Sunday Baseball Sparks City Controversy in Indianapolis
A critic signs as X. Y. Z. and attacks Sunday baseball as corrupting morals while defenders cite lighter police dockets in cities with Sunday games. The piece mocks Major Gordon and argues against blanket remonstrances, noting dwindling smallpox cases and a gambling dispute in Indianapolis amid a legislative rabble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Elttes
West
Addie Patesy
Akal
Maj. L. 5
Gordon
Col Gordon
Fortune
Lleut
Corporal Gordon
Mr. Fortune
Indiana Echoes on Durbin Beveridge and Riley Critique
A clipped editorial survey critiques Indiana politics naming Gov Durbin and Senator Beveridge and their relation to public opinion, alongside editorials from Greensburg and Lafayette papers. It notes press jests about Indiana and reflects on literary figure James Whitcomb Riley and his income from writing as debated topics.
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Greensburg
Indianapolis
Durbin
Senator Fairbanks
Beveridge
Indiana
Fairbanks
Knightatown
Lafayette
Eeema
Chicago
Cage Fellowa
Cap
Beta— Herald
A Corner for the Women and Homemaking Trends
A fashion note outlines Easter hats from The Alice Roosevelt to The DuBarry, fabric trends with white madras and embroidered details, and early spring suits. It also covers home sewing ideas from baked potato wrappers to elegant rug and floor coverings, praising Summa and Axminster options, with guidance on matting, Japanese or Turkish textures, and color blends.
Riley’s Slow Drawl Describes Wordless Day
Riley, with a slow drawl, confesses to a day when he cannot think of any word. The line evokes humor and a lazy mood as he searches for a suitable expletive to fit the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Sketches and Songs of a Singer and Other Fragments
A fragmented line of sketches and songs presents surreal verse about a goblin, a big boy, and a doctor, with stray lines about barbers, climate jokes, a clerk, and a laundryman. The text includes misprinted names and nonsensical dialogue, reflecting an unsettled manuscript page from a historical paper.
Men in Print and Midnight Interviews in Coal Strike Tales
A collection of anecdotes about reporters waking prominent figures like copper king Thomas W. Lawson for interviews after midnight, and a dated tale of ex Senator David B. Hill’s humor told by General Ferdinand P. Marie. The piece ends with miners seeking a wage rise of 20 to 30 cents per ton, noted by the Columbia City Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Thomas W. Lawcon
Mr. Lawson
Globe National Bank
Duster
Mr. Lanson
Aea
Lawson
David B. Hill
Ferdinand P. Marie
General Anthia
Fill
Tla
Homa
Washington, D. C
Earle
Benator
Mr. H
Columbia City Post
Odds and Ends of a Curious Era in City Tales
A mosaic of small town vignettes and oddities features a motorman who inspires opera scholarship after a musical encounter on a Ninth Avenue car in New York. A dog with unusual intelligence and a bragging cashier describe sharp, humorous glimpses of daily life, chasing luck and character in a bustling era.
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Lerne Macadam
William T. Stewart
Opera
Stewart
New York
Macadam
Iake
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The
Indianapolis Sun
B. Ohiost
Coares
Advan
GC. J. Billson
Foreign Advertising Department
Tribune Building
William Critchtow
Armitage
Weather Office
Thia
RIT OF the State Press
Borton Evening Transcript
James Whitcomb Riley
Alice Roosevelt
Maude Adams
Caarins
DuBarry
Paris
Goblina
Creville Creacon
Dave Stumm
Ching
Chiny
Olattke
Edward
Inger
Acastoria
Maton
Stella Batiste
Reyard
Melton
Wales
Rome
AMI
Boye
China
Cortis Big Gevels
Odds and Ends
Hansbro
Elisabethtown News
Robert L. Usnery
Cincinnati
New Willard
Atlanta Constitution
Garin
Avoive
Columbia National Bank
United States Depository
Mortimer Levering
A. A. Barnes
W. T. Golt
W. K. Sproule
TORS
National Furniture Co
W. Washington Streat
Schools and Colleges
N.l.wyzard
Sam
Washington Star
Aun
Sistalinseass Ool
Aoa Sea
Doe
Poum
Nosenbita
W. Penesyivesia
Tie Cental
Goupeny
E. Markett
Stransky Steel Ware
Vonnegut Hardware Comp
E. Washington Street
Physicians and Surgeons
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