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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
4
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The article notes amicable relations between Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge of Indiana, with praise for their cordial intercourse and mutual respect. It mentions Beveridge’s self-made rise to the Senate and Fairbanks’ willingness to peace, while discussing city campaign loyalties and alleged police spying on saloonists, including superintendent denials and ongoing doubts about police ties to brewery interests.
City officials confront a funding clash as bids exceed the 59,000 appropriation for street sweeping. The Board may split the contract on a per 16 000 square foot basis to fit the budget, risking public discontent. The Sentinel criticizes Mayor Taggart while calling for charter compliance and potential legal action.
A society roundup notes engagements between Edith Lloyd and George Hoffman. Edith and Lena Brash host theater and grand events. multiple holiday dances at Brenneke's and Woodruff place. Lists birthdays, receptions, and upcoming weddings, with couples including Miss Mat tie Jarrett and Frank Crouch, Miss Winifred Draper and Rev. Fidler, and Miss Estella Manley with Fred Teas.
A collage of brief newspaper items and editorials from various papers. It notes satire on Aguinaldo, criticism of Waterbury and Silverites, teachers at a convention in Indianapolis, McKinley’s stance on trusts, Irish agitators, Fenian movements, and a general digestive quip about stomach troubles. Multiple towns and papers referenced.
Amusements note that Winsome Maude Adams appears Friday and Saturday at Inglishs in The Little Minister with two prior weeks of success in Men and Women. The Grand stock company closes a strong run, and Through the Breakers at the Park draws school crowds with a moral, sea-scene rich production lasting daily matinees all week.
A collage of light anecdotes and sketches recalls Gen Lawton’s Negro troopers at El Caney and Maj Webb’s wit, a Thurman Cassidy quip on necessity, Nansen and an Irishman on northward travel, Henry Irving signatures on pipes, and Hall Caine dinner anecdotes from the Philadelphia Art Club.
A fragmented advertisement notes round trip rail fares to Cincinnati and return for $4.40 with departure dates December 36 31 and January 1 and a final return by January 2. Ticket offices listed at Union Station and 25 West Washington. In another line Misses' shoes up to $2.00 and 30 cent rubbers at Stout's fire sale at 450 East Washington Street advertised for tomorrow.
Indiana educators list presidents secretaries and chairmen for the state teachers association offices in multiple sections including high school and science academies. The Indianapolis and Terre Haute figures lead committees and district representatives were named to form a new Indiana Council of Education to study and present educational subjects at association meetings.
Thread prices rise while a North Carolina case reports a Negro woman and her two children dead from smallpox in Chatham County. Other items note a Sheboygan publisher with tombstone samples, gold shipments from New York, Illinois governor not seeking reelection, Josiah H. Bissell described as insane, a gas death in Brooklyn, a warning for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, and a sale advertisement for shoes and rail fares with travel details and ticket offices in Chicago and Union Station.
In Council Bluffs Iowa a Kansas City man using the name Joe Swartz is suspected of pawning diamonds and repurchasing a portion, then pawning paste diamonds totaling 2909 dollars before vanishing. He has been playing fare in the area for about a week and is being sought by local authorities.
Hire and sale notice for ladies shoes at Stout on 40 B Washington Street with prices listed as three dollars and forty nine cents, advertising a dramatic sale event.
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