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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1900
Page
4
Old Indianapolis notice outlines second class mailing, weekly six cent carrier, and advertising terms. It lists subscription prices outside city at $3.40 yearly, $1.50 for six months, and monthly options, with contact details for the business and advertising departments and a request to notify if delivery fails.
The Sun will publish a new continued story from the pen of Charles M. Sheldon titled Robert Hardy’s Seven in its next Monday issue. The tale follows working men and their wives, focusing on practical religion in daily life and appealing to churchgoers and believers.
A local editorial questions Mayor Taggart after a tense public discussion over a civil service report. The piece laments the mayor’s anger and lost smile, arguing the city needs his usual poise to lift community gloom and urging him to restore public confidence.
A paper notes Miss ude Adams could clear 100000 by season's end if her current success continues. It lauds her as a principled actress in clean parts like The Little Minister, contrasting with sensationalized roles. The piece praises her natural, artistic finish and audience sympathy, while critiquing indecency on stage and urging elevated tastes. It also mentions political chatter about Fairbanks and tariff measures affecting public sentiment.
The piece accuses authorities and factional actors of a scheme to influence Kentucky voters while highlighting disguises, evasions, and large rewards linked to the Goebel case. It criticizes Republican state methods in Marion county, notes Puerto Rico political ties, praises The Sun for reporting township results and grand jury actions, and mocks rival presses.
The Rev Chas Sheldon has written a new human interest tale slated to appear in The Sun starting next Monday. The story promises engaging characters and a touching narrative set to engage readers of the newspaper.
Gen Lew Wallace comments on anti Spanish tariff issues in Puerto Rico as Indianapolis plans for the national anti imperialist convention. The Detroit Free Press and St Paul Dispatch weigh in on library curation and literary morality amid Indiana fears of visitor influx. New York Sun notes Indianapolis police prepare for a large convention crowds.
Democratic leaders back fortifying Nicaragua canal but oppose a standing army. Aguinaldo earns Democratic reproach from Senator Hoar’s Quay stance. Indiana congressmen largely renominating despite Puerto Rican bill scare. Trusts paid to help the Republican party seen as a bad investment. Puerto Rican tariff bill to pass in time, prompting crow for critics.
Newspaper readers see a July fourth convention in Kansas City mocked for saloon closures while a Philadelphia paper hints at fireworks and booms for a nation gathering. A testimonial from Rev W E Sitzer touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as helpful after long stomach issues.
A London Mail summary discusses espionage tactics and spy management, noting the need to conceal agents, use coded tokens and signs, and employ special paper ink. It contrasts spy dangers with lucrative rewards and outlines tactile methods to prevent detection across war districts. It also examines soldier variability in pain response and the strategic value of entrenching tools in modern warfare.
St Patrick's Day program finished with a 2 pm parade and a 3 pm Tomlinson hall meeting. William Flynn serves as grand marshal with Maurice Donnelly and Peter Delaney as chief aids. Division aids include Scanlon Carroll Mantx Nelligan Blackwell Kelly Joyce Maltine Carr Sweeney Dowdle Connelly. Mayor Taggart to preside. Henry Spaan and Rev D O Donaghue will speak.
Announcement that the liquid air demonstration is postponed and will be given in Tom Hnson hall Tuesday night without fall. Tickets purchased for last Friday night will be valid for the rescheduled event.
Analyzed 1890 US manufacturing horsepower totaling about 6 million, equating to 36 million laborers though only 4.48 million people were employed. Notes rapid urban population concentration driven by transport and factory output, with New York state housing over half its people in major cities. Also compares Berlin and Hamburg growth and warns of mortality from crowded, poorly sanitary camps and urban concentration.
Ex President Benjamin Harrison dominates talk as editors from Detroit to Philadelphia weigh his public and private views on the Puerto Rico tariff, the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and a purely American canal. Indiana shifts toward nominating him, while editors warn McKinley’s grip may affect the next Republican national convention.
A notable Republican event scheduled for Monday in Muncie invites all senators, congress members, state officials, and candidates. The congressional convention is set for Tuesday with Congressman Cromer expected to be renominated unopposed. The Democratic primaries in Shelbyville on Saturday are seen as a Ray faction victory. State committeeman George Cunningham of Evansville criticizes party tensions over tariffs and Puerto Rico.
Attica Hansel J. Green founder and cashier of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank dies. Bedford Mrs Mary Alexander wife of Judge J D Alexander passes. Martinsville Scott Gilpin lifelong resident and prominent figure dies. Sullivan Nancy Otto age 85 dies from old age.
Ed Snyder fatally shot Jim Vowell in a churchyard clash at Hattler's camp grounds on Sunday. Snyder alleged Vowell betrayed his sister and opened fire in front of the church, causing a panic and disruption of services.
Entries describe an entertainment at a girls industrial school on Meridian, a Republican club associate, Mount addressing Covenant Sunday school, a streetcar collision injuring Joseph Meyer, the Brooks oil president J Francis Burt’s death, Elks minstrel season profits for benevolence, a Y M C A heat and cold lecture, a rise in Indianapolis rail traffic, a rummage sale for Boys’ club, a copper coin find misnamed as gold, and grand jury indictments including Strang, Leng, Garrett, and Grider for theft and assault.
Rev G L McNutt preached at Seventh Presbyterian after leaving Fourth, dressed as a workman to study labor conditions. He recalled learning from Fat and Hans and lamented church indifference blamed for strikes and riots, urging readers to consider the workers’ plight.
A fragment collection includes playful verses and prose sketches reflecting humor, romance, and social observations. The verses touch on missed joys, fashion, trains, summer, barber banter, and a humorous street scene, with lyrical lines about farewell and fate.
The Veronica club plans a large post Easter party. Miss Ella Bray becomes engaged to John N. Ryker of Minneapolis Minnesota. Miss Anna Stanton, abroad for a year, is seriously ill while her father A P Stanton sailed for Paris Saturday. Various charity and social events are listed including Lent lectures and a Garten fair at homes.
The Hamburg American steamer Fuerst Bismarck arrived from the Mediterranean in ten days, one hour and 50 minutes, making 17.19 knots on the roughly 4150 nautical mile Naples to Sandy Hook run. The voyage beat previous records by a comfortable margin.
Fuentes, the renowned Spanish bull fighter, concluded his three months in Mexico on Sunday and departs for Spain with $9,000 in net earnings from the Mexican exhibitions, after cashing out $90,000 gross.
Army assistant surgeon Harry 8 Moore of Indianapolis writes to his father Dr. S H Moore that the Namacapacan area, about 183 miles north of Manila, is very friendly and that part of the island seems nearly pacified.
A party including John B. Gasper Harry New Miles Burford H T Hear sey Thos Carter J L Gasper George Maxfield Wright Jordan and ex State Treasurer Schultz plans a duck hunt this week at John Gaspart s clubhouse on the Kankakee river.
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