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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
4
Notice details delivery by carrier within the city for six cents weekly and directions to address business communications to the business manager and publication inquiries to the editor. The Sun offers to forward rates to responsible agents in towns and invites news dealers to inquire about terms.
Secretary Bhan denounces cheap living theory in a Delaware speech while housewives dispute rising prices. The piece argues higher costs do not raise wages or total wealth, noting laborers suffer and production falls. It cites railroad layoffs, cotton mills cutting output, and trust cutbacks, then highlights Indianapolis stories and local curios.
Citizens expect reversal of Baker and Anderson ruling on artificial gas manufacture by Consumers Gas Trust. They seek honesty and fair handling of the quasi public firm. Directors plan to appeal. A park north of Washington and east of Randolph, plus the Technical Institute and Woodruff Place grounds, with paving of B Michigen, would beautify a city fringe area.
Deputy U S marshal Lon Boyd speaks of a peculiar superstition about lead pencils. He admits a strong habit of never losing a pencil and explains he would walk miles to recover one left in a vest. He notes changing a vest at noon but expects the pencils to remain there, joking about chasing them to a tailor if misplaced.
A New condition called beer heart appears in London and is said to be spreading to American cities with heavy beer consumption. Doctors debate its cause, noting enlarged hearts without kidney or valve disease and suggesting carbohydrates in beer may play a role while comparing effects of beer to other alcohols.
A Brightwood fishing group led by William Rock and several companions reports luck and fun at Bellefontaine reservoir but car space limited transport of the catch. plan better arrangements next trip. Local notes list social visits, relocations, theft of a ladies watch, and community events including a Chinese evening at the Y M C A and lodge activities. The piece also notes talks of abolishing Brightwood waterworks and a petition against it.
Olga Thurston overhears a plan to plant a timed package on a midnight train intended to kill the Russian minister. Her brother Leonard and conspirators prepare the crime, but Olga alerts Hugh Cunningham, leading to the detonation thwarted and reunion revealed. The couple reconcile with trust and gratitude, thanks to Olga’s bravery.
Chicago phrenologist Prof Charles F Boger analyzes craniums of Roosevelt Parker Hearst and Bryan listing traits for each. He notes Hearst radical, Bryan theoretical, Parker practical, with terse interpretations and a long quoted taste for controversial kisses as societal commentary.
A fragmentary poem recounts Chugg persuading a farmer with his borrowed auto to haul him into town, mocking autos and summer mischief. Interspersed lines lampoon public notices about insanity and marriage licenses, followed by a vignette of a cheerful storewoman in Biggs department store, with EDWARD SINGER credited.
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