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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
3
The New York Sun reports a district test showing only about one percent of 19 000 New York school children could accurately recall the Star Spangled Banner words. Pupils mocked lines with errors while Roosevelt and Platt were banished from a federal building in a humor-laced tale.
Stuart Maclean recalls a boys game in which Tommy asks Will to climb a hill and act out a railroad wreck. The imagined scene includes a semaphore, a frightened passenger car, a sympathetic railroad president, and a pretend rescue after the mock disaster.
Mrs. Potter Palmer spoke before sailing for Europe about the near end of discord between capital and labor. She expressed satisfaction that mutual interests can align, adding a remark on “the milk of human kindness” as essential to end suffering worldwide.
In Belgium and nearby Muronean countries horse meat sales grow as Consul McNally notes. Liege hosts many shops dedicated to horse meat with horse heads or signs indicating the trade. Markets avoid mixing beef and horse meat, keeping separate lines. Dressed horse meat shows a deeper red color and coarser fiber compared to beef.
The writer urges readers to see themselves in a cartoon of a hunter on a log, arguing luck is a myth and success comes from seizing opportunities. It says those who blame luck stay weak while those who act will find chances abundant for those who hunt instead of sit. Take up your gun and leave the log.
An advertisement touts a new rupture appliance claimed to fit any size and never slip while staying cool and comfortable. It emphasizes a 30 year experience, availability on approval with money back guarantee, and includes testimonial from James Britton of Bethlehem, PA praising ease of wear and effective cure. Brooks at 3215 Brooks Bidg Marshall, Mich, promotes instant relief when others fail.
Cuban soil proves highly fertile with fields planted about once in ten years. American experts note no need to replant, as roots sprout new cane after harvest if careless pulling is avoided. Ten tons of cane yield one ton of sugar with modern processes. A plantation of 100 acres may yield 3.6 tons of sugar under favorable conditions.
A woman in England secured the widowed uncle’s wooden leg from the Tit Union guardians after his death in the work house. She collected the leg and took it with her, ending the guardians’ review of the request.
A contemporary report cites a census of 300 war drivers in Vienna listing four knights thirty barons and four eveunts. If the tour guide does not know their rank a policeman is respectfully requested to be asked.
A Marine Corps seaman from San Francisco credits Pyramid Pile Cure with curing his long running piles after a brief trial. He urges others suffering to request a free trial package valued at no cost and notes the sample contains the same remedy sold for 49 cents per box.
City board in Indianapolis announces a public vacation of the First Alley North of Ohio Street from Osage to Missouri Streets. Remonstrances may be filed by February 15, 1907, with a hearing at 10 o clock a.m. to consider objections and take final action. Joseph T. Elliott presides with Preston C. Trusler and Fred J. Mack on the board.
The City of Indianapolis public works board, January 1907, seeks and deems necessary several improvements. Improvement Res. No. 7,982 grades and paves Olney Street sidewalks. Res. No. 4,013 covers First Alley South of Twenty Fourth Street brick paving. Res. No. 4,984 grades gravel rolls First Alley East of Keystone to New York Street. Res. No. 4,635 funds local sewer construction.
City boards outline multiple sewer and drain works along McCarty Delaware Pratt Merrill Walnut Capitol Bates and other streets. Projects specify pine or pipe sewers ten to twelve inches in diameter with improvements resolutions numbers 408 4999 4502 and 4933 and set a Friday hearing date to consider remonstrances and cost versus benefit.
Notice lists many unpaid allowances dating back five years, names numerous local residents and officials, and states Marion county commissioners seek sealed bids for office chairs and related items with bids due by February 14, 1907. The document names several individuals with small amounts and ends with official signatures and an auditor’s seal.
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