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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
4
A compact line item lists numbers 626 and 3411 alongside the label Phones 80, indicating a price or model reference in a short financial or cataloging snippet. The fragmentary text provides limited context beyond the two numeric identifiers and a single descriptor.
A critical editorial argues against taxing the public to elevate railroad property, labeling such plans inconsistent and harmful. It contrasts private rail assets with public funds, denounces yellow journalism in promoting epileptic homes, and urges railroads to fund their own improvements while condemning taxpayer support.
The Fall Creek Boulevard project, opened for bids, faces confusion as J Clyde Power the parks superintendent questions the board. For years the work has been delayed on various pretexts with Power labeled an obstacle, though the Sun cannot confirm such claims.
The text argues the neglect is outrageous though $68,000 remains for a $72,000 project. It urges the Park Board to continue funding to near completion and to ensure Power understands the effort. It also notes hopes for marital stability amid divorce issues and mentions Peabody, Colorado in eruption.
A satirical look at future medical tinkering argues humans may lose teeth hair and parts of the digestive system to predigested foods and surgical trends. It mocks calls to remove tonsils appendix and even portions of the intestine while predicting spectacles and new health fixes in a bizarre forward view.
Andrew D. White, veteran American diplomat in Europe, outlines three additions he would bring home to improve civilization: British criminal justice administration, German theater, and the urban governance models from European nations, excluding Russia Spain and Turkey.
A Chinese battalion led by a Chinese band will appear on Broadway within a month or so. The soldiers will be armed with Krug Jorgensen rifles and dressed in Western style infantry uniforms including monkey caps. The unit will be recruited entirely from Chinese residents of New York.
A congress memorial for late statesman George Francis Hoar was marred by a speaker confusing Hoar with Massachusetts senator Blaine or eccentric figure George Francia Train. The misattribution illustrated how easy it is to mix prominent names amid eloquent eulogies.
The piece observes Indiana politics and press influence as Gov Pennypacker’s views on newspapers are invoked. It notes 79 members in session with varied activities while Speaker Cantwell’s name is forgotten in the minutes. elliott presided briefly and Milburn clashed with Moorehill over Moora hill.
The article portrays Senators Parks and Roemer in debate over honesty and wage policy, with Parks opposing government wage setting and Roemer depicted as cigarette prone. It references Senator Nirabrough of Muneic and a Roosevelt Republican plank, while Winston Menaléx and Editor John D. Roche are quoted in a spirited, humorous legislature scene.
In a Harlem butcher shop an amused scene unfolds as Edward Morgan, assistant postmaster of New York, notes a stout Irishwoman eyeing the old scales. She misreads a dial and exclaims in alarm that it is o clock, prompting lighthearted reactions from bystanders.
At a meeting with strike leaders and workers Archbishop Ireland spoke against clergy striking. A walking delegate retorted that priests would strike if paid by the day, not by the job, highlighting labor tensions. The record notes an ad for men’s overcoats priced at 44 dollars from a Washington avenue firm.
Henry C. Hendrickson of Covington Indiana recalls Civil War service and Libby prison deprivation. He asserts veterans in his town draw pensions unfairly while he, paralyzed, receives only seventeen dollars and twenty cents monthly. He urges Congress to raise his pension to twenty four dollars as he continues to work.
Editor appeals for osteopathy as a humane healing method praising its benefits for the afflicted and condemning fraudulent practitioners. The writer supports legal recognition to allow osteopathy to grow and aid the sick, citing patient recoveries and calls for regulation.
Frayed OCR style verse from Frank L. Stanton appears in the Atlanta Constitution. The text obliquely evokes summer’s warmth, bees, wheat, and nature while weaving a romantic refrain about beauty and longing. The lines mix playful noise with a nostalgic, lyrical fervor.
Maguey, cultivated in Mexico, serves many purposes. Indians weave rough cloth from its fiber without modern machinery. Its juice yields mescal, pulque, and a liquor valued by natives. The plant also produces various textiles and a splendid quality paper from its fiber.
Dr William Henry reports that all animals exhibit a taste for alcohol, fishes being the most tolerant. At Buxton hospital Edward Kime notes the tally of word Howard. A London Musical World verdict questions Theatric Left Bernd Mera as a marching tune for troops. The First Royal Fusiliers returned from 1 year abroad, renowned for city street parades with fixed bayonets. A Darlington court awarded damages in a case involving alleged neglect and local cruelty to children by a National Society officer and a police officer.
Mark Twain recalls a Cork trial where the jury, addressed as Gentlemen of the jury, promptly moved to the dock in a display of ritual correctness. The anecdote highlights familiar courtroom behavior observed during his Ireland trip.
Quotes from Chicney News describe Sunshine and Shiles as a young couple in a lively exchange. The man claims immunity to bold proposals after a long chat with the fair maid, who notes the fatigue of heavy metal talk and a barber’s shave.
A Philadelphia Press note records Hoch the Chicago Justice officer arrested after offering to peel potatoes for his landlady, a widow who grew suspicious. The anecdote mocks ruses of deception and the widow’s caution in a humorous set piece about marriage and money.
Vice-President-elect Fairuants will be succeeded by James A. Hemenway known as Buffalo Bones. He first found buffalo bones in Kansas at 17, later became a sewing machine agent, tried law, taught school, and entered the House at 30. Now at 45 he becomes a senator. Women's Suits 14 Their Cost. Monarch Supply Co.
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