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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1901
Page
4
Public notice from The Sun outlines advertising contact points and subscription options. It lists temporary offices in the Journal Building and East Ohio Street, carrier delivery six cents weekly, and outside city rates of six months 1.50 and yearly 3.00 with notification requests for missed deliveries.
The passing of the nominating convention brings criticism of Indianapolis politics. Delegates weary of the hall’s odors depart to saloons, then return to duties intoxicated. Citizens report money changing hands at conventions, a scandal seen as a long standing disgrace. Lawmakers from rural areas could push a genuine primary reform law.
A contractor builds a brick block across Ohio Street and blocks an alley, then erects a fence along Pennsylvania Street taking sidewalk and part of the pavement. He sells ad space on the fence while painters daub heroic figures of ex presidents and celebrities. City officials react to the audacious street interference. The piece also notes rail fare politics and local business complaints about competing newspaper deliveries and competition.
The Inquirer notes a tongue in cheek remark about the Indiana senate price. The piece suggests inserting railroad and bank in small caps and having the reading clerk read it aloud to test reaction.
The piece contrasts Joss as a persuasive advocate for a primary election reform and critiques Thompson’s tax dodging bill as unfair and unenforceable. It observes implications for banks and court rulings, notes dynamite labeling ideas, and mentions Mark Hanna and McKinley in inauguration arrangements.
The passage notes admiration for J. B. Kealing as a political boss in Indiana, highlighting his influence and respect among certain supporters during the period.
The piece collects brisk vignettes from rail lawyers and politicians. It recalls a railroad attorney recounting a witty Irish witness that unsettled a court, Cardinal Manning’s blessing of a cook, a Washington school portrait of Washington, and quips from Senator Hale and Representative Fletcher in Congress.
The article reports Indiana's broad anti cigarette campaign with hostile legislature and women led leagues in towns and cities. It notes social leaders condemn male smoking and exclude cigarette users from social circles as part of the crackdown.
A London correspondent recalls a costly Spanish honor and a bitter dispute with Bismarck over 8000 francs. Then a Missouri senator’s stingaree tale and a dig at Horace Greeley. The piece shifts to Justice Brewer, jokes on the Supreme Court, and a revealing travel-expense bill paid from criminal funds.
A Kansas panel of pastors voices views on liquor control and church influence. Rev Wm A Quayle argues for local action and state policy, while others call for moral responsibility and civic duty without endorsing broad gospel methods.
A stitched fragment from a period piece includes verses about old days and a satirical scene at a street corner. A well dressed man reflects on charity while a ragged newsboy sells papers and a behind the scenes punchline about a prize fighter’s gas belt emerges.
The Cleveland Press compares Indianapolis unfavorably with moral capital, reporting a ten day poker game that netted $10 an hour and led to 21 citizens being sent to prison, urging the city to join the ranks of ordinary cities.
A caustic observer notes a somber mood as a crowd surrounds a policeman and a homeless, drunken man, sharing pleasantries while awaiting the patrol. The scene highlights tension between public indifference and official response in a harsh city setting.
Rev H C Meserve gave a stereopticon talk at Plymouth church Sunday night on Washington and Lincoln with pictures of major moments in their lives and ended with Maurice Thompson's Lincoln poem. Chinamen observe Chinese New Year Monday and Tuesday. May Key pauses business to receive visitors until Tuesday noon. Knights of Columbus banquet at the Penison featured toasts on Charity Patriotism and K of C in these days. Fire losses reported at two separate incidents and a missing valise with papers found later. Indiana engineering society and Knights of honor announce leadership and meetings. Rail traffic shows grain slow East, other tonnage above average. Union State Hospital stockholders listed. Grand Lodge K of H meets Tuesday. Ice wagon workers push to organize unions.
The dealer says the horse is too old, while Uncle Mose defends his horse’s age, insisting the animal is at most ten and has been well used for twenty years. The dialogue conveys a rural bargaining scene with strong dialect and character voices.
A poem by Edward Singer laments the speaker’s baby’s death. The speaker links the baby’s passing to the sun’s rise and the world’s gladness, noting the sun no longer rises since the child’s eyes have closed. The verse centers on grief and maternal loss.
A mixed dispatch notes after March 4 1901 Washington society plans to display the Roosevelt smile as the proper pose while public charity debates dominate. It cites the wind pudding jibe at Mark Hanna and warns of political shifts in national representation on ballots and civic favors amid international affairs.
Misses Eunice and Augusta Jameson plan a Washington trip this week. Mrs Deschler hosted a tea for Mrs Hinus’s house party. Mrs Louden tours San Francisco to visit cousin Mrs Stevenson. Mrs O’Donnell entertains Holy Cross club Thursday. Knights of Columbus host new members reception Monday at Brenneke’s. Mr and Mrs Fisher hosted a dinner for Mabel Karper and Harry Reinsageen to be married March 5. Paulischs mark fiftieth anniversary with 60 guests. they live at 962 English Ave. in Indianapolis. he is 77, she 74. six of their ten children survive with eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They married in Dresden and moved to America shortly after, living in Indianapolis 25 years.
Women in Perry wreck a saloon causing $700 loss. Beloit temperance protest drew a large crowd and a fire alarm. Derby warned three Jointists to leave. Emporia hotel joker cited Mrs Nation. Topeka and Valentine UG Warn gamblers. Wellington remains dry.
Miss Mary Laker 92 was buried Monday from the home of her nephew W E Shilling 417 N West St. She was born in England and came to America 30 years ago. She grieved Queen Victoria death and enjoyed reminiscences. Her family extended long life with all but one member living past 80.
U S minister F B Loomis in Caracas lies gravely ill. Croker reportedly leaves active politics in America. Maryland Biscuit plant in Baltimore burns with losses around 100000. Majestic hotel Chicago fire damage minimal. Col W Thomas Hart of Boise dies by suicide in Snake River. Mrs D A Maver of Cincinnati dies on operating table under chloroform in Denver. J H Tettaton condemned for murder attempts suicide. will recover. Henry Lewich, 14, crippled for nine years, breaks leg but now walks with cane. Student Guy Asper fined for cutting classmate Henry Schurman’s mustache at Maryland university Baltimore.
In Tampa Florida editor W Crum aged 6 died Sunday following a brutal beating by whitecaps at Idlewild park months ago tied to his republican writings in his newspaper.
Washington reports Captain C W King assistant quartermaster of volunteers was discharged from the army after being charged with accepting a bribe at Fort Morgan Alabama. The action comes by direction of the president.
Chicago February reports artist John T. Cutcheon seriously ill with pneumonia. Doctors believe a change of climate in Asheville, North Carolina may save his life.
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