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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1900
Page
4
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Readers condemn the Empire Theater as the Jolly Grass Widows allegedly offer vulgar and suggestive performances. Officials voice caution urging audiences to avoid the venue amid claims of bawdy humor and low entertainment value.
A local editorial condemns the city administration and police trials calling the charges weak and the dismissals improper. It argues evidence was trivial and the trial exposed political motives, labeling the editorial as imbecile and disgraceful to the city.
Critics press Mayor Taggart to demand Roth's resignation from the Board of Public Works, arguing the police testimony and theater influence show misconduct. They warn that Roth's continued service harms city governance and rail service prospects.
The piece notes wear on Mr Charlie Roths escutcheon and flags a gypsy moth problem in Massachusetts. It claims knowledge of Senator George Frisbie Hoars issue and accuses Senator Clark of Montana of overspending 115000 for the senatorship, asserting Standard Oil did not bid that high.
The writer notes difficulty distinguishing the Press editorials from its half tones. The comment suggests a blending of opinion pieces with image tones, creating a murky editorial atmosphere.
Chauncey M Depew of New York sees a bill to appoint a Daughters of the American Revolution member to represent the United States at the Lafayette statue unveiling in Paris and Paris Exposition. Missouri Senator Cockrell notes Paris authorities oppose women on the commission, prompting Depew to withdraw the measure amid Capitol hallway chatter and lunch-time anecdotes involving ex-Gov Hogg and Patrick Henry of Mississippi.
In a New York Mail and Express quip filled excerpt, speakers debate a law to repeal once in power. The piece mocks Michigan Smiths and early party rhetoric, recalling Butler and Clarke in a lively 19th century style.
A fragmentary verse and prose sketch mix as Estella, Stella, and a lovesick speaker debate death and memory. The narrator pleads for secrecy and peace after his death while Stella resists sentimentality and jokes about the tender lines. A comic exchange ends with Stella declaring her mind made up.
A man in a bed laments a second robbery tonight as he confronts a gunman. He questions the value of what he is receiving while a police officer on the beat is in the kitchen with the cook as noises of dining drift from below.
A narrator notes the mysteries of Jove while an older man Whipperley quips about a man driving the streets all day shouting Old rags and rubbers and never suffering a sore throat. The exchange blends whimsy with street characterization.
A comic cartoon lines out a pompous older man who slips on a banana peel and swears. The verse mocks pretentious pose and asks what England will do with the Transvaal if they win, joking a cemetery may be made of it.
A backroom banter about invention and fortunes contrasts with a husband and wife scene. Bigstone hints at a lucrative ear-tab idea while urging John to stay hopeful despite ongoing troubles. The dialogue centers on choosing a brighter outlook and acknowledging personal favors.
A small ad touts Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy for lingering cold and lung consumption. It invites readers to visit the sample-room and cafe-restaurant at 127 East Court Street for a business lunch service in Che oe style from noon to 3 PM.
A columnist argues that many women are challenging traditional roles, seeking to become less feminine or more masculine. The piece laments lost moral order, insisting a woman’s true role is wife and mother, and warns that pushback has cheapened women in men’s eyes and degraded relations between the sexes.
A collection of editorial quips references policies and figures across state papers. Topics include trusts tariffs territorial expansion and police reform with critics urging action and accountability in public affairs. Names include Rockefeller Mount and unspecified attorneys general figures and papers cited provide a snapshot of progressive era discourse.
A Sunday rundown notes a major snow storm in New York and a cola wave harming the Texas strawberry crop. Other items report Bryan at a Florida barbecue, the death of Judge Richard A Buckner in Kentucky, a deadly riot in Rio de Janeiro, a lynching in South Carolina, Hopper ending his London engagement, and public figures discussing leadership and railroad ambitions.
A local story describes Moses Bush a colored county worker sent to the country after a disturbance. He found a crazy man at a roaring fire kneeling by potatoes and wielding a foot long butcher knife. Mose asked only to warm himself and stood near the blaze a few minutes.
Traveling men and loungers at the Bates house were surprised Sunday afternoon by the Juanita glee club from Chicago. The club advertised a YMCA meeting across the street and planned to sing again. They performed in Roberts Park church Sunday night and will host a benefit concert for deaconess work there Tuesday night.
The Boers deploy twenty four Creusot guns and four batteries of Vickers-Maxim field pieces. They use rapid fire SchneWer-Canet 14-pounders and Maxims against Ladysmith and Mafeking. Heavy Krupp guns and large calibers dominate the conflict with extensive ammunition and two 48 foot 120 ton guns noted.
Joe and Mrs George Gayere in New ak. Miss Jessie Bird to wed Harry Griffith March 14. Mrs J P Senefeld hosts M C B club. Mrs Isabell Ingersoll hosts Queen Esther auxiliary. Dr Martha J French and Thomas McCreery to marry in Gaston Indiana. Rev C C Rowlison to officiate at 1629 Broadway home. At home after Feb 26 in Gaston.
A column notes first sermons by new pastors Rev. Lewis Brown at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Rev. Robert Ostood at Mayflower Congregational Church and Rev. A L Orcutt at Englewood Christian Church plus Father Gavish at St John’s Church Their themes urge helping the poor the link between sorrow and sin press influence and cautions against private scriptural interpretation and sectarian division.
Supt Wilson of Central Trust Company housing division explains the eviction of Charles Parks and his family from their Shetbyast home. He notes rent due over a month before suit and multiple extensions. Parke offered partial payment but it was not authority to receive. The widow owner relies on rent as her sole support. He blames constables for any lack of notice to occupants.
In the week ending Hb 17 Indianapolis received and forwarded 27 437 cars with 21 526 loaded. The data compare with prior years showing higher shipments and transfers as 1899 3 735 loaded cars 1888 1697 4 549 1896 5 663 1895 3 966 1894 4 The Bett road transferred 18 388 cars and the stock yards handled 987.
A deficit is reported two weeks before a planned concert under the Central Labor Union to raise funds for a library. The Sunday event drew low attendance, despite a 19.9 price, with soloists Mrs A. L. Beard on violin and a performer named Galyin on topesqm.
The note lists numerous upcoming events and civic items: a Walter C. Tuttles recital at the YMCA, a state Democratic secretary appointment and clerkship, performances by Park sisters and S. Edmund Neil at the YMCA, Willa Martin in Lady Bountiful with Pike stock, a WCTU service for Frances Willard, Indiana Trust Company officer elections, a Terre Haute detective hunt over an informant in a cock fight project, a banquet for division 103 of railway conductors, a dispute over official liquor paper organs, a restraining order affecting McCoy Bros. shipments, large Knights of Columbus initiation, a banquet with Rev. Denis McCabe, diamond jubilee arrangements for Rt. Rev. Mar August Bessonies, a Riis lecture on slums at Plymouth church, and Riis remarks on Tammany and tenement life.
A clip of editorials notes derision toward Carnegie’s wealth and Frick cases, denounces Wanamakerized Philadelphia seeking a bargain convention site, and compares Porto Rico’s wartime treatment to a reluctant army. The piece also cites a January drop in paper cigarette sales by districts, warning of crime from unsold packs and praising total abstinence.
Florida fruit growers fear blizzard damages threaten orange crop. Missouri hospital ship remodeling cost exceeds $500000. Milwaukee mayor touts lead for national democratic convention. Louisiana plans March state election. Vicomte de Castellane and Vicomtesse visiting New York with ties to Anna Gould. Cook County Democratic marching club heads to New Orleans by special train.
Two young boys armed with a revolver tried to hold up 12 year old John Mead Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Mead fled and one youth fired hitting his right ankle. the pair escaped.
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