to a rushed newspaper press. It claims many misjudge others as sane while themselves are without true insight.
A Florence township wife sues for girding demands after four years of marriage claiming her husband forced field work and chores while she cooked and kept house. A printer’s devil Nicholas Donner, teen, survives grafted skin trial after a gas stove accident at a newspaper plant. Johns Hopkins reports a rare case of ankylostoma or lazy disease in a southern patient, with little detail but noted rarity.
A column of vignettes recounts George T. Angell’s 7th birthday work for animal welfare, quotes from Disraeli on love and marriage, Baden-Powell at a luncheon, Monte Carlo curios including Myturpide the reclusive millionaire, the Londonderry coal trader’s family branding, Tom C. Davis aiding a nurse sergeant in Santiago, and Rev. Henry N. Couden’s quip about Senate chances.
I U alumni will hold their annual dinner at the Commercial Club on December 30 at 6 p.m. The cost is one dollar per plate. Hawthorne musical club provided entertainment at the YMCA Wednesday evening. Mary G Jones has been divorced from AL Jones for the second time in Columbus.
A batch of light anecdotes features a railway official boasting punctuality despite delays, a Richmond congressman’s stories of southern life, a wandering Irish encounter, a Philadelphia quip about a downed man, and a Washington Post reference to a liquor tale. Each tale showcases humor and regional voice.
The Indiana press issues festive editions featuring the Home Journal at Knights Town with 32 pages and portraits of Earl Bailey III and Dora Elizabeth Rounds. Carthage Record shares a souvenir issue with 20 years of local items and a poem by Judge Henry. Vincennes Capital and South Bend Tribune also publish illustrated holiday covers.
A New York Times piece recounts a deaf boy named William Henry who struggles to hear when friends call him during play. He fails to catch whispers but reacts instantly to his father calling him by name, illustrating improved attention when the voice comes from a familiar adult.
A playful collage of quotes on gifts money and aging. Jests about measles Christmas humor and house plans mix with reflections on resolutions and love. Characters Lovett Forsythe May Sharpe Staylait and Mrs. Bric a Brac appear in a breezy social vignette.
The obituary notes Tom Reed ended his public life poor to rich, leaving his family financially secure despite feeling his party undervalued him. It contrasts Reed with Conkling, ranking Reed's postcongressional wealth as modest yet sufficient, and cites calls from Tilden era urging Reed to join the New York bar for security.
Patent medicine advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. Bold by Druggists.
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