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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
4
Office notice requests forwarded rates and deemed terms to act as agent. Readers are advised to address editor at 15 E. Ohio St Indianapolis Indiana. Feasom and carrier are thanked for sending the Sun.
Fragmented remarks discuss education, reform, and party politics tied to McKinley era. The column quotes concerns on saloon laws, political strategy, and national discourse, noting public skepticism and calls for honest governance amid partisan contention. The piece references Indiana editors and local political figures in a critical, reflective tone.
A fragmented editorial voice debates tariffs for Puerto Rico and civic reforms. It mocks political alliances, urges street cleanliness laws, and calls for investigations into gambling, saloons, and police duty while lampooning party figures. It references Brown, Newby, and county officers amid a polemical, era-typical tone.
A collage of humorous verses and sketches opens with banter between Jim and Joe about changing personalities. It moves through jokes about honesty, money, stinginess, and social foibles, interspersed with wartime image and a domestic device pitch.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a quoted line asking about a device’s value. The text is incomplete and lacks proper context, making the speaker, setting, and subject unclear. The fragment hints at a financial question but provides no identifiable entities or outcome.
Lord Lovat organizes a Highland corps of 150 gillies and deer stalkers to serve in South Africa. They must be expert marksmen and trackers, endure long crossings, and carry minimal gear. The piece notes scouting lessons for the British Army and details parole rules, electric signaling, and medical evacuations from Tugela battles.
Indiana papers note David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, will speak in Indianapolis Saturday and at Plymouth Church Sunday. A renowned educator and ichthyologist, he shaped Indiana’s State University rise, authored works on education and evolution, and later led Stanford. He will tour Harvard and Cornell, then return for lectures at Bloomington and Indiana medical college.
A compilation of editorials and opinions from various papers. Notes the Kansas City hotel rumor about David B. Hill, Harrison’s criticism of McKinley’s tariff bill, Tom Johnson as a possible Democrat vice president candidate, debates on labor rights and independence, and stronger indictments of war for conquest. Highlights New York Sun and Detroit Free Press positions.
The Lafayette Call jokes that Turley, a Tennessee senator, could pass for Sol Smith Russell by wearing Grigsby’s clothes and hat. The Knoxvill e Sentinel compares Turley unfavorably to Russell, praising Russell as a master of humor and noting Turley lacks humor.
The National Pure Food and Drug Congress meets in Washington while Georgia Republicans name delegates for the national convention. A 17 year old Bridgeport boy is found guilty of murdering Caroline King. Chicago ships ham and bacon by rail to the Philippines. Helen Gould reportedly gave 1000000 to New York University for a Hall of Fame. Public notices and ads for Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and local businesses fill the page.
In remarks from multiple papers, Indiana’s political stance is debated as the Puerto Rican bill fuels concerns of a Democratic shift. The St. Paul Dispatch warns against breaking with the regular nominee while others joke about symbolic campaign props from Harrison, Cleveland, and Bryan.
An Indianapolis carpenter Henry Brown reports two years of back pain worsened by activity and irregular kidney secretions. He tried Doan's Kidney Pills, bought at Henry J. Huder's drug store, and says the pills relieved his back pain and regulated secretions. Sold for 50 cents per box by all dealers. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The Indiana Trust Company presents extensive trust services including living and post life estates held in trust for lives in being and for years, with invest ment, management, and distribution of net proceeds as directed. It also acts as executor under wills, lifting care and risk from beneficiaries, backed by financial strength and experienced officers.
A Wednesday revival of James A Herne s Hearts of Oak at Eng lish s showcases se o nal staging and top acting. Thomas H Hunter and E P Sullivan Ida Hamilton Eliote Enneking and Margaret Cecil receive praise for strong performances amid six scenic sets. The run ends Thursday with a matinee as Wright Kramer's Toreador song energizes the Grand and Miss Shannon s Carmen charms crowds. A minstrel sketch with Lucile LaVerne and a three day Park minstrel engagement follow.
The clippings show partisan debate as Indiana Republicans denounce the Puerto Rico bill and back Crumpacker for governor to praise his opposition. Democrats discuss shifting state platforms to appease Bryan while contemplating candidates. Muncie News notes Senate action on Hawaii territorial government amid Puerto Rico tax issues, highlighting perceived inequities.
A long OCR style listing from Indianapolis markets shows smoked meats including hams in several varieties, dried beef, bacon, sausage, and pickled meats with prices. It also covers vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned goods, teas and spices, coffee, canned fruit, seeds, hides, leather, tallow, oats, flour, butter, eggs, and coal retail prices.
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