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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
5
The Sun Building at 123 and 125 East Ohio Street lists editorial offices and telephones for editorial poems and business inquiries. It notes six cents weekly carrier rate, subscription options of 1.50 for six months, 3.00 yearly, and asks readers to report delivery issues by calling 880 or mailing to The Sun.
The Sun defends Senator Beveridge against charges from the Detroit News and Philadelphia Record about his overseas travels. It emphasizes his pursuit of knowledge, noting visits to Tolstoi, England, and potential future trips, and argues critics misrepresent his senate career and motives. The paper urges support for Beveridge’s independent inquiry for the nation’s benefit.
A harsh rebuke of a physician accused in the Ross case is voiced, arguing that lying charges ruin a man for life and should merit jail. The piece contrasts the affidavits, labeling the accusers devilish, and urges judgment by the good one does for others. It ends with a moral citation honoring Albert N. Johnson.
Mr McCulloch of the Anderson interurban line halts cars at city bounds forcing transfer of all passengers and freight. The piece mocks legal threats, notes armed youth, and laments cruel laws while remarking on frogs and croakers in Minnesota.
The quote argues that if the courts follow a don’t know system established by an insanity trust, every person accused could be hanged, implying extreme outcomes in criminal trials. The statement frames a controversial legal principle as a driver of capital punishment risk.
Citizens condemn the city clerk and Justice Lockman over perceived favoritism in punishment, salary vs fee systems, and political influence. The editorial questions interurban company deals, fire insurance reactions after Friday, and calls for purging the clerk’s office and auditing its books.
Dr. F A Morrison president of the Board of health has a decided judicial cast and enjoys legal problems and chair splitting. President Perrin of the American national bank is noted for using a revolver as a paper weight.
The piece portrays a shrewd politician praised for leadership and force of will. It chronicles his rise from a dry goods clerk to wealth and power, his war service in Cuba, and his habit of bestowing colonel titles for loyalty, including as a guard against anarchist crowds at the Buffalo exposition.
The life of Albert L. Johnson, brother to Tom Johnson, portrays a generous man who helped a streetwise Cleveland rise from Indianapolis roots. He fed a starving boy, sheltered a cold waif, and bought a full winter outfit for Anna Perkins, earning a reputation for practical charity and bold, open conduct.
A quotable primer contrasts a workingman’s $1.75 daily wage with the advice in papers urging rest and indulgence. The item then lists social notes: Senator Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks travel to Winona Lake, various engagements in Indianapolis area, musings on weddings and marriages, and visitors from Nogales, Austria, plus a note about a future professor of German and French at Stanford.
A collage of quotes from newspapers mocks fashion fever and heat. It notes the end of hot weather forcing women to drop stock collars, jokes about a political convention, laments stray dogs harmed by crowds, and jokes about thermometers and gendered style.
A Brooklyn Kagi dispatch reports Senator Beveridge in Moscow after meeting Count Leo Tolstoi. The two figures are described as holding diametrically opposed views on many subjects, sparking commentary on the incompatibility of Tolstoi’s propositions with Beveridge’s philosophy. The piece argues the “diameter” of each man and the number of contested topics matter more than any single point.
A collection of anecdotes highlights humor in public life. F Hopkinson Smith recalls a frantic reading in a Northwestern club where whisky was sought to warm cold teeth. Bishop Whipple’s Indian retort and Attorney General Knox’s boyish look showcase wit. Leighton Parks parries a profane guest with a dry quip about the devil.
A collage of quotes from diverse newspapers mocks fashion, acting, railroads and politics. Notable mentions include Mme Bernhardt as Sleeping Beauty and speculation on a Senate successor with J Frank Hanley discussed amid Republican party chatter.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the most difficult to cure chronic constipation. It promises a cure or money refunded and notes a druggist price of 25 cents.
Dr. Frank C. Stewart commends The Sun for exposing methods used in so called insanity cases. He cautions doctors may have erred in carelessness and questions who will be next to declare someone insane. The piece emphasizes the seriousness of labeling a person as insane.
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