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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1905
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a room or office listing with contemporary price 414 dollars and contact phones 88. The text is garbled but suggests a real estate or rental item labeled Sorial Rooms with an old versus new price and a phone reference.
A city paper declares the courts will likely back the gas company in not selling fuel gas while contending it sells illuminating gas for fuel. It disputes use determines price and notes legal rights on consumer purchases, urging reduced fuel gas rates if gas is used as fuel. The piece criticizes authorities and cites the Bradley case involving telegraph information.
An obituary tribute recalls David Hill a lifelong Democratic leader who shaped state politics with dedicated service. It notes his fierce loyalty to the party, willingness to sacrifice for its success, and lifelong battles in public life while acknowledging faults and complexity in his career. The piece reflects on his influence and the era he helped define.
The passage mourns David Bennett Hill as faithfully upholding his beliefs and suggests his political legacy warrants fitting funeral rites. It compares him to a Republican champion fallen in battle, noting his decisive stand near the frontline and urging careful handling of his memory.
A Colorado legislative note announces Adams, a Democrat, elected governor with Republicans capturing all other offices. The writer suggests Guv Peabody could seize one remaining post and proposes moving a deaf and dumb institute to a Washington Street site between Illinois and Pennsylvania avenues.
Opinion piece urges defeat of a proposed epileptic hospital bill. Advocates expanding insane hospitals if needed, or isolating sane epileptics to avoid witnessing distress. Describes the plan as a torture house, warning legislators to study consequences before adoption. Rails at Massachusetts track elevation as unrelated example. Taxpayers should not cover rail or hospital costs.
The community debates whether city funding for track elevation at Massachusetts Avenue would set a binding precedent. Critics warn contracts cannot shield the city from a broader obligation at other dangerous grade crossings. The writer urges caution, opposing city financial participation while supporting elevation in principle.
A witty remark implies Dr. Parkhurst would be expelled from New York instantly if a law against common scolds existed, underscoring his controversial stance and the state's stance on public reform rhetoric.
A Chicago police captain accuses newspapers of pushing the Bradley whiskey poisoning case into action by revealing details. He says authorities ignored suspicions until media coverage forced response, blaming police laziness or ignorance of effective methods. Kinney warns against public flogging of officers.
Charles Emory Smith, former ambassador to St Petersburg and postmaster general, recalls the czar’s personal side after the birth of his heir. He notes Nicholas can take vacations, favors the mountains, and avoids the sea shore because he does not like the serf.
Ten degrees of jiu-jitsu mastery are noted with a Port Arthur officer raised to second degree after death. A Tunbridge Wells man decapitates his right hand for an offense in a Bible verse. A 19 pattern ship sank near Elliott Islands while escorting 175 million to Japan. Swedish salvage recovers gold chests and hopes for remainder. British courts debate whether tea weight may include a wrapped piper. A Kaiser sends a boar head to King Edward and receives beets in return. Robbers steal gold quartz from Bendigo mine in New South Wales with ladders. A London law case sees no witness about weather cocks becoming a trend. Birmingham coffin furnishings face American competition.
Harvard President Eliot recalls a lazy student who never opened letters and stayed in bed until late morning. A New York aunt telegraphed for help. the student, Bob, reportedly kept 13 telegrams unopened yet became a successful lawyer in his state.
Rider Haggard is celebrated for more than his stories. He was a prominent South African figure, once master of the high court of the Transvaal and, with Oliver Brooke, helped raise the British flag over the South African republic.
A chemist predicts that a person will eat two to three hundred more foods in the year 2000 than today. Governments are advancing plans to increase food varieties, with new fruits vegetables and nuts added weekly to the international menu.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a laxative and pneumonia prevention, a person KL W. Grave, and a request to place a penny ad in a newspaper column. Content is partially legible and lacks coherent events or outcomes.
A collage of humor and gossip pieces from a Chicago newspaper including cheeky remarks about American women, a county prosecutor's fee tally, and anecdotes about hotel owners, doctors, and actors. The clippings span celebrity quips, legal jests, and social commentary with colorful street language and melodramatic lines.
Jan 9 Chicago real estate office entry leads to a gunfight. Campbell fires on two robbers who storm the door. one is wounded and dies later at Engieroad Motes Hospital after giving the name Joseph Spicer. Police pursue Spicer’s companion in a burglary case.
In New York detectives allege Miss Hansen, exhausted and frail, used her limbs freely while visiting theaters and other amusements. She was brought back to the city, indicted on perjury charges after failing to grand jury. In court she appears emaciated, near death, with railroad company lawyers seeking penitentiary terms.
Special to the St N reports Governor Brady seeks a second term in Alaska. The nomination, backed by commercial interests, has drawn support from Indiana figures. The piece notes Brady’s distant ties to New York and Yale alumnus background as context for local political support and donor interest.
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