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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
4
The Sun offers six cent weekly carrier delivery and six month outside city subscriptions at 1.50, yearly 2.00 in advance. Editorial and business offices at 125 E Ohio St Indianapolis. Advertising rates via manager. agents sought. notify the office to resume regular delivery or update carrier status.
The Sun argues interurban cars should not carry local Indianapolis passengers and favors a five cent fare. It urges running cars to the city center with speed, minimizing crossings, and improving service to attract riders while criticizing those who seek relief at the expense of mercantile interests. It calls for a board overhaul and stronger pressure on the street car company to enhance service.
Editorial urges radical reform of public orphanages after a Rochester fire kills many children. Authors argue sleeping quarters must be limited to two stories with kitchens and dining areas on higher floors, fire escapes are insufficient for vulnerable inmates. The piece also mocks political rhetoric and notes Bryan and Harrison speeches as headlines.
Residents argue against surface poles and wires in business districts noting blockage for fire crews and danger from feed lines. An underground trolley plan within the mile square is urged to remove poles, with nostalgia for past removals and civic politics interwoven in a sharp local reflection.
The article recalls Philip D Armour as a charitable, decisive employer. A Chicago plea for Anna Dickinson drew his $100 gift, and his private philanthropy remained largely uncredited. An anecdote shows him ordering a clerk freed from debt with a single check, underscoring his insistence on eliminating debt and valuing workers.
A report recalls a tale of Mr. Armour aiding a colored porter nicknamed General who read a line for $5. Impressed by his hunger for knowledge, Armour funded the porter's education, sending him from the sleeping car to Oberlin College and later into the ministry.
A poem recounts Willie Green’s walk to Mitchell's grocer to buy kerosene and his dreamlike thoughts on the way. A sudden tragedy follows as a thunderous moment and a mother’s lamp light leads to a fatal event. The verses reflect on fate and innocence amid danger.
A comic sketch features Jumps the burglar with a home gym and a sickly wife, neighbor Newton Bounds, and a clash over up to date fitness. The piece contrasts Jumps ambition with Bounds steady daily chores, ending with a moral about differing outcomes from the same exercise.
The Minneapolis Times comments on Ben Harrison's law life and fees, noting his public remarks on the constitution and flag. It argues opponents imply motives, but the ex president acts within rights, unlikely to seek a 1904 nomination, and may simply discuss important issues in a thoughtful, scholarly manner.
A compilation of editorials notes on the Philippines dead count in war, indictments of imperialism, calls for honest pursuit of crime, and reactions to Russia and Britain. The Buffalo Times cites bodies returned from the Philippines. The Detroit Free Press quotes an angel of death remark. The Atchison Globe lauds honest vigilantes. The Cleveland Press covers Manchuria, while London and Britain weigh territorial claims and the Blenheim's voyage to China.
Spilled over 30 gallons of whisky along the Santa Fe railroad during Christmas week, Indian police officer Hamp Willis says. He notes the interior department pressures ejecting non citizens for permit tax failure, with about 30 cases pending and removal to the Texas line or Oklahoma. Returnees prompt U.S. court action.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming it soothes gums and cures wind colic and diarrhoea at twenty five cents a bottle. It also promotes Ponder’s Photo Studio and Art Store at 229 Massachusetts Ave offering photos and framing at low prices.
Review of The White Horse tavern at English’s noted for refined comedy and picturesque Alps set. Describes rain finale, multiple intertwined couples, and cast including Ada Curry and Charles Hanford. Also mentions Lafayette’s stage tricks, Park’s black sheep, and London belles at Empire with The Nelson sisters as stars.
A compilation of editorials and quips cites remarks from Shelbyville Republican Columbus Times Huntington News Democrat Anderson Herzid Fremont Eagle Greenfield Tribune. The note mentions Nicholas Hoffbauer's lawsuit against the street car company being moved to Boone County.
The elderly man in Reading kept a 41 year old ritual of hair cutting on New Year’s Eve to mark the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. He chose barber Adam D. Fasig to perform the final cut of the old era and first of the new. After the procedure the man returned home to a luncheon, insisting the superstition brings good luck and has never failed him.
Sarah E. Meginniss died suddenly at her home 1533 Gpann Ave after two days of pneumonia and long cancer. She was 64, widow of N S Meginniss, with four children including Earl Roy S and Mrs Annie Knee of Indianapolis and Mrs Sadie Leacock of Alliance Ohio. No funeral plans yet awaiting Ohio daughter. Active Fletcher Place Church member and Missionary Society president.
Shining rows of golden maize filled the agricultural room at the state house for the annual corn growers association meeting. The exhibit judging took place Wednesday afternoon as members selected the finest display from crowded annex showcases.
The G. A. R. committee reports Lafayette state soldiers' home is in good condition but needs more hospital capacity. Legislature will be asked to appropriate 30000 to double hospital space. Home houses 639 inmates including 237 wives and widows of veterans.
Resident Frank Conn of Indianapolis reports severe back pain from a dragging sensation that worsened with bending. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Henry J. Huter's drug store as directed, pain diminished and kidney function normalized. Sold by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
News notes cover Churchill lecture at English opera house on Jan 16. Mary Janney, 55, deemed insane after banking on a million-dollar mind reading claim. State education board re-adopts Montgomery’s history with Spanish War revisions. Obituary reports John Thornbury, 74, died in a poorhouse after arriving from Indianapolis. Local associations elect officers in Berkshire, Indiana corn growers, Chester white swine breeders, and Delta Tau Delta alumni. Inaugural bell decorations planned for Tomlinson hall with $1,000 budget and buffet lunch.
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