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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1904
Page
4
The Indianapolis Sun outlines mailing and delivery details for second class matters, requests readers to report missed issues, and notes contact options for news, advertising, and circulation, including editor and business manager addresses and telephone number 480 for service.
A plea from readers to give parents a rest at home rather than tents. Daughters urged to plan a special at home vacation for mother while sons and boys share home duties and chores to let father and mother enjoy relief from daily tasks. A second item notes another murder in Indianapolis tied to Sunday closing laws and reform promises.
The piece condemns Detroit and Mentochy rulings that a husband may whip his wife and calls Indianapolis practice of arresting, fining about $100, and 180 days in the workhouse a superior standard. It urges Detroit and Kentucky leaders to abandon such beliefs and recognizes Indianapolis as a model of restraint and justice in domestic cases.
Fragmentary report notes Democrats may elect Tom Taggart as chairman, promising strong Republican opposition. Vague language hints at political tension and potential fallout for the GOP.
Friends of R B Armstrong assistant secretary of the treasury say he will succeed Cortelyou as secretary of commerce and labor.
Charles Warner Drowned, age 1, formerly of Colums ¢ bus Ind, employed by N A Moore grocery company, was drowned in White river near Fairview park. He could not swim and got beyond his depth. William Ruehle, a fellow employee of the grocery company, tried to rescue him but failed.
James Shepard chief clerk to the quartermaster at the Marion soldiers home fell in the Century building Sunday and broke an artificial leg and damaged the stump of his wounded limb. He was taken to City hospital.
Readers are treated to a roundup of current books and magazines, with focus on Grover Cleveland's controversial article on government power and the strike. The piece notes anticipated effects on the Democratic National Convention, plus cultural items including Macmillan's release of The Shape of Fear and other ghostly tales, and social commentary pieces from Boston and national magazines. It also covers literary notes, fashion guidance for summer hats, and light domestic humor from periodicals.
A storied circus veteran recalls a vanished musician who once tuned the crowd with a calliope on a steam piano. In a moonlit veranda scene near a suburban Rome, the now-grown performer returns, playing with flawless touch as farewell notes drift on the air.
A New York Sun reader recalls a retiring circus calliope player, his private calliope, and a town’s mixed feelings. The man settled quietly with a steam powered instrument, then departed after lease issues ended his local performances. The narrator misses the music and notes townspeople’s tolerance yet dislike for the noise.
A humorous tale from czarina dowager era describes her striking out a word in her husband's political prisoner document. The reworded line reads Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia, changing the intended state of punishment. The husband refused to change the amendment, leaving the altered wording.
An ancient Bremen cellar under Hotel de Villa houses 13 cases of legendary wine linked to famous apothecaries, with Julius wing noted as most esteemed. One case cost 100 rix dollars in 464, and legal upkeep plus interest place the current value above 3,000 dollars per bottle, while a Bremen burgomaster enjoys a baby when entertaining distinguished guests.
In Menominer, Afich on June 13, a Cedar River resident known as Old George attempted to cut off his right foot with a chisel. Deputies stopped him after he finished severing one toe, and he was brought down for examination of his intent and condition.
In Janesville Wisconsin on June 1 forty years after PB Fenton lost his arm to a rebel ball he issued no formal invitation to the local G A R post to attend services commemorating the man of his arm. The post commander saved a call for all post members to meet at the post, march to the Fenton residence, and perform a martial drum and fire procession.
Rufus Cantral described as a patient in Michigan City hospital suffering typhoid. He is delirious and mentions grave robbing. Isom Donnell and Sal Grady, gang members, were released from Jeffersonville reformatory and are now in Indianapolis.
An OCR fragment introduces Music and All or Music of the Mad, a joint work by Mut? Pikey and Smitty. The selection features bawdy verse and satirical sketches including Papa Ghayes and a barber shop scene, plus classroom quips about camels and water Lou. The piece mixes verse and prose snippets with notes by Edward Einger.
New theatrical notes report Ton Me vena Tit aia nae's touring success in Chicago and London, with packed houses and high pay. Siren line highlights include Varennes and Merle Antoinette in Paris, miners paying for opening-night seats, and Hawtrey and Millward joining a vaudeville circuit with large weekly salaries. Major stage moves feature Clyde Fitch’s The Timbers, Amelia Bingham, and Ada Rehan tours, plus Marlo Jansen’s bankruptcy filing in Boston. Grace von Studdiford receives a loving cup in Buffalo, Maude Adams opens in San Francisco, and Forbes Robertson with Gertrude Elliott unveils On the Edge of the Storm in London before a U.S. tour.
Cardinal Satolli, ally of the pope, will travel from New York to Washington and then to Notre Dame in Indiana for the university's commencement. He plans to attend the Maloney Ritchia marriage in New Jersey before continuing westward, with an entourage that underscores the event's significance.
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