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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
4
The Indianapolis Sun outlines mail and delivery terms with contact routes for business communications and advertising rates. It notes second class entry, carrier delivery six cents per week, and invites inquiries to the advertising department and editor. Readers are instructed to report missed deliveries by calling 850 or sending mail to THE SUN.
A critical tirade denounces Russell Sage as a wealthy man whose prolific opinions deserve no respect. It argues money corrupts judgment, mocks his philosophical pretensions, and suggests wealth addiction dulls humanity. The piece questions the value of his views on art and science and urges immediate action on a water nuisance, criticizing delay.
Dr Booncer the city sanitarian announced a summer sanitation policy urging weed cutting premises clearance and drainage of ponds to place the city in a clean sanitary condition. Dr Spencer told THE SUN that unless the canal is cleaned and drained the water company may be asked to bury the issue.
A lengthy critique rails at the Highland golf club for free Riverside park privileges and sparking transit changes. It denounces city officials and the street car company for favoring the club, noting 80 members with few golfers and arguing the public deserves full service, even advocating walkers’ access and better transit for crowds at the park.
A clipped commentary on Charles Fairbanks Jr considering accepting a vice presidential bid. It notes the potential benefit if Roosevelt retires, the politics of the era, and hints at rival Parker Fairbanks dynamic while mentioning risky German motor races with a death.
Discussion continues over a proposed new gewer in West Indianapolis as the Board of Works delays action to let residents decide. Some opponents have reconsidered while most remain opposed. the board may drop the matter.
The column records visits by families to Dr. and Mrs. Beck in Feesburg, plus gatherings at Morristown and Winona. It notes a Trinity baseball forfeit after New Bethel failed to appear, lists Trinity players, recounts a Maccabee versus Star Reserves game won 8 to 6, and mentions multiple wedding and visiting notices including Bertha Wickersham and Leroy Ramsey, and various relatives visiting from Frankfort, Cincinnati, and Gosport.
A fragment from the Catenzo News depicts a charming yet tense tea parlor exchange. Mrs Wachilope deflects blame as her husband Henry recalls a theater night mishap. A visiting neighbor notes the couple’s oddly cordial yet strained dynamic and foresees gossip spreading through the neighborhood.
Robert Isaac Finnemore, judge of the Natal Supreme Court, testifies to the benefits of Coticura remedies. He recounts suffering from excess uric acid and a severe scalp and hair loss condition, before remedies produced visible improvement including new hair growth. His wife urges use for the poor and asks Bible women to report cases in need. Pietermaritzburg October 20, 1901.
A jumble of names and quotes from residents and officials on city life. Mentions Sexton Ritter Callahan Grenracket Ho ltzman and several professionals. The excerpt recalls local concerns about roads, hospitals, marriages, crime, favors, and civic duties with many fragmented remarks.
A garbled passage references 31 marriage licenses issued recently and mentions plans to marry in Warsaw. It also includes candid comments about colleges and service, plus a quip about a federal building and a joke about washing dirty feet. The text is fragmented and informal.
Fragmented OCR style prose mixes poems and dialogue with garbled names. It mentions a character Auenda or Auelnda graduating, a fire started with gasoline, and a situation involving Harvey Green. A metallic platform scene and a late break of day death of a man named Menesistotusu or Menestotusu with a line about Edward Singer appear, all in a vintage, distorted narrative voice.
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