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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
4
The article praises President John Mitchell for urging against a general strike and for proposing a weekly relief fund funded by miners and a 2 percent wage cut from officers earning $60 or more. It argues such steps would gain public sympathy and preserve contracts, justice, and labor solidarity.
The Sun reports Broad Ripple streetcar charged two fares north of Thirty-fourth Street until city limits reached Thirty-eight Street. Within minutes of the edition, the Board of Sharps acted and ordered a single fare south of Thirty-eight Street, proving prodding can spur action.
The police court decision in the McCloskey gambling case holds that a club of business men playing cards in a room is not a violation, while a few boys gambling in an alley are punishable. Republican editors head to Put-In-Bay for their annual summer outing.
A collage of quotes cites national views on coal strike impact and safety. It notes Chicago’s pride in the costly stoppage, miners returning to Johnstown pits, legal actions by Judge Emery reducing local crime, debates over protective duties, and a critical remark about a roving reporter.
A collage of short quips notes farm harvests, flirtation season, bakery wagon drivers sparking biscuit throws at police, a wary wind in Chicago, and bail release of Mrs O Malley amid theatrical circles.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes from varied figures and works. Observations on money courage sacrifice and love mingle with reflections on youth, death, and fate. The tone resembles a compact literary anthology.
A compilation notes the auction prices of bird eggs from the auk to hummingbirds, with eagles and falcons commanding the highest values and many species yielding small sums. It then shifts to Brigham Young widows, smell fatigue among workers, and occupational skin marks, followed by timber use for ties and poles and paper pulp consumption.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from period papers. It includes domestic prudence on marriage finances, a barber shop joke about whiskers, theater chaperone woes, a farmer’s forget me not pun, and a playful artist nickname for a widow.
A satirical piece titled The Knight's Waterloo features a wearied knight who reenters armor amid war fears. He laments the hornet nest within the armor while staying home among ladies. Hamlette suggests critics mock and praise the performer.
A collage of short items with names and scenes, including a diction reference to Falstaff and flagstaff, a workaday office vacancy, mentions of horses with hats, a milkmaid, a saloon, and a nurse. also ads for Edward Singer products, a herbal remedy, ledgers, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething with price.
A brief, imperfect fragment references a girl holding a finger tin and kissing it, with mentions of sweetness and a rose. The lines suggest a playful, poetic scene without clear names or places.
In a copy editing mishap at Podunk Times Joey mistook the word Falstaff for flagstaff while setting an editorial. The error was noted and corrected in proofs, preserving the intended meaning and style.
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