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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1901
Page
4
The Sun lists contact details for editorial and business offices at the Sun Building on East Ohio Street. It shows carrier delivery six cents weekly, advertising rates, and outside city subscriptions at six months or yearly prepaid terms.
Readers are urged to relay delivery preferences to The Sun. Call 880 or mail a postal to The Sun to ensure regular newspaper service.
The Sun invites local Democrats to vote on a mayoral candidate by printing and mailing blank ballots daily. Citizens may cut out the ballot, fill in their choice, and send it to the ballot editor to help gauge the party’s pick for city leadership.
The piece laments traffic in marriages at Jeffersonville and labels it a disgrace to the state, comparing it to an “insanity trust” and blaming greed for fees. It notes Tagegart supporters deny mayoral candidacy but resist others’ bids as audacious and impudent. It references the Indiana supreme court’s suitability for federal judging and jokes about military canteen and Canton. The Monarch of the Dailies column criticizes press influence.
A critical call argues publicizing the State Board of Charities actions would expose abuses and force reform. It warns secrecy risks power misuse and cites imagined dangers of an insanity trust, municipal contracts, and local political maneuvers affecting city services and elections.
Steamer City of Seattle seeks $600000 in dust from Alaska. Carnegie opposes mayoral bid in New York. Albert Johnson’s will leaves $1900000 to widow and four children. Chinese floods drown thousands in Kiang-Si. Kiowa-Comanche reserve overrun by so called sooners. troops ordered out. Consul-general Stowe resigns Capetown post over rising living costs. War feared between Japanese and white fishermen at Vancouver. Rockefeller and Morgan rumored to plan a Paris bank with $30000000 capital. Miss Gilman declared insane at 63. Abyssinian army seeks Mad Mullah, starvation feared. Turkish soldiers revolt in Macedonia over unpaid wages. Dunlop Pneumatic considers capital reduction. William E. Fitzgerald dies after acetylene explosion. Mrs. Armour declines half of Frank Ogden’s estate for widow. Cigar butt incendiary starts vast wheat-field fire near Great Bend Kansas. 300000 bushels burned. William James Stillman dies in England. former U S consul to Rome.
A collage of quotes notes public concerns in the Philippines about school allegiance to the flag, compares J Pierpont Morgan to Von Moltke, praises American cannon firecrackers, and highlights dangers of seeking shelter under trees during thunderstorms with fatal consequences.
Mrs H McCall Travis will manage a Detroit floral parade on July 26 after directing a similar event in Indianapolis last October. Detroit News reprints a photograph of Mrs W E English in the Victoria state carriage, noting the roses, pink satin harness, and delicate pink white attire, with her two children aboard.
The piece surveys diverse scenes from church rites in a Russian service with gold garments and icon figures, Moorish marriage customs promoting weight gain, Nijni Novgorod’s pivotal summer fair and trade, and a strict Chinese mourning code with penalties for improper conduct and mourning evasion. It weaves cultural contrasts across regions, highlighting ritual, commerce, and law.
Albert L. Johnson drove a six horse team through crowded London streets last summer. His relatives and doctors link the feat to his heart illness, saying the strain may have begun the illness even as he resumed driving earlier this year.
Miss Kate Donovan and Miss Mary Sexton plan a Sunday departure for Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Rev and Mrs Oakley A Johnson of Fitzgerald Ga visit the Johnsons in Jefferson Ave. Mrs J C Loucks and Mrs Jennie Whitsett host a dinner for Mr Montieth bound for Africa. Frank Sexton visits Wabash then joins Dr A Slinger and Michael Matthews in Angella Ind for a fishing week. The Current Topics club of North Indianapolis meets at 1103 Eugenest with Col John W Blake addressing on Wit and humor.
Charles Fetters and John W. Farrell fined for out of season squirrel hunting. A bicycle rim failure injures Captain Dawson. Union Surety of Indianapolis files articles. capital stock $200 000. J W Arnold offers a possible Vicksburg Citizen wallpaper copy with doubts on authenticity. Smallpox quarantine lifts then a new case appears at George Kaylor’s home. Indiana Day set for Sept 14 with governor planning attendance and special trains. Dr Frederick R Chariton named pension examining surgeon in Indianapolis. Martha K E Bettes may teach in Manila public schools after testifying against reform school management. George McCulloch meets Philadelphia stockholders urging an Indianapolis franchise.
The piece profiles police officials and other public figures. Daly is described as stubborn and relentless in ideas. Wheeler, a Rescue Mission advocate, spends days in court guiding youths. Quigley is a long serving souvenir collector. Captain Hallis favors blue steel revolvers and quick mastery with them. Admiral Brown avoids meat in hot weather and stays healthy. Shideler dodges noontime meals and prefers rest for summers. Ramus Stuart recalls extensive state political history and governors from memory.
Indiana men are accused in a ruse to falsely commit people to insane asylums for financial gain. The Toledo News reports a detection of the scam and its dubious operators.
The compilation cites several editorials and notices from Indiana papers. It mentions Heat spell opinions on public health measures and soda straws, the censure of insulation policies, a jab at Russia’s czar, and mentions of local residents Fred Carter and Isaac M. Bartley with brief home visits and ties to public offices.
Mrs. Margaret Nixon reports years of kidney trouble with back pain and weakness ending after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She and other family members benefited. pills sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U.S. agents. remember the name Dean's.
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