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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1901
Page
4
The Sun's business office in Indianapolis is cited amid bills to raise public advertising costs. Senator Burns proposes a measure to benefit party organs, risking higher city expenses. The piece criticizes lawmakers, the press, and public officials while noting ongoing saloon activity and political maneuvering in Indiana.
The piece hints at tense policy moves and a blocked water contract while the safety board sits idle. It mentions Thomas Taggart potentially enforcing saloon laws and questions whether the vice crusade drifted away with the groundhog. Editorial room contact details are listed.
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt highlights American advertising in Japan where hillside ads appear as processions. It recalls Hamlin Garland’s anecdote with a proud father about his son Thomas, and praises Henry B. Fuller as a swift, polished novelist who writes at pace in longhand for strong unity.
The Sun reports its business office remains at 123 and 125 East Ohio Street despite a recent fire. Officials confirm continued operations from the same premises with no material disruption to services.
A compilation of editorial snips from several papers cites Mrs Nation challenging Roosevelt, calls for a possible continuous congressional session, and notes commentary on citizenship trustworthiness and foreign delegates. Indiana mentions include Pan American exposition funding and voter corruption cases.
A brief note reports thorough cleaning of the Aipestite cons aboard the vessel. Crew actions focus on sanitation and maintenance. No incidents or injuries are described.
A compact note outlining a modernized collection titled Sketches and Songs of a Singer. It parodies common proverbs such as a bird in the hand and a bird on the hat to suggest contemporary, playful updates in a musical or literary sketch format.
Report from a frontier fort describes Maj Rub en delivering reassuring news after talks with scouts. Capt Trav ers asks for confirmation as the colonel declares no immediate threats and notes that the twins are asleep, reflecting family life at the garrison.
Mr Tucker asks about a return while chiding his wife for calling his mother Old Boomerang. Fg Tucker clarifies he wonders when she will come back, and Mrs Tucker urges calm. The brief exchanges hint at family tensions over a missing relative.
A playful quip clashes busy and lazy traits in a humorous exchange about a famed insect. The wordplay centers on February timing and a warning not to interrupt the otherwise industrious creature. The snippet captures light local wit and seasonal humor.
A narration describes a woman named Bridget and the speaker Edward Singer reacting to a milkman seen as heavenly. The speaker notes maintaining calm avoids darkening the day, while a boy named Willie Smith taunts him with chalk marks and snowballs. The piece ends with a desire to patch troubles and raise a truce.
Review covers Richard Carvel by John Drew, Hilliard sketches, and acts at Grand theater, with praise for the company and stage settings. Highlights include Frances Glazier, O. G. Seymour, Josephine Gassman, and a dog and monkey act. Park offers The Dairy Farm with realistic politics and Buchanan election scenes. Other attractions include Thomas concerts and Feicht talk on Oberammergau.
ANN TEEK recounts how The Sun met a fire that burned its mechanical department and editorial rooms. Despite chaos, reporters and editors gathered, copied, and printed a noon edition by moving to the Journal offices within hours. The piece celebrates newsroom resilience and dedication of a newspaper staff.
Contemporary papers react to the Indianapolis Sun fire with sympathy and aid. The Sun’s plant burned at 6 am Tuesday, yet it published from the Journal’s presses that same day. Other papers offer help while The Sun resumes operations with grit and brisk dispatch.
Tickets are available for all regular Saturday trains on February 16 with return no later than train No 6 leaving Chicago. Visit city ticket offices at corner Washington and Illinois streets Union Station or Massachusetts Avenue for tickets.
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