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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
4
Publication detail page notes daily edition except Sunday with office addresses and telephone lines in Indianapolis Indiana. Contact numbers listed include Old 626 New 3411 and a line about services priced at eighty dollars.
The notice lists carriage and subscription options for Burscription Baths with six cent weekly carrier service within the city and prepaid terms for outside-city periods including six months, monthly, and yearly rates.
A 1905 Indiana legislative session warned that a large Republican majority risks extreme, unwise acts and extravagance without restraint. The piece urges sound, cautious lawmakers like Warren Sayre to keep the body in check, and mocks Chicago as a misleading hellish view, noting harmony in Indianapolis Board of Health.
The article profiles Marion county figure William Bosson, tracing his shifting political moves from Senate campaigns to aspire to the house speakership and joint caucus chairmanship. It notes frosty political climate endangers his bid for state office and wryly laments Shakespearean drama revived by pugilists.
The piece mocks Warrum's gas ordinance and a rumored bluff by Holtzman. It notes little public demand for the ordinance, hints of spiteful journalism, and a wary populace preferring legitimate contracts and reasonable fuel gas pricing. The author suggests officials may still find a few willing to back affidavits.
The community remains split over the city’s procedures while Rhode Island faces corruption talk. Durbin’s tenure is praised for safeguarding state finances and reducing debt, though critics question his broader legacy. The piece lauds Durbin’s fiscal vigilance and calls for bolder action against the wood pulp trust.
The Washington Star discusses altering inauguration day to extend the retiring congress session and allow an outdoor oath ceremony when safe and accessible to large crowds. It weighs practical reasons, public sentiment, and constitutional objections to explain why the amendment has not yet been adopted.
In a courtroom drama, the prosecutor questions Acton about alleged acute mental aberration. A witness recounts how the prisoner escorted a partner to the theater twice in a week, insisting on cab rides, buying flowers and candies, and sharing drives between acts, while the defense notes the prisoner is the husband of the woman.
Cassie Chadwick plans to retreat from public view as legal actions proceed while Cleveland bars mockingly label a drink Mrs Chadwick's Nerve Tonic. New York theater will stage For Love and Mullions with Mrs Chadwick as the villainess after Christmas amid gossip and sensational attention.
A collage of brief anecdotes from New York and Washington figures. Representative Payne recounts a Boston broker’s ten cent cigar offer on the exchange. Col Seveley jokes about overdraft reminders. Frances Keller mocks female vanity at a New York dinner with a necktie gag.
An elderly man collapses crossing State Street near Lake and Rat town in the mud. Bystanders intervene and help him up. A bet about his words leads to rapid finger signs and a misread wager. A Chicago Tribune mention hints at food chemistry and uncertain future bets.
Rev Silas C Swallow extols domestic evenings at home around a bright fire with parents reading and children playing, calling it the typical American evening and noting it is more common in the west than in the east. an anecdote about a Philadelphian and his wife adds a light quip about chairs and company.
The Kansas City Journal notes farmers in a rugged county across western Nevada and eastern Col Hornik vainly capture wild animals described as small yet sturdy. The piece warns that overplanting cotton risks disaster if farmers do not reduce acreage next spring.
Features on Captain Leonard's snake bite device using a lancet and potassium, a Cuban steamship Regina to carry molasses from Cuban ports, and pearl fishing aided by oysters with or without pearls. Also notes on English fashion, early photography by Lord Avebury, Daguerre, and terminology for telephones. Ends with curious global customs and a classified ad for a sewing machine and sword.
Harry Davis of Cahir County Tipperary Ireland won a prize as one of the handsomest boys in Great Britain at the recent photographic contest of Britain's most beautiful children.
A proposed measure seeks to prorate saloons by town population and place them in business districts only. Legislators including Phin WU weigh restraining saloons, backed by temperance advocates, with support fluctuating as drafts and reports surface.
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