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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1899
Page
4
The Sun lists postoffice as second class matter and carrier delivery in the city. News dealers can obtain terms at the office and advertising rates by addressing the manager. Subscribers with difficulty securing timely delivery should notify the office. The Sun will forward rates to responsible agents in towns.
Outside city rates listed for year six months and monthly plans in advance. The note appears in a Sun issue from Indianapolis dated July 12 1859 with editorial and business rooms details.
The piece notes Alabama Senator Morgan breaking from Bryan over peace-maker claims and calls for a leader to unite divisions. It argues free silver may be buried to win, with big Democratic politicians foreseeing antipathy to free silver and the nonsensical ratio. Morgan leads a popocrat drift back toward Democrats.
The woolen trust plans a 28 factory merger to save about 2.0 billion dollars a year in goods sales and 500 thousand dollars in raw material purchases. Traveling salesmen would bear the largest job losses, sparking broad opposition to the current administration and calls to replace Attorney General Alger. The push urges firing Alger as a cure for policy failings and public displeasure.
Critics argue Indiana state officials push for land sale or sale of real estate to raise money. They contend Indiana finances are strong and the city should consider purchasing the land if feasible, opposing hasty state action and unnecessary burdens.
A fragmented account outlines Senator Morgan's political situation and measured stance on national issues. The piece stresses a level headed approach and the gravity of the country’s direction amid party disputes.
A Chicago case tests whether a brewing company may use the national flag in advertising. The matter draws nationwide attention as observers hope the W C T U wins all points and censorship of flag usage beyond patriotic display is urged. The Sun contributes to Lawton sword fund and editors brace for the progress of local civic issues in the alley.
A bronze diving bell built for Lake Michigan failed at about 100 feet depth. Weighing 23 000 pounds, it crushed into a shapeless mass as water pressure reached 1 362 tons, glass panes shattered and iron ribs buckled.
The piece notes Tornea Finland and Wardburg Norway enjoying days near 22 hours and 24 hours, with Spitzbergen claiming the longest day about 314 months of daylight. It then mentions a British Museum exhibit of the first crude handmade envelope, before modern envelopes appeared in the mid 19th century.
Fair managers consider a company proposal to exhibit the siege of Santiago at the state fair. Prize awards go to Miss Anna Mock C E Wier Mrs W E H Cooper and B F Watts for perfect year attendance. items include a bicycle mandolin $10 and rocking chair.
A collage of editorial snippets from Indiana papers discussing 1900 Democratic prospects for Bryan and Hogg, Dreyfus studies, Alger’s Senate bid, a farmer’s hog cholera cure claim, the Hague peace conference, and Hamilton County Republican moves around Landis.
In Lakeview Mayor Lisie was arrested for shouting woodcock out of season. A mob bruised a non-union street car conductor George Harris in Cleveland on Tuesday. A body from the Olwill wreck was found near Kelly's Island. Senator Sherman’s illness rumors persist with him riding daily. Toledo Mayor Jones aims to buy or lease the natural gas plant after bids opened Tuesday.
Railroad tickets to Winona no longer include park admission coupon. Western Passenger Association meets in New York to arrange immigrant traffic distribution. A steam shovel near Terre Haute digs 1,500 yards of gravel daily for the Big Four division. Gowrie Northwestern Railroad incorporated with 1,000,000 capital as a Rock Island branch into Dakota and Minnesota.
An advertisement urges readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla to cleanse impurities and improve health when eruptions stomach or kidney issues fever or bowels appear. It emphasizes pure blood and better wellbeing.
Cresta Blanca Souvenir Wines are praised as the best imported California wines by connoisseurs. The text lists brands such as Metzker & Co Margaux St. Julien Table d Hote and Chateau Yquem in white wines. Call Tel 407 to try them.
Miss Isabel Palmer visits Ashe ville North Carolina while Mrs William G L Felder and son plan a Buzzards Bay summer. Miss Ruth Reat of Charleston Illinois stays with M W Hopkins. Ferdinand Mayer sails home from Europe late July. Agnes and Anna Birk return from abroad. L F Page and children spend weeks in North Carolina. Katherine Merrill Mina Merrill and Mrs Julian Moore summer in California. Geo S Arnold and daughter Laura depart for Denver Colorado for several months. Marold Hibben hosts a tally ho party at Allisonville for Mrs James R McKee.
Beginning Sunday July 16 Big Four excursion trains to Cincinnati will run as through expresses with no intermediate stops to speed excursionists. Out of town trips will run on alternate Sundays to Aurora Lawrenceburg and other points, but not to Cincinnati, with departure from Indianapolis at 7 30 a m and return from Lake Maxinkuckee at 6 30 p m.
Special trains run Sunday July 18 from Union Station at 6 a.m. to Hamilton via C., H. & D. stopping at all stations between Indianapolis and Hamilton. 11 round trip fare is $1.
The notice directs readers to consult the General Passenger Agent in Denver for maps views and descriptive matter showing how to reach destination locations on the Colorado Midland Railroad system.
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