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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1904
Page
4
An ad rate notice lists costs for spaces in the Sun Building publication. Rates shown include six months in advance, monthly, and yearly options outside the city, with specified prepayment terms and location notes.
A year in review recounts global progress and turmoil, noting peace efforts, engineering feats like the New York subway and Galveston seawall, scientific advances, and a harsh tally of lynchings. It mentions courtship costs in New Jersey, New Year customs, proposals at midnight, and hints at Denver opening a branch office on January 1.
An 86 year old Danish king, Christian TX, is praised as one of the finest old fellows who ever wore a crown. He is loved by thousands of plain subjects who see him and speak to him easily, without courtiers or favors.
Reports describe Christian IX living simply in his winter palace with a frank court ethic. He meets the public each Monday, requires only a clean shirt and decent suit, and rejects pomp while earning the Grandfather of Europe nickname.
Mark Guy Pearse reports on the United States praising Americans for integrity and self respect. He notes women in British pubs and compares social behavior, saying Americans walk with firm steps and claim their world. Indianapolis plans a new modern hospital by 146.
A columnist quotes a German police incident with an American tourist about a gown and a dress on the ground. It discusses women's punctuality, cooks and creators in kitchens, and King Edward's cook M Menager praising female talent. Menager notes women chefs at renowned London kitchens and royal dinners, with a salary mentioned.
A compilation of quotes from diverse figures including Henry Bpear Mike Jefferson Senator Fairbanks and John G Ruckelshaus covers views on religion, masonry, law, teaching, crime, and civic duty. The remarks touch on education pay, jail life, public safety, and the societal role of professionals in Indianapolis.
A miscellany notes a dog song by Roy Spaugh of Looking Giana taken to Crook county Oregon then returning to Looking Glass. mentions a food day at Smith Thomas and melon harvests. reports a Winchester bushel standaid found in Kingsworthy sold for £60. cites London and New Zealand bird notes and a central Kansas jack rabbit hunt with 75 hunters yielding 100,900 pounds of meat shipped to New York and Kansas City.
A Goodyear lumber plant in Hye Springfeld Illinois operates nonstop with a band mill and gangs, moving logs from pond to yard in minutes. Machinery handles timber from lift to pile, enabling a log to be cut in under 49 seconds while three trains shuttle between pond and woods to maintain supply. Additional notes mention Heminek and Wellnatura as related terms.
A garbled collage of quotes from Washington Star Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Press and other papers features humorous banter about pranks and marriage. Characters Eben Henry and unnamed suitors discuss overdrawn accounts and social plans in a volley of clipped dialogue.
Proposals to establish colonies of Negroes in the northwest meet white neighbor protests. Climate and farming methods hinder outdoor labor for southern farm hands, and most colonization attempts have failed. Madison County real estate irrigation recalls earlier failed efforts sparked by Gerritt Smith and abolitionists.
Carnegie, strolling in New York with no coin, accepted a passing passenger's nickel. The next day the benefactor asked for the card, and Carnegie rewarded him with champagne and a cordial note of thanks.
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