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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1902
Page
4
Discussion centers on locating a proposed Indianapolis school on arsenal grounds amid a grand forest. Promoters pledge to leave trees and shrubbery undisturbed, fearing loss of natural handiwork. Other items note police court changes and local satire on legal proceedings.
Report notes an express car robbery in Mexico with $53,000 taken by three Americans. The item emphasizes shifting fuel costs and energy concerns for upcoming winter as a separate observation.
A scattered round of items notes an explosion at Ardeer Ayrshire that shattered 300 eggs in a nearby shop. It also cites immigration shares by country, New Jersey’s long manufacturing value, and worker demographics. It covers emigration from Sweden, Martinique ports, and Turkish farming views on binders. Other items mention a Wesley Ferrens estate, world volcano counts, Pompeii’s Vesuvius history, and Texas oil used for road dust control.
Practical railroad men cite a target of sixteen hours for the Chicago to New York run, averaging about 68 mph and reaching sustained speeds of 70 to 90 mph on buiIt roadbeds. Engineers warn that speeds beyond sixteen hours require major reconstruction, with electricity foreseen as a safer revolution.
A carter named Monsieur Paul, injured in Paris and brought to Lam boisere hospital, is revealed to be a woman who wore male attire since childhood. The emperor of Japan may confer the highest decoration on Lord Salisbury for the Anglo Japanese alliance. Eight German cavalrymen deserted to France after beating a corporal. In Portugal a wife can be freed from matrimonial obligations if she publishes literary works without consent. Newport Rhode Island school board elects a colored woman as a public school teacher, first in New England.
The past week in Indianapolis shows clearings of £9,710,942.58 with balances of $1,249,016.91. Comparative figures from the same week last year reported clearings of $3,381,992.24 and balances of $1,066,999.08.
A historical notice touts a powder marketed as a universal healing remedy. It claims effectiveness against sores skin cracks poison ivy bites and animal insect wounds with no cure required. The advertisement emphasizes rapid relief and miracle outcomes.
The sketches and songs of a singer appear in this column with quirky banter. Mrs Tightfist argues two meals suffice while warning against overeating and related dyspepsia. The exchange shifts to humor as Jenks and Jinks chime in about domestic habits and mishaps.
A poetic sequence contrasts urban twilight with dawn and a rural school scene. In the city, wealth and want mingle as lamps glow and crowds move past hawkers. A quiet schoolyard vignette follows two children sharing a shy smile before walking home.
A fat saloon keeper laughs at her husband’s request to carry a bundle to the laundry. He argues, she rebels saying she would be mistaken for a washerwoman. The tale suggests pride, though often mocked, can be virtuous in certain light.
An exchange between Punster and the Observer centers on a curious line about Jef fries and Fitz, quoted by Edward Singer. The dialogue hints at a cryptic misreference or inside joke surrounding a planned boxing bout.
A miscellany of humor snippets from various papers includes jest about Belle and Harry on the beach, rough satire on historical novels, a doctor’s silent examination anecdote, a blind man’s belief, a barber’s business acumen, a musician’s revenge via song, and a gag about an encyclopedia in 60 volumes titled The love letters of a Mormon elder.
Hagenbeck's trained animals perform afternoon and night at Fairview Park. Reginald Roberts and Ostendorf's concert band headline fairs in Avon Park and Fairbank with Mona Demorest as a popular singer. Springlake Park presents a strong vaudeville bill daily. Eugene Cowles of the Bostonians and Alice Nielsen company will sing at Fairbank the week of August 18, last seen in Indianapolis two years ago.
Crowds traveled by rail and carriage to Acton park for a Sunday program headlined by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee on Peace and war in the United States and Cuba. Dr. J. H. Martin spoke on Abraham Lincoln. Gov. Durbin introduced the speaker.
A regional recipe note describes multiple bread pudding methods to use stale bread. It covers a milk soaked bread version with eggs sugar salt butter raisins and nutmeg baked in a buttered dish with milk added in stages. It also outlines drying scraps into a brown crisp bake and a chocolate bread pudding with chocolate, sugar, hot milk eggs vanilla and cream served.
City life notes a range of events in Indianapolis and surrounding areas. The thirty second annual old settlers meeting takes place August 9 at Oldgrove, while the German park ladies host a euchre party on August 6. Freight cutoff times begin August 1, and local figures including Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Rev. William Garrity appear in city events. Freight statistics show weekly totals with a rise in loaded cars, and Capt. Hobson visits before a Chattanooga lecture. he denies a rescue tale involving Miss May Cerf from the Mississippi.
Col Alexander K McClure of Philadelphia, famed editor, relied on proofreaders after his handwriting stymied printers. In a rush to dinner he glanced a proof and misread his own editorial, mistakenly praising Archibald Ryan and Caroline Gibbons instead of Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal Gibbons.
Mules used in Pennsylvania coal mines were brought to the surface during the anthracite strike. They explored the fields timidly at first, sniffed the air, and moved awkwardly like children at play until they acclimated to their new freedom. The scene amused observers and recalled Youth's Companion reflections.
A simple home craft from Home Chat shows how to make an iron holder to keep hands safe. Use leather from an old boot for the base, add brown paper and two layers of flannel, and cover with extra thickness at the top. Sew the edges, create a center slit, and bind the slit edges to form pockets for the thumbs and fingers.
A Salt Lake acquaintance of J. W. Mackay for forty years lauds him as a perfect man noting he treated everyone with equal respect, hid wealth from sight, and met all on the broad plane of manhood. Buffalo News reports the tribute.
In Little Falls New York ministers oppose Sunday baseball urging parishioners away from games. The ball team manager offers to let church services be held on the diamond before the game starts. The feature notes the possible scene of a home run prayer and hymn.
A night salt footbath rests and invigorates the system. After washing the face rub gently with a silk handkerchief. For dandruff use one ounce oil to half pint alcohol mixed and applied with a nailbrush. Do not strip skin of natural oils to avoid burns and crow's feet with daily folds stroking. Wash sponges in warm water with ammonia and borax and dry sponges in air and sunshine.
The text directs to use THE SUN'S liners on page seven and mentions phones 850. It reads as a fragmented instruction likely from a newspaper page caption or classified note about advertising liners and contact numbers.
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