Strange Revelation of Corporate City Control
A dreamlike tale warns of thirty years hence when city life is owned by a few powerful corporations. An Indiana narrator journeys from a desolate Indianapolis like town to a silent monument, witnessing a transformed city ruled by business interests. The prophecy unfolds with a car, mules, and a guarded monument, ending abruptly back in the office with the sun at the narrator’s feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monument
Irvington
Trvington
Indianapolis
Citizens’ Street Railway Comlany
Monument Commission
Haughvilla
Washington and
Delawarests
Meridian
Circlests
The Mule-car Company Doesn't Own the Streets
A fragment from a reminiscence recalls a scene where a newsboy throws an object over a transom and a mugging or city conflict headline proclaims that the mule car company does not own the streets, suggesting urban friction and streetcar governance.
Madison Fourth sparks wide state notes flood
State items from Madison recount July Fourth picnics and political chatter on ratification, a burglary at an ice cream saloon, a fatal stabbing in Goshen, and county events. Also noted are a doctor of divinity honor for Rev. Barnard, a Green town gas well, divorce news, a streetcar project opening, and local bond purchases amid colorful Fourth of July fairs and Sun newspaper promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Logansport State Asylum
Weed
Elkhart
Henry Street
Goshen
Montgomery
Monroe
Morgan
Hendricks
Owen
Clay
Putnam Counties
Cloverdale
Joseph H. Barnard
Second Presbyterian Church of
Lafayette College
Greentown
Sims
Here
Sarah Henderson
Samuel Henderson
Trafalgar
Johnson County
Henderson
Spatee
Anderson
National Union
Riverside Park
N. M. Stoddard & Co
Indianapolis
Madison County
Happy Hollow
Clay County
THE
Sun
Tims Sun
Indiana
Oakland City Enterprise
Richmond
Victor C. Anderson
Chicago
Hattie Thomas
Thomas
California
Katie Welch
Walter Dowell
Players and trades mix with Tuesday baseball notes
The Sporting Times recap notes no league games Tuesday while Bostons arrive from Philadelphia and Tim Keefe grabs his first base. Detroit signs James McGuire after his release by Philadelphia, and Polhemus ranks second in Lowell batsmen with weak fielding. Jiimm Galvin’s fine ends an Indianapolis dispute as Jerry Denny and George Myers show commitment. multiple exhibition and association games are listed and bets between O Leary and Anson surface after a Detroit Monday remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostons
Philadelphia
Tim Keefe
John Glasscock
James McGuire
Detroit
Charley Bennett
Polhemus
Burnham
Lowell
van Haltren
Porter
Terry
Peteed
Jimmy Galvin
Lynch
Indianapolis
Sporting Times
Jerry Denny
George Myers
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Athletics
St. Louis
Cleveland
Kansas City
Baltimore
Louisville
New Albany
Ind
Burdick
Miners Injured in Bell Slope Cave-In at Scranton
About 80 miners were injured in a cave-in at the Bell slope in Scranton on Tuesday. No fatalities were reported. Nearby, President Cleveland visited Baltimore for a Saengerfest, and sensational items follow including Mrs Meckie Rawson facing contempt charges, Louis Paulson’s death in a boating accident, and a fatal train collision near Carrollton. Parrots for sale by C Schrader & Bro offer talking varieties with prices upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Slope
Scranton
Cleveland
Baltimore
Meckie Rawson
Chicago
Louis Paulson
Tarmer Stokes
W. N
Her Majesty Woman in Every Sphere and Act
A searing column proclaims that women already rule in public life and culture, arguing suffrage is unnecessary as history shows female influence in politics, arts, and nations. It catalogs historic and mythic figures to claim woman’s divine sway and omnipresence across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janan
Ephesian
A &Ty
Helen
Sappho
Phed
Aspasia
Parigles
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Joan of Arc
Agnes Sorel
Margaret of Navarre
Elizabeth
Anne
Pompadour
Lucille
Camille
Eloise
Abeland
Raphael
la Fornarina
Leonardo de Vinci
Mona Lisa
Beatrice
Dante
Laura
Petrach
Leonora
Tasso
Mmeile Warrens
John Jacques Rousseau
Lemartine
Graziella
Elvira
Washinging
Lexington
Sarah
Hagar
Delilah
Ester
Ruth
Deborah
Marys
Europe
Francisco Chronicle
European powers discuss armament cuts after czar talks
A collage of brief items notes a theater fire in Bordeaux injuring no one, a mill blaze in Pesth destroying a million bags of flour, Russia investing in military depots, and the Vatican's stance on May nooth resolutions. It also recounts a comic courtship tale in Detroit where Mr. Billings and Miss Tenie McGinnis marry after a shy proposal mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Pesth
Russia
Vatican
Trish
William
Han
Mr. Billings
Benedict
Tenie McGinnis
Billings
Miss McGinnis
Miss
Mr. Uillings
George
Detroit Free Press
Political talk and party shifts in early 1900s states
In politics G Cleveland endorses Harrison and Morton as strong men. Whispers suggest Secretary Whitney may run for New York governor. Gov Foraker harshly disputes loyalty charges. Texas forms a new party of farmers workers and stock raisers backing the Mills bill. Congressman Morrow of California clears Marrison's Chinese record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Cleveland
Harrison
Morton
Whitney
New York State
Foraker
Texas
Morrow
California
Marrison
Weather Outlook Sees Warm Interlude After a Cool Start
On Wednesday the region expects slightly warmer temperatures after a cooler spell and local rains. Skies clear to fair weather thereafter.
Also Mentioned on This Page
State News
the News
C. Schrader & Bro
Washington-st
Her Majesty
WEN Indications
Indianpolis
Consumers’ Gas Trust Co. Touteit
W. H. Shackleton
Car Consumers’ Gas Trust Co
Ball Park
Boston
Big Four
Corner Meridian
Washington-sts
Fairbanks
South Meridian
Jennie C. Eyoy
Marion County
Catharine Williams
Norice
William Ilensley
James Perry
Adm
Valentina Schneider
John Npa Jr
A. V. Brown
Atty
Matilda Gauss
Henry Gauss
Robt, Denny
Admr
Major Taylor's
East
Washington Street
D. J. Sullivan
West Washington St
H. N. Spaan
Vance
D. H. Baldwin & Company
Pennsylvania Street
C. M. Raschig
East Washington Street
Straw Hat
Hatter
Hartburn
Marshall G. Woods & Co
Meridian St
Ube Istest
Lilly & Stalnaker
Prof
O. G. McCosta
Prof. McComb & Co
Circle St
Indianapo
W.R. Watson
West Maryland St. P
Chas.girton
Undertanher
Indiana Ave
Indianapolis National Bank
United States Depository
Oddfellows’ Hall
Theo. P, Haughey
Pres. H, LatHam
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