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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1901
Page
4
The Sun explains delivery by carrier six cents per week and advert rates via the advertising manager. It lists office contacts in the HE SUN Building Ohio Street and notes subscription prices for outside city readers at six months 1.50, per month 2.50, and per year 3.00 in advance.
If you fail to receive The Sun regularly, notify the office at once. Call 880 or send a postal to The Sun to arrange a correction or delivery.
Indianapolis lawyer Justus Mason urged Indiana to tighten rules on foreign corporations. He argued states should not admit firms to do business without principal activity in their creation state. Officials in Indiana echo concern about New Jersey supplied corporations and powers.
The text condemns municipal handling of investigations and calls for oversight by county commissioners and the city council. It questions the city clerk's practices, urges action on lunacy and hospital issues, and predicts delays in civic projects while demanding accountability and public correction of past crimes.
A letter criticizes the State board of charities for conducting sensitive investigations in secrecy. It argues public access would prevent duplicative work and save legislative time, citing prior inquiries into the Woman's prison and Girls Industrial School. The writer contends such investigations should be public to protect institutional transparency and accountability.
The letter sounds an attack on big coal trusts and asks if Union Banner Hunt will permit such business in Indiana. It cites Indiana anti trust law and a supreme court monopoly ruling while critiquing the six month waste paper box contract promoter who paid about $40 to Indianapolis. It condemns board of works rental rates and political power, urging Republicans and Democrats to act more industriously for the city.
Questioning lawmakers urge open examination of the city clerk's office to uncover practices and shed light on how Republican clerks have governed. The probe aims to reveal internal operations rather than conceal them.
The Union's illustrated industrial edition spotlights prominent labor figures and local union heads with portraits. It includes a descriptive sketch of Indianapolis and a history of the American Federation of Labor born in Terre Haute in 1881, led by Sam L. Leffingwell and later Samuel Gompers.
A collection of brief period notes including Edison building material tests and a call for sharper newspaper names. Mentions J Pierpont Morgan gifting Harvard a million dollars and Indianapolis controller Eudorus Johnson resigning, signaling Tom Taggart’s likely re election stance.
Two post office inspectors visit the city to review March receipts as an effort emerges to place the office in the $500000 class. Their report will determine whether McGinnis earns a raise.
Ainslee's Magazine explains how car accounting and cross border use shuffle freight cars across the nation. It notes the shift to through cars, the wanderings of individual carts to Manitoba and Texas, and the slow return home amid tracer efforts and repairs. It contrasts freight and passenger revenue and rails at laws shaping service.
Helen C. Candee recounts a Western New York concert tale where singer Westcott received two whale bone corsets as thanks for a night's performance. The piece also recalls Joachim and Schumann's garden chat about stars and a boy playing violin, plus ex-Gov. Pingree’s prolific clipping habit and James Stillman’s discreet yacht cruise with Frederick Tappen.
The Albany Argus favors Marcus Acclamation Hanna as proper spelling while noting McKinley’s strong fall endorsement. The St Paul Dispatch cites a vivid Edwardian interview with King Edward and Iowa politicians. The Boston Globe and Detroit papers differ on Edward’s tone and Henderson’s suavity. A New York tale ends with Bernhard Farrhouse sawing a beam and injuring his leg.
A Home Magazine piece calculates war spending in the 1800s at about 20 billion dollars and questions the value of education. It contrasts church and public buildings costs with war expenditure, notes global population and per person sums, and ends by condemning policy gambling that preys on the ignorant.
The New York Herald argues criminals impose huge costs on society. It cites estimates of $1,000,000,000 yearly, plus $400,000,000 in criminals’ earnings, $200,000,000 for detection and enforcement, and federal, state, and local expenses totaling over $50,000,000.
The Holy Cross parish lawn festival is set for July 24 and 25. Miss Laura Piel and Charles Koelling plan marriage on July 18 at the German Lutheran church. State weddings span Portland Vin collide. Indianapolis carriers adopt eight hour day. New substation addresses listed.
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