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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
4
A page shows subscription rates and advertising terms for The Sun. It lists outside city yearly, six months, and monthly rates and provides contact details including The Sun office on Ohio Street in Indianapolis. It invites agents and business communications to reach the business manager.
The piece reviews Wolcott's Philippine policy remarks, accusing him of misrepresenting Pettigrew and Beveridge to score points. It also notes Chicago educators' calls to separate boys and girls, concerns about vulgarity, a Sun reform on public works purchases, and calls for voting machine adoption and municipal investigations.
The article invites readers to enter a contest offering prizes from 15 dollars to a bag of salt for the best prose. It notes public figures like Capt. W. B. English returning 1372 dollars to the government and jokes about funding, while criticizing politicians and ongoing campaigns in the Philippines.
A vivid San Francisco chapter recalls a starving reconcentrado boy and a Cuban chicken gift to Lieut Brooke linked to Gen Shafter. A brief note highlights Lieut Col Potter’s daring Manila march and a Transvaal spy tale showing Boer wile before Johannesburg forts.
A movement to fund a 15 200 seat Indianapolis convention building gains form. Architect John H Stem outlines an elliptical Coliseum style with three 30 foot arches and a 50 foot dome. Stock at $1 shares, with 100000 raised in two weeks, and 4300 convention buttons sold.
A fragment from a period piece references a singer dropping a kerchief and a crowd reaction. The text then shifts to a satirical verse about a gas bill and wartime blunders, ending with a line about artists who design.
Indianapolis price sheet details a wide range of provisions from smoked meats and pickled goods to lard, fresh pork loins, and cottage hams. It lists vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned fruits, teas, coffees, beans, seeds, hides, leather, oils, fuels, and livestock prices with regional references and unit measurements.
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