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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
4
An editorial denounces Indianapolis city leadership blaming the council for bribery and poor choices on gas main rules, a brewery tax, and Stuckmeyer litter-box contracts. It warns of lax building standards risking fires, urges reform, and mocks political cries of progress.
The Board of Works may allow wiring on public poles and seek to extend access to hang from private building ledges. Mayor Taggart denies involvement in county ticket nominations while councilman Negley is urged to raise the Gluckmeyer liter-box issue at the next meeting.
The text notes two weeks of unknown fate for Pekin ministers and urges a grand civic effort to boost Indianapolis publicity. It questions a county ticket aiding Democrats, critiques a Republican nominee, mentions Expert McCaslin and Holt legal issues, and asks why the grand jury hasn’t pursued the Stuckmeyer litter-box theft or the street cay case.
A collection of courtroom vignettes and quips featuring Sir Thomas Galt in Toronto, Chaquette's thrift and attorneys’ bills, Judge Aldrich's pun, a Tombs habeas joke, Baron Pollack on long accounts, and a Pennsylvania riot verdict with Pat Murphy’s alibi.
A missionary letter from Shantung describes brutal persecutions in China during a crisis era. Catechists and Christians are executed, maimed, or robbed as 350 stations are destroyed and 14 chapels lost. Yet the author urges perseverance and faith amid suffering.
A compilation of quotes reflects varied U S reactions to China sanctions and the war era. Observers reference Chinese troops fighting like Christians, discuss if indemnities suffice, and note the wider imperial tensions across the eastern hemisphere.
Dr Mary Spink plans a Filcomington visit Saturday to see her parents. Louis S Ottenheimer will wed Miss Harrietta Cohen of Toledo on Tuesday. State weddings noted in Kokomo Richmond and Muncie. The Mananerchor group plans a Riverside park trip Friday with a musical program and supper.
A fragmentary page item blends lyric fragments and humorous lines about Barefoot Boy, Parker’s patch, and campaign verse. It Weaves poems and casual street dialogue with references to Luzon and political rallies, ending with plans to attend a public event and listen to the eagle of the west.
Newspapers discuss William Jennings Bryan touring doubtful states, the Anti-noise society in Chicago, and reactions to imperialism. Indiana tallying August 8 notification meeting crowds, with editorial quips on Cleveland, Bryan, and the campaign climate across several papers.
Telegraphic notes liken the Chinese Boxer to a hybrid of the Indiana whitecap and the Mississippi Ku klux Detto with ambiguous implications for its identity and actions.
Judge Daly fined Henry and Lois Seaton ten dollars for keeping an Indiana avenue gaming house and fined 28 others the same for visiting it. Susan McSeeley, 88, died in the poor asylum from old age after admission last April. A stepson lives on Daugherty street. Judge Leathers overruled a motion for a new trial in the Viola Gray vs J. H. Halstead case, awarding Gray two hundred dollars after Halstead allegedly shut off gas. Judge Carter restrained Carl and Otto Rochow from building on 1726 Nebraska street lot. E H Hershel claims injury to trees and vegetables and a lease not expiring until 1902. National organizer J. W. Henderson calls for the American Protective League national convention in Indianapolis July 31 with Governor Mount and Mayor Taggart to speak and Rev. George W. Gaines of Chicago to chair. Mrs. Mabel Lowe, in a cross complaint to the divorce suit of firefighter Clinton T. Lowe, says he abused her since marriage and is jealous. Lowe accuses her of associating with Frank Taylor while attending church choir meetings. Taylor also a choir member.
An old advert claims Cascarets Candy Cathartic train the bowels and promote healthy digestion. The promotion emphasizes quick relief and general wellness through candy form.
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