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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1900
Page
4
Rates for city subscriptions listed in advance 8.08 per year six months 1.50 and per month 2 percent. Includes notice to notify the office for regular delivery. Contact details for THE SUN TELEPHONES and Ohio Street Indianapolis Indiana.
The article discusses public debate on tax support for police funding, criticizes city leadership and the police, and describes proposed safety measures. It questions officer conduct and argues for accountability, noting alleged failings and the need for visible vigilance in elections.
A scrambled OCR passage depicts debate over a woman’s right to vote and political maneuvering. References include Clifford and Overstreet and mentions of districts, registration, and party strategy amid a hostile, clipped tone.
The Sun argues art should be placed where it can draw many visitors rather than in the city center. Proximity to busy streets dulls appeal. a museum must become a public attraction to succeed as a resort rather than a convenience.
A Marion county political clash accuses Keehne Ruckelshaus Sauley and allies of manipulating a county convention to force their picks. The Sun warns the convention would be a packed farce unless primaries elect independent delegates. The piece predicts levy cuts and future increases, echoing mayoral statements.
The piece questions police actions and calls for action at Union station amid alleged crush abuses. It accuses the Board of Public Safety and its chair Roth of incompetence and political cowardice, urging Mayor Taggart to address the board’s conduct.
The clip cites multiple editorials debating politics. Claims include Senator Clarke from Montana facing unseating for bribery, Quay implicated, and remarks on Stevenson or Bryan style conservatism. Union clashes between prohibitionists and Anti Saloon League noted amid fiscal concerns.
The Jimson Banner office in Wheaton County centers on Almeda Doane, rich Jason Doane, and Hitchcock the editor as a love story unfolds. Hitchcock woos Almeda with poetry while plotting to quit newsprint for farming after a rolled-up money turn and a secret marriage.
A collage of editorials mocks Boni de Castellane after a failed venture with the Gould fortune. He promises to chastise Rome upon return to Paris with four million dollars, claiming satisfaction with his wife’s estate and hinting at a flamboyant lifestyle.
Frau Laura Marholm argues that heterogeneous society dulls love for women. She says a century of false womanliness reshapes feeling and action, making love less a blind instinct and more a refined judgment influenced by masculine ideas and a woman’s own instincts.
Dr Alexander Wilder argues that illness follows fatigue and low spirits rather than cold exposure. He urges mental and moral vitality, purposeful living, and cheerfulness as the true safeguards against catching colds, warning that passivity invites disease.
A column notes fashionable outfits with short walking skirts and gray tones among young matrons. It lauds new interior designs in Indianapolis homes, including a frescoed ceiling, white tile bathrooms, and a Hotel English guest room praised for color schemes. The piece mentions Miss Jessie Bird's rumored marriage and several prominent residents’ decor choices.
Miss Monte Donico delivered a heavy score in the war drama Held by the Enemy at the Grand on Monday night. Her portrayal as Rachel drew ovations and she wore stunning gowns, while Carleton Macy, Thomas Reynolds, and James Webb also drew audience acclaim. Other acts included Thurley Bergen and a Washington matinee announced for Thursday.
New Orleans and Mobile lines offer one fare round trip tickets for Feb 19 to 26 with return by March 15. For details contact W. W. Richardson D F A.
A fragment describes a cafe restaurant named The Kits on Court Street with a sample-room and business lunch service. The text mentions a daily schedule starting from morning hours and notes a 6 o clock reference, but details are unclear.
The article recalls theatrical anecdotes from Augustin Daly era to Charles Frohman days. Ed M Holland and Bishop swap jokes over a "Dimple" misname during Pique, Ward & Vokes improvised a tramp routine after Harry Vokes injured his knee, and Edwin Booth and Tom Moore diary bits surface about stage mischief and loyalty in the acting world.
National organizer Senderson of the American Protective Association predicts Indianapolis will host the next national convention on June 26. A hospital room incident involving Oliver Petty’s father is reported while Oliver Richard Cragg, 17, an orphan from Galesburg Ill, travels to enlist in the navy with stock he carried. A new Grace Presbyterian men’s group joins Meridian Street Methodist Church at a Christian Endeavor meeting. A Four special excursion runs to Crawfordsville for Dr Kane’s Wabash College inauguration with speeches by Campbell Putnam Mountaineer Tuttle. Judge Baker rules a bank may keep deposits from a bankrupt borrower in bankruptcy proceedings against Myers and Charnt of Crawfordsville.
An old ad promotes Merchants' Lunch for 25 cents at Union Station Restaurant. It also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, claiming it soothes gums eases pain and cures wind colic. Price listed as twenty five cents a bottle.
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