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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
4
The editorial argues the GOP face a pivotal mayoralty nomination shaped by prior bolting and factional divides. It frames a choice between the incumbent candidate once denounced by opponents and a respected nonaligned challenger, urging the whole party to unite behind the nominee. It questions accountability and warns against post nomination quibbles.
A lengthy editorial condemns Gov. Higgins veto of a bill to legitimize an out of wedlock child as an attack on womanhood and morality. It rails at corrupt legislation, compares past standard to today, and argues the veto fails to address illegitimacy while urging stronger penalties for bigamy and protected vice. The piece cites social double standards, calls for accountability of fathers, and references religious and moral themes.
The writer laments Mr. Togo's laconic phrase "No damage to our ships" as a missed chance to craft enduring naval lore. Citing Perry, Dewey, and Lawrence as examples, the piece argues a sharper, more memorable line could have secured a lasting place in martial literature, praising Togo's strategic prowess but noting poetic failure.
A Friday review discusses the dangers of kissing in public and spitting, urging health reform across the state. The debate touches on disease transmission and public health ethics, with officials returning home as reform expectations rise. The piece also notes a high school debate on presidential term limits and a humorous aside about tree care and decay prevention.
The latest London quotation of radium stood at 890000 dollars. In Victoria New South Wales unscrupulous tanners have increased leather weight using dangerous barium chloride. Victoria civil service listed 37 vacant minor posts drawing 916 candidates. the salary reached 500 dollars annually.
A satirical fragment notes Milly Rappauert a well known citizen and worker sending the first copy of The Putife issue dated 14 WIN devoted to pure affairs and topical matters. Readers invited to participate in a discussion of timely issues.
The German Lutheran Urpine Home will hold a celebration Sunday at the Washington and La Salle streets home. Morning German service and afternoon English service are planned.
A brief item advertises a folder titled Short Jaunts for Busy People guiding readers to nearby resorts. It notes an illustrated map and helpful facts, invites requests via a two cent stamp to W B Kniskern in Chicago, and suggests a promotional regional spread by The North Western line.
A promotional pamphlet describes over a hundred summer resorts along a major railway region with 1600 lakes and trout streams. It mentions five detail maps showing trails and roads and lists hotels and boarding houses. Send ten cents for postage to Chicago contact W. B. Kniskern.
Predictions warn of a year with changes and removals and unsettled business. Advice: guard money, avoid excesses, attend to affairs. A child born that day is quarrelsome and unsettled. business may be ambitious but risky and pleasures may lure.
Special to The Sun from Sidney Ohio reports John J Wagner former president of a defunct German American bishopric died Friday night. Official cause listed as liver and kidney tremors, but associates say he weighed heavy with sorrow over his wife’s will and a forthcoming arrest on charges of embezzlement.
A chaotic compilation of quoted voters and officials comments on campaigns health laws and local politics. Notable names cited include Henry Clay Allen Oran Hack Charles Hook Walter Leroy Portteus Frank Sobr er James Workal William Russell Edward Omgueb Edward Rav Robert Metzger Dr Wy Rogers and Charles Benentot amid discussions of liquor illness and infrastructure in Indianapolis and Bloomington.
The column recounts a strange carp story from Phoenix where a minnow grew to eight and a half pounds in a reclaimed desert pond. It also notes Goldsboro carp encounters, a big trout catch, and a dramatic pilot fish attached to a shark remains aboard Young Bros.' wharf.
A lone bandit, known as Billie Suites, held up a bank near Douglass on a Friday, collecting about four thousand dollars as patrons and gamblers cowered. He fired shots at entering players, forced the crowd against walls, and fled on a horse across the border into Mexico after changing mounts. Authorities say he is an aging stage robber with a recent Tombstone jail escape, and a posse pursued him into hot pursuit by Saturday noon.
A single St. Petersburg company dominates nearly all Russian shoe sales. The firm operates as a highly prosperous stock company, ranking among the world’s most successful enterprises.
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