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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1904
Page
6
Fall River faces a bleak Christmas Eve as 26,000 workers endure starvation risks amid a two week coal strike. Manufacturers insist on an eight percent wage cut despite lost contracts, damaged machinery, and masses leaving town while relief stations provide limited food and clothing.
The drive to cut wages by a eighth hits the welfare of the city and prompts fear of long recovery. Strikers' families saved little over summer as union treasuries thin and funds are halved. Clam beds and berry industries decline while charities aid grows strained. Eight relief stations open as cold weather worsens need.
Traditional New England style Christmas marked by family reunions and costly gifts among Indianapolis elites. Many did not attend church, focusing on dinners, presents, and socializing at Vermont Street homes while younger children enjoyed candy and new toys. A separate Dover harbor report described a 17 foot diving bell lowering through a fish shoal trapping thousands of fish.
Christmas day across Indianapolis prisons brought sizable dinners for 300 inmates including 200 fed at the workhouse and others at the jail. Turkey, cranberries, and pudding featured on the menus as relatives sent gifts and prisoners exchanged tokens amid holiday cheer. Superintendent Shaw noted the contrast with donors’ generosity and the ongoing citywide holiday entertainments and liberal appropriations for festive meals in public institutions.
Tons of candy moved from carts to shelves as Kris Kringle’s reindeer needed help and more funds poured into sweets. Stores report unprecedented demand with a three ton surge at a single counter and an estimated twelve tons more sold than last year. Dry goods stock also affected as stockings moved quickly.
Tore Willemm von Kander once a German Reichstag veteran earned fame by claiming the British navy’s weakness. In a Heidelberg duel he lost his nose in a rapier clash. Surgeons intervened, his nose not replaced. aged 76, he remains a symbol of scarred duel lore.
A fragment quotes a Chicago News remark praising racial stereotypes and mocks Southern speech. It features caricatured Mammy dialogue about "antmobli¢s" and horned heads, illustrating dated prejudiced language in a regional humorous note.
A New Indiana born man becomes a Pullman conductor in Texas but faces a racial incident when a veteran porter with years in the company tests his mettle. The porter warns him about maintaining job security after a deceptive paste diamond prank. In another note, three New York women cut living costs by pooling $5 monthly to rent a large room, sharing a kitchen, and budgeting groceries to live on $5 a week. They sustain expenses with a small weekly laundry and plan to use the library and public resources.
A Mecca saloon reported bibles stolen yesterday afternoon. An agent who filed the report refused to give his name, leaving the items for pickup. Another man claimed the bibles allegedly without authority. Detectives pursue the suspects. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Miss Marian Carter a displaced 16 year old from Oklahoma City arrived destitute via St Louis and Charleston saying her father Troyter took her money and left her. She says she fled to Paris and Terre Haute seeking safety after claims of a forced romance with a Miami University student and a complaisant guardian. She traveled with few belongings and remains under care at the Friendly Inn in Terre Haute.
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