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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1900
Page
4
Public notice details advertising terms and subscription pricing for The Sun. Includes rates for city subscriptions yearly six months and monthly, contact information for the business manager and editor, and office communication instructions.
A damaged line requests readers to notify the office if they do not receive THE SUN. The fragment mentions contacting BBC and an elder man, with an unclear telephone reference. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable names or a clear location.
Indiana Republican figure Charles Frisky Hernly returns from Oyster Bay claiming New York will vote Republican by 200000 or more, denouncing Bryan’s platform as anti currency and anti flag. He suggests New York’s business class will back McKinley Roosevelt, while criticizing Democratic policy and urging caution in party leadership.
A fragmentary column rails at city issues in Indianapolis with attacks on vice, law enforcement, and council conduct. It contrasts press stances, accuses Stuckmeyer of influence, mocks the litter-box bid and calls for fair bidding, while railing against Chinese rat policies as retaliation.
An ornamental slab was set over Pike County Bill Hays northeast of Winslow. The epitaph, penned by Hays, says he was born and died a democrat. He was a prominent landowner who liked ribbons and pictures. His will planned a grand barbecue with cattle hogs sheep and 50 kegs of beer in a grove decorated with ribbons and streamers. Bierce, his son, carried out the plan on April 16, 1899. Mrs. Mary F Howell of Muncie received a China letter from Nellie Russell dated June 5 to 7 noting danger to Minister Conger and family.
Town gossip notes railroads moved 25 664 cars with 18 239 loaded in a busy week. An ammonia pipe burst at Indianapolis Brewing Company but caused no injuries. A coroner reports the death of Cordy Rasdell, a 16 month old from cholera infantum, without medical care. The monument project advances with contracts signed and an expected one year completion. Local fires caused minor damage to a barn and a home. Louis Lipman the actor is noted, and a police desk tale involves a boy and a rider. Catholic feast days outline a religious week ending Saturday.
Charles Walkers, secretary of the Arizona territorial government, calls the United Verde mine the greatest in the world. He cites a monthly profit of about 1 million and envisions deeper tunnels, more workers, and vast water access. He notes rival properties and Arizona’s improving mining climate, while other items discuss war, weather, and global notes.
In New Orleans on Sunday Judge A. Henning and Hon Jos Green of New York discussed the political outlook. Henning offered $10,000 to $4,500 on McKinley and Green accepted. Henning is a California Republican leader and Green a Tammanyite.
Government health warning urges using only DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin injuries and diseases. Advises avoiding counterfeit products and purchasing the original salve. Emphasizes authenticity and brand protection for consumer safety.
A collection of editorial snippets from early 20th century newspapers. It quotes remarks on peace rhetoric, political manipulation, Teddy Roosevelt, China’s Boxer Rebellion, and accusations of religious prejudice within Democratic circles. The items reflect public satire and heated partisan commentary of the era.
A lump valued at 135000 dollars is en route to New York from the kindike. It is described as the largest single lump ever sent to the city, highlighting a notable bullion shipment in transit.
The article notes Kodiak island hosts the largest white polar bears, weighing 2,400 to 3,000 pounds, with tracks up to 15 inches long. It discusses attempts to capture live specimens for a national zoo, opisite weather effects on zoo animals, and other wildlife notes from the Milwaukee to New York reports.
Rev. W. S. Craig, back from the India famine district, told Trinity Congregational Church on Sunday that the famine was caused by foreigners gaining grain control and by the superstitions of the local people.
A collage of humorous verse and dialogue fragments. It contrasts mornings on a farm with music in the fields and a satirical quip about politics and love. The piece blends dialect poems, witty exchanges, and everyday rural imagery from song to street talk.
A rustic fable frames a family picnic thwarted by rain after a weather forecast. The piece contrasts hopeful toil with fatalistic labor, then shifts to terse notices: death of ex alderman N M Plotke of Chicago, a diphtheria outbreak at Mount Carmel orphanage, and multiple violent incidents including a Baltimore murder-suicide and a St. Joseph freight train derailment demolishing a factory.
Real estate in Indianapolis offered with improved income properties and vacant lots and acres. Promoters invite interested parties to communicate for investment opportunities and potential value growth.
Leroy Armstrong, author of The Indiana Man, arrives to lead Lafayette’s only morning daily. In a humorous misdelivery he asks for the Lahr house, pays a cabbie 50 cents to be driven across the street, and settles in to write an Indiana tale The Outlaws set during the Wabash canal era of 1840s.
A collage of quotes from Indiana newspapers lampoons national figures and events. It cites Col Durbin and William McKinley, Bryan, Paul, and Mor ton, plus references to Canton Oyster Bay Jackson Jefferson and a Kansas City convention. The snippet blends editorials and cartoons to critique politics.
A bold claim from a historic ad praising Doan's Ointment as the fail proof cure for severe itching piles. The copy emphasizes extreme discomfort and promotes the ointment as the primary remedy to bring swift relief.
Tickets will be sold for a battlefield reunion event in Atlanta Georgia and Pennsylvania with round trip fare options. Details list July 16 and 27 travel with return from Atlanta on July 22. For information call ticket agents or write to W. W. aon D. Pity Indianapolis.
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