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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1901
Page
4
The Sun announces office addresses and contact points for editorial and advertising. It lists carrier delivery at six cents weekly, outside city subscription rates of 1.50 for six months and 3.00 per year, with telephones for editorial and business offices at 0.02 and 0.56.
Note urging readers to inform THE SUN office if the newspaper is not received. Provides telephone number 880 and postal address for both new and old customers to report delivery issues.
A satirical discussion condemns paternal law to curb spendthrift habits by law. It questions enforceability and warns of bureaucratic overreach touching both genders. The author imagines guardianship splitting families over trivial expenditures and extravagant hobbies.
The piece contrasts Durbin with Mount, praising Mount’s honesty while noting Durbin’s political acumen. It predicts Durbin will balance office duties with party ambitions, cautioning that true credit depends on prioritizing state welfare over politics. A satirical note on the governor’s ball and Havana jail references closes the sketch.
Governor Durbin condemned the last carnival and championed nonpartisan oversight of state institutions as legislators applauded. The speech emphasized continued neutral management, while locals ponder the puzzling Central Ave electric line time card.
As committees take shape the senate may organize the so called third house. The article notes guidance on where to direct influence and leverage in the new structure.
Gov. Durbin offered standard inaugural themes praising progress and promising reform. The remarks echo typical vows from new governors, emphasizing unity, tax policy, and state services without notable departures from precedent.
The article surveys US dominance in cotton and wheat, corn, pig iron, steel, coal, and gold, with large foreign debt payments and world market influence. It praises Kimberley’s wealth and female-driven gem industries, then tracks transatlantic ship innovations, coal consumption, and wireless signaling advances. It ends with a patent cough syrup ad.
Capt James R Henry hosts a dinner Tuesday. Mrs O T Byram plans a January 24 tea for Mrs Durbin and Miss Daisy Clark. Col and Mrs M A Downing travel to Florida for months. Mrs Edward Masson visits Dolman flats. Miss May Shover hosts Pi Beta Phi alumnae. Accasia club hosts guest night with Mrs Mary A Henney and Mrs S E Walde. Gov and Mrs Durbin to move to Indianapolis. Several couples plan a Cuba trip. Henney and Walde host Occassia guest evening. papers include slum life in a large city. Henney is president.
A collage of verses on singing and affection contrasts with humorous dialogue and old country humor. Snatches of folk talk mix with a Boer War era quip about Mother England and a family chat about thermometers and gas. The piece blends comic lines and vivid character sketches.
A vivid review lauds Augustus Thomas's Arizona set at a Canby ranch and Fort Grant with strong performances by Henry Canby, his wife, Estella, Bonita, Lieut. Denton, and Miss McCollough. The curtain falls leaving questions about Col Bonham's future with his penitent wife as vaudeville offers brighten the bill.
A collection of editorials and quotes from Indiana papers debating state officer salaries and the South Africa and Philippines conflicts. Mentions Knightstown Delphi Greensburg Martinsville Sheridan and Scottsburg with reactions to wage policy and wartime pensions amid mixed sentiment on leadership and endings.
A collage of editorials and comments from newspapers including Detroit Free Press Buffalo News St Joseph News and Philadelphia Times. The pieces cover politics naval security conservation investment cautions and crime headlines noting a rise in knockout drops used in robberies and the resulting public concern.
A magistrate questions a boy accused of yelling rubber as a crowd taunts him. The prosecuting witness paints a harsh scene of a paper seller, a muddy barefoot child nicknamed Midnight Bell, living in a rough district with Finnegan and Casey nearby. The verse-laden testimony reflects on harsh urban life and resilience of youth.
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The Cingalese dancers drew the largest Monday night crowd in zoo history at Baltimore. Visitors cheered as they performed devil dances and stick dances with wood from the Ceylon islands. The show follows a successful Paris expo appearance and a five week run. A boxed audience included Maj. A B Schanz and staff with several lieutenants from Ft Wayne.
A Sun reader attacks police inaction after a Sunday assault near Sparinave. A mulatto attacker fled after stopping a woman with two accomplices, highlighting long-stated security gaps east of State Street and near the Big Four tracks. The writer recalls prior Sun exposure of crime and urges patrols.
The Boilermakers named officers led by William S S Frohliger as president and C Wankel as vice president. Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge was guest of honor at the Irvington Athenaeum with May Wright Sewall and William Dudley Foulke present. A fire alarm sounded after an electric wire overheated at Kahn's tailor shop. Other items report opinions on inebriety reform, remarks by ex-prosecutor Lindsey on the Keith murder verdict, John Grant leaving for St Louis, Fred P Rush retiring to Frank L Murphy & Co, Gov Mount pardoning William Bloom, and Gov Durbin issuing a notarial commission.
Ex Gov Mount will remain in Indianapolis probably until Friday, then return to his country home near Shannondale in Montgomery county, ten miles from Crawfordsville.
The notice states that Laxative Bromo Guinine is used to prevent the grip by removing its cause. The advisory emphasizes its function as a remedy and preventive measure.
Sergeant Perry Lund suspended on a charge of unbecoming conduct brought by Lee Burnett of the Lorraine hotel. A January crowd of colored men demanded money owed by Louis J. Beck at the hotel during a cakewalk. Lund allegedly told them to stay until Beck settled claims and used insulting language. He pleads not guilty.
The special joint committee with Governor Durbin will not report this week on the financial needs of state institutions. Senator Goodwine chairs the panel, so the report will likely be submitted in the senate. The speakership contest held up the process as Representative Artman was kept from the committee.
Lieut. Gov. Gilbert announced senate committee appointments as members. The senate voted to print 2000 pamphlets containing ex Governor Mounts last message and Gov. Durbins inaugural address, during Monday afternoon session.
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