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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1904
Page
4
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The article reports that Methodist ministers in session condemn public dance halls as a major source of vice and degr adation. They urge reformers to focus on dance halls to protect youth, arguing these venues invite immoral behavior and downward steps.
The piece debates legislative action on the Indianapolis gas situation, noting vested rights and charter consent limits. It questions Frenzel and Hastings about trust schemes and potential cheap gas, while mentioning a dynamite incident in Independence and poor city water driving locals to drink alternatives.
Governor Durbin moves from ruling out a Senate bid to eyeing one of two seats as Beveridge seeks reelection. If Fairbanks is nominated for vice president the succession becomes a free for all. Durbin has built a political machine for a strong challenge, while Beveridge remains the party’s sure reelection focus.
A dated editorial argues against blaming labor unions for an Independence Colorado massacre, insisting the act lies with an anarchist and that unions deplore the violence. It also defends Sunday amateur baseball games, jokes about Gov Durbin and St Louis, and suggests Councilman Joe Gasper may become a hero if he persists.
A bulletin-like piece discusses sow welfare and pasture management with portable shelters and regular feeding. It promotes pasture abundance, shade, and clean walls to keep sows content, and highlights clover as a valuable hay and poultry feed, offering curing methods for winter use and noting irrigation limits in Utah’s arid regions.
A history of a sword dance tale set in Japan and the Russo Japanese War unfolds through Del's interview with a newspaper man. The legend centers on a young lieutenant who writes a song and leads soldiers, sacrificing himself to ensure the army crosses the Yalu.
A series of aphoristic lines reflect on effort and accountability. It notes some avoid hard labor after debt troubles, defines an atone relation, and calls out vanity in social behavior. It concludes with remarks on frank talk, infant understanding, and moral judgments of preachers who marry for money.
The United States Tobacco Journal notes J Verpont Morgan as a leading cigar user and specifies cigars made for him in Havang with red bands and gold initials J P M. After board meetings, Morgan’s labels are sought as rarities, and his unusually large cigars feature bands large enough to be mistaken for rings or finger adornments. Shoes cost his partner 490 per 1,000, a figure cited as high but not as extravagant as Morgan’s own tastes.
A fragmented Prohibition era style reflection critiques courtship, noting how a man’s suit and tie reveal intentions. The piece playfully mocks how women judge men by appearance and views on family education, with a light, satirical tone.
John W Yerkes of Kentucky served in the national republican committee and as commissioner of internal revenue. A longtime Kentucky political figure his nerve was tested when rivals warned of assassination if he voted at a polling place. He carried revolvers in his coat and voted, prompting a retreat by his attackers.
Miss Mary Jane McMahon once rallied workers in a New Jersey silk mill during a 3 year old strike and helped avert a shutdown. Fear of attacks from strike leaders led to her involuntary commitment as doctors warned she may recover. Leaders were freed from jail less than two weeks earlier.
A surreal bulletin mixes a poem about a disruptive bug with a comically cautionary farm tale. The narrator frets over a tiny menace as he jokes about beating the bug and wrecking items, while a farmer and postmaster riff on postal notes and writ small witticisms from Edward Binger.
Winona reports a successful season with expanding summer programs, boating and bathing delays due to cool weather, and a June 15 parade featuring Gov. Durbin in a farewell appearance. June brings national conventions and photography meetings, with a July 4 opening for the summer school and a slate of instructors from Purdue, De Pauw, and other institutions. The Winona program promises larger audiences and prominent speakers, including ex-Gov. Bob Taylor and Rev. Billy Sunday, plus new toboggan slides and bowling alleys.
A reader mosaic of humorous quotes and social gaffes from early Chicago and Philadelphia papers. Jests about engagements, drug stores, clergy, and vanity pop from The Philadelphia Press and Chicago papers, with social scenes in small town blurbs and curio bits.
Dayton Ore June 7 M E Drake a mother of five leapt into a river in a fit of insanity caused by rupture of a small artery at the base of the skull while lifting a teakettle.
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