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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
4
Readers in Indianapolis discuss how to fund a local paper through subscription and advertising while examining law proposals to curb lynching and punish county officials. The piece critiques current tax and insurance practices and questions the integrity of public offices amid critiques of police and newspaper actions.
A satirical review of 1904 presidential chatter mocks John W. Kern and Bryan leadership, lampoons Gen Alger and Gen Miles, and quips about streetcar woes and local officials. It references Pat Crowe and Marvin Kuhns amid a flurry of political asides and seasonal humor.
Anecdotes from public figures and historical figures about manners and humor in urban scenes. Gen Joe Wheeler assists a woman with her umbrella after an awkward moment aboard a streetcar. Charles Towne recalls his first day as senator and mispronounced title recognition. Sir Arthur Sullivan and Sir F Gore-Auseley inspire a musical joke about the hypomyxolydian mode. Alexander Dumas meets a Marseille guide who praises his own fame. Senator Hanna boards an F streetcar and interacts with the conductor.
A compilation of quoted voices covers restaurant labor, transit service, chess discipline, lodge life, press restraint, telephone etiquette, and court life. Notables include Metron Gregory on cheap eateries, James M. Jones on streetcar schedules, Pillsbury on chess, and Clark on news limits, among many others.
In a crowded car Senator Hanna fumbles pockets seeking fare as Senator Platt checks coins and pockets, finally producing a ticket. The conductor asks for fare and Platt quietly covers Hanna by offering his own ticket, easing the moment as the train proceeds toward Fourteenth Street.
A fragmentary excerpt records harsh courtroom dialogue over a teen prisoner with lines from W. B. Ryan about throwing a boy into a river and a workhouse. It also notes H C Cutsinger commenting that weather shifts sales of hot drinks like hot chocolate and lemon tea at a Huder's pharmacy.
A fragment from a printed collection features quick quips and dialogue. Jokes range from a boastful police scene to a barber and victim exchange and a landlady’s inquiry about a room occupant. The tone is vaudeville style with playful dialect and broad humor.
The Detroit News notes the curfew will not affect sons of millionaires for some time. The Buffalo Times comments on the Mississippi mob that lynched the wrong man sending “regrets” to the family. The Detroit Free Press contrasts reforms in China with killings.
The high corn price drives Kansas farmers to avoid using corn as fuel this year. They can sell corn and still buy coal, signaling a shift in energy choices amid rising grain costs.
Will Nichols was fined 200 dollars and costs by Judge Alvord on Friday after being charged as an agent in a policy game. He paid the fine and costs.
In Chicago scientists D. Jacques Loeb and D. J. Lingle report that salt in blood prompts turtle heart tissue to beat. They isolated ventricular strips, showing sodium chloride induces rhythmic contractions even without nerves, while pure salt eventually damages tissue. Mixing calcium and potassium negates the salt effect.
Sunday church services scheduled with times and pastors at Mavor chapel First baptist W Washington chapel Roberts park M E Central ave M E Meridian st M E Christ episcopal Second presbyterian Plymouth congregational Tabernacle presbyterian First presbyterian with noted Chicago pastor Rev J Ross Stevenson.
Inquiry asks for the salaries of the secretary and general manager and superintendent of the Consumers' Gas Company and compares them to the city salaries in Indianapolis including the mayor comptroller and city clerk. The question seeks a factual comparison of executive pay versus municipal officer wages.
The association named officers for Primary English Township Reading and elocution and Classical sections. Names include Miss Gertrude Robinson Terre Haute president and Prof John B Wisely Terre Haute president with a slate of vice presidents secretaries and treasurers across South Bend Cambridge City Logansport Muncie Hanover Kosciusko County Westphalia North Manchester Bloomington and Indianapolis affiliates.
J B Peterman, an Englishman without a title, is in Indianapolis to form a company to manufacture lholite stone. He claims the material can be produced cheaply and is as serviceable as quarried stone. Peterman is a friend of the duke of Manchester and will spend Sunday in Cincinnati with a young lady friend of the duchess.
Mrs. Rachael Dwyer died Friday morning at her home from tuberculosis. She was the wife of Louis S. Dwyer a Panhandle engineer. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at the home with burial in Greenville Ohio. Four small children survive.
Chandler and Taylor plan new brick workshops on brick foundations west of the city near the National road. The project includes a foundry boiler shop and machine shop, all to be erected on a stone foundation.
The item highlights elections and committee actions in the Democratic state committee and politicians like Senator Lambert and Gov. Mount. It notes a Bourbon water works receiver appointment, bond payments, a stove fire on Cornell Street, and a large city theater program with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performing The Messiah under Karl Schneider. It mentions Adolph Sayre’s disappearance, gambling-house affidavits, a Lomax hall addition for Marion’s medical college, and local club entertainments.
A local report notes a hit song titled The tale of the kangaroo drawing strong audience reaction among Indianapolis youths as it spreads through the city. The piece highlights the catchy tune and its wide earworm appeal among listeners.
Hartford City resident E E Merren attends a Griffiths supper. Mrs Bradford Choate of Salt Lake City visits Lew Wallace. Minnie Aufderheide and Miss Prior host a 73 guest card party. Judge and Mrs Baker entertain Gov and Mrs Mount at the Denison. Esther Barton visits Judge Herron family on Ash street. Carrie Nation to spend Sunday with uncle W H Astinger. Emma O'Brien hosts a Friday card party for Miss Correll guest of Miss Blanche Greenen.
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