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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
4
Publication details for The Sun located at 125 East Ohio Street Indianapolis Indiana include rates for delivery, outside city subscriptions, and advertising contact. Readers are urged to contact the business manager for communications and billing, with notices for publication directed to the editor.
If you fail to receive The Sun regularly please notify this office. Call telephone 880, new or old, or send a postal to The Sun.
The Sun urges Indianapolis to create a water recreation system along Fall Creek near Fairview park. A dam near the aqueduct and minor dredging could raise depths to four feet, enabling boat traffic from skiffs to launches, while improving north bank land values and reducing sewer burdens. The proposal invites park board and Commercial club review for a city wide benefit.
A local dispute questions moving the art museum to the Fairbank and Kissel beer garden site. Temperance groups oppose, yet some fear downtown placement harms future city growth near Fall Creek. Editorial notes mixed opinions and debates long-term impact.
A blend of critique on US and British military readiness and leadership. The piece notes US luck in victories, Britain's shorter range guns, and criticizes political editors in Indianapolis for overlooking a figure in a Goebel matter. It also mocks Polygamist Roberts mileage issues and hints at Irish conflict risk with Natal. It ends with a jab at Goebel’s appointed adjutant general.
On a train from Portland to Portsmouth Bryan pauses politics to meet Arlene Sherburne a Nebraska bound girl. The child christens a doll Grace Bryan Sherburne with Bryan pinning a flower and ribbon, then chats about Santa and Bryans before departing.
John W. Pierson sues William E. Reynolds for 2000 dollars claiming assault and injuries. Indianapolis fire department logged 129 alarms in January, 14 more than last year. A fire caused 2 dollars damage at George Stahn’s residence 524 Germania Ave. Sale of the post office site to C I Sayles group for 400100 dollars announced. City council committee discussed a new hackmen solicitation ordinance but took no action. Savilla Burks petitions for divorce from Ira B Burks saying she is 16 and married last June. husband allegedly beat her over money for beer. Ambrose P. Stanton reports 73356.90 balance. paid 5550 to the Indianapolis Art Association as residuary legatee. Fourth Presbyterian Church officers listed. State health board reports 1899 quarter deaths 8195 and births 9453. meningitis 120 of 183 cases died. typhoid 646 of 1076 died. Indianapolis Military Band concert at Tomlinson Hall supports Central Labor Union Reading Room fund with soprano solos by Bremerman Edmunds and Bradford. Kiefer to play cornet, Powell bass. John Dirr of Poseyville touts One Minute Cough Cure as best for coughs and colds, claims prevention of consumption.
A daily business lunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. offers a ten cent meal for ten. A ladies' lunch is served on the second floor at Ormonde located at 16 W Peart Street. The notice promotes the Union Co operative Laundry with phone number 120.
A fragmented poetry and dialogue piece recounts a singer's grit versus hardship. It includes lines about Tommy and the Boers, a photo session with Stillman, social chatter, and wartime courage themes. The piece emphasizes personal resolve amid personal and social tension.
The text notes Thea Museman the poet appears prosperous and productive as he writes humorous valentines. A speaker reflects on misjudging him, acknowledging changes in perception after hearing news about Goebel and noting his lips trembled.
Henry Irving in The Merchant of Venice with elaborate stage settings earns praise for his portrayal of the crabbed usurer. Miss Terry is slightly hoarse as the audience size falls short of expectations.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims soothing effects for gums wind colic diarrhoea and pain relief. The note prices a quarter per bottle.
The Louisvvile and Madison accommodation No. 2 will depart at 8:30 a.m. starting Sunday February 4. It will leave Indianapolis at 8:06 a.m. Arrival times list Louisville at 12:06 a.m. and Madison at 11:25 a.m.
Frere correspondence recalls a grim incident on the British march toward Gen Hill yard where a lone Boer firing position caused a fatal hit on a young woman among the Boers. Her death saddens Yorkshire troops, and officials guard details as burial is observed and the story likely to reach official war reports.
The article recounts Major General Robert Roberts surviving heavy combat during the Indian campaigns. It notes bullets striking his gear and horse, a near capture at Bulandshar, a fall into a nullah, a severed hand cut by a sword, and repeated flag placements at Lucknow despite direct fire.
In Clay County and western Owen County a pemphigus outbreak causes fear and economic harm. A reader urges calm, noting the disease is not highly contagious and may not recur for a century. Dr. John A Williams cautions against alarm.
A Chicago literary citizen wins the prize for best verse responding to Edwin Markham's Man with the Hoe. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the poem's meter falters, yet the achievement stands despite a wobbling rhythm. District newspapers remark on royal footwear, Queen Victoria, and political jests about McKinley’s birthday and Goebel.
A compilation of editorial stinging remarks from papers in Bluffton Richmond Salem Green Castle Rockville and Clay City rail at U S policy and Kentucky politics. The remarks attack Filipino capital in Manila the Boer war relief efforts in Indiana and the need for legal reform and independent juries.
Miss Ida Foudray to host a card party Friday night. Mrs Chauncey Clark and Miss Florence Buxton host a bridal gathering for Miss Vance West on Thursday afternoon. State weddings in Marion Pendleton and nearby towns list multiple couples marrying with gowns and new residences noted amid social events. Mr David S Hill plans a European trip. Mr and Mrs John W Kern host an Feb 10 evening party. George T Porter arrive Berlin for winter stay.
In Montgomery on February 2 sheet cotton sells for eight cents as farmers cheer mortgage payoffs. Overproduction looms for next season. By February 1 fertilizer tag sales reached 2000 dollars, up sharply from 13 dollars on the same day last year.
A series of brief items from New York to Manila notes health, diplomacy, and crime. Frost Islead of St Louis is mentioned alongside a possible restart of the Molineux trial in New York Monday and notes from Managua, Nicaragua. A Pekin dispatch denies an emperor report and a wreck kills John Diday in Akron. Cardinal Domenico Jacobini dies after resigning Rome post. Adelbert Jay arrives as American consul at Pretoria via Lorenzo Marquez. A Chicago murder reports Nick Halzner stabbing Louise Schaffer in a saloon.
Reported blazes hit Piqua Ohio wagon works Morin block Lowell Massachusetts and numerous firms across Cleveland Chicago New York and East Grand Forks with combined damages reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fatalities include W D Kelley and T J McAdam in East Grand Forks.
Sioux City report says the body in a box at the U S express office was not unexpected. Railway freight agents received several telephone inquiries for a box of books from Baltimore. The caller refused to name himself and police are seeking him.
Ana Perkin, 55, an eccentric Cleveland woman who sold papers on the public square and wore white knickerbockers and a slouch hat, died Thursday night of typhoid fever. She was known to two travelers who visited the city in recent years.
Chicago February 2. John Alexander Dowie’s agents are negotiating an immediate outright purchase of 745 acres in Lake County Illinois. The land would be taken and paid for once titles are corrected, with a total cost of 122750 dollars.
A pennyworth medicine advertises Dr. EBull Cough Syrup that claims to cure croup and save children's lives. It urges mothers to keep the remedy on hand, noting a price of 25 cents and promising fewer restless moments.
A seventh page pointer urges readers to study the Sun's lines and apply them in daily life, claiming guidance for personal conduct and decision making. The note emphasizes practical insight from the publication's features.
Polish patriots with out number are being arrested in leading cities of Poland. Scores are imprisoned awaiting trials on charges of high treason.
Elizabeth N J February 2 Seadie Evans a Gypsy Queen died in a camp near this city and Newark Thursday. She was said to be 105 years old born in England and came to America 50 years ago. She traveled widely and amassed a fortune. Hoon’s Sar saparilla claimed to win victory over disease due to its curative power.
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