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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1901
Page
12
Indiana asylum plan prompts public debate in city
A fragmented report discusses moving the state asylum from its Indianapolis site to a rural location citing safety, space, and cost concerns. Proponents warn against risk to children and potential loss of property values while critics lament state legislation and governance.
East Crusade Prompted by Alleged Vice Drive
The report notes a rapid alleged vice crusade with Sunday saloon violations across the city. Reporters say hundreds could be implicated if a full citywide investigation were done. Officials offer no excuse or reason for law noncompliance, asserting the mayor’s influence controls enforcement. The piece questions mayoral influence and mentions the track elevation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Covington
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Middlebury
Crossing Horror Rumors Spark Press Clash
Mr Metsker appears to threaten Burford press with a brick as rumors circulate of another grade crossing horror. The fragment hints at a heated dispute over safety and responsibility, framing a confrontation between individuals over a public danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Metsker
Mr. Burford
The Songs and Sketches of a Singer
A collage of humorous vignettes and verse notes on manners money and the minstrel world. It includes quips about press agents clerks and elevator boys with a closing anecdote about George and Miss Elder at a party and a misnamed hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylor
George
Miss Elder
Hat
Edward Singer
Women of Note and a Heroine by the Lake
Lotta Crabtree remains largely retired between New York and Boston with a summer home at Lake Honatcong. She has not performed since 1890 and declined offers to return, living on health, wealth, and her mother’s shrewd investments. Lizzie Sargent of Ellsworth Maine saved a lumber camp and all workers from a fire by repeatedly dousing flames with a wet mop for nearly two hours until help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta Crabtree
New York
Boston
Lake Honatcong
Lizzie Sargent
Elsworth
Alexandra
Marlborough House
Royal
Keyser
Lady Henry Somerset and notable women in public life
A compact survey highlights Lady Henry Somerset’s philanthropy driven routine with 200 daily letters and 6 to 8 stenographers, Alexandra’s charitable acts in Marlborough House, Carrie Nation’s temperance crusade in Kansas, and Miss Anna Barrows’s election to the Boston school board, reflecting varied social reform efforts across the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Barrows
Kitchen
Boston School Board
Miss Barrows
Public Education Association
Republican and
Independent Woman Voters
Quality lawn fabrics sale with indigo prints and ginghams
A sale offers 1 500 yard Indigo blue prints in stripes, Amoskeag ginghams, and white duck mill ends in standard and medium dark colors. Also 2 000 yards 40 inch lawns in light colors with blue stripes and cretonnes, plus children's dresses fabrics, Windsor Percales, cashmeres, and jacquard fancies, all at reduced yard prices.
Sermon Highlights Christian Love From Maj Cox
Maj Blanche B Cox of the Salvation Army spoke at Second Presbyterian Church on Sunday night. She contrasted a loving mother watching over a sick child with a Christian who does not boast of sacrifice, saying Jesus is more than life to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche B. Cox
Salvation Army
Second Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Local Society Events Decline in Weekly Calendar
Mrs H C Deventer hosts a card party on Wednesday while Mayor and Mrs Taggart stage a theatre party Tuesday night at Finneglishs. The Aftermath club plans a Thursday musicale. Mrs J A Miller entertains Sorosis club Tuesday afternoon at 21447 N Pennsylvania St. University club hosts first dinner dance Monday 6 30 to 8. Political Equality Society held reception Monday afternoon at Plymouth Church parlor for legislators and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Fneglish’s
Aftermath Club
J. A. Miller
Pennsylvania St
Sorosis Club
University Club
The
Political Equality Society
Parlos
Plymouth Church
Robbers Overpower Curtis Merchant's Son, Steal $300
In Fort Worth Texas on February 4 robbers overpowered the son ofmerchant F P Curtis as he returned home from his father's store and took $300 from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
F. P. Curtis
Curtis
Senators Frye and others push ship subsidy debate
A scrap from editorials notes Frye aiming for strong ship subsidy stance calling for drastic reform. Royalty phrase mocks trade lock in Britain while Cuba issue flags self rule doubts. A Kansas lawmaker targets prisoner gift culture, urging a ban to curb flattery and risk. New York paper backs similar laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frye
Carrie Nation
Detroit Free Press
United Kingdom
St. Paul
Cuba
Detroit News
Kansas
New York News
Kerr's Father Dies After Convict Heard News
George J. Kerr, transported from the Patterson case to Trenton, learned of his father’s death on Saturday. The report says the news overwhelmed him and he appeared almost unable to cope with the shock, marking a tragic moment in the convict’s travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
George J. Kerr
aPterson
Denver fights vice amid a citywide push
WIRE WHISPERS notes Denver battles vice and civic reform, while St Petersburg reports a population of 1 439 000. Krug packing in Missouri suffers 100 000 in fire damage. Carrie Nation tours towns Sunday seeking support with her hatchet. Chicago youths 16 and 14 are locked in a car and moved to St Louis. Chamberlin Co of Chicago wins contract to raise Maine and Alfonso XII from Havana harbor. Emperor Franz Josef opens parliament and urges rival groups to restrain enmity or absolutism may be needed. Additional coded hints show empire stability at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Joseph Krenek
Mike McCabe
Chicago
St. Louis
Chamberlin & Co
Havana Harbor
Franz Josef
Tornado kills resident in Cooper Texas story
A tornado crossed western County Saturday damaging Jim N Moody's home near Honest. One of his brothers was fatally injured, Tink Surled, and his two young daughters were affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Tex
Jim N. Moody
Tink
Big sale of blooded cattle at Union stock yards
City Life notes a Tuesday cattle sale at Union stock yards and a typical fall morning with crowded street cars. It also covers several local items: lectures, stamp sale at Y M C A, Washington’s birthday banquet, Cuban trip returnees, a death at 92 S Delaware, an eye injury on a College Ave car, state papers on poor relief reform, and railcar counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Philatelic Society
Abraham B. Bowman
S. Delaware St
Bowman Jewelry Company
Elwood Avery
Broadway
College-ave
North St
A. Sandoval
Nogales
A. Melgarejo
Mexican Congress
R. Rodriguez
Sandoval
Taggart
Indianapolis Copper Syndicate
Coval
Centralave
Caroline Scott Harrison
D. A. FL
Katharine Rand Winter
Susan Elizabeth Carnahan
Mary Mac
Foster
Dorothea van Camp
Carrie P. Ball
Mary B. Claypool
Crane
Bolen, Shea, Simon and Smith
Massachusetts Ave
Jas. Baker
John Brown
N. Noble St
John Cook
Amusements highlight English's week with Richard Carvel
Theatre duties feature John Drew in Richard Carvel at English's Monday night with noted supporting acts by Robert Hilliard O G Seymour Josephine Gassman and a dog and monkey circus. Hamlet with Sothern and Werned arrives Tuesday to Wednesday with a Wednesday matinee. The Park presents The Dairy Farm all week with original scenery. Theodore Thomas orchestra concert tickets go on sale Thursday at English's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Carvel
John Drew
New York
Mr. Drew
Robert Hilliard
Hilliard
O. G. Seymour
Josephine Gassman
English’s
I. H. Sothern
Virginia Werned
Theodore Thomas
English's
Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Circus
Seymour and Dupre
Josephine Gassmann
Coakley and Huested
Dan Hiatt
Nora Bayes
Kinodrome
Rolt
Hilliard Free
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