Newspaper tone rails at Sunday work and editor conduct
A polemic blasts Mr Sheldon and his paper for Sunday publishing practices and inconsistent rules. It condemns Sunday labor in presses and distribution, questions political manipulation in Marion county, and notes various editorial slights and public concerns about track elevation and the Puerto Rican matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shel
Sheldon
Sun‘day
United States
McKinley
Indiana
Mayor Under Fire Over City Charter Violations
The article portrays the mayor accused of deliberate city charter violations with no defense given by Taggart. It criticizes wasteful space in coverage and denounces theatrical filth on a Wa bash alley, blaming officials and the umpire theater for harming the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Wabash
Grand Jury
Umpire Theater
Goodbye to Car Men and Their Abominable Plays
A sharp takedown denounces a long run of stage plays described as abominable and destructive to morals. The speaker condemns the material as worthless, lacking redemption, and uneducational, urging removal from public view. The critique laments the portrayal of a wanton figure and calls for accountability.
American girl Jennie Creek saves train passengers in 1893
A planted tale from 1893 recounts Jennie Creek an Indiana girl then 11 who spotted a burning bridge and halting an express train by signaling danger with a red flannel undergarment. Rescued passengers hailed her courage as agents of France awarded her the Legion of Honor star. Her feat entered local lore in Indiana schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
French Legion of Honor
National Humane Society of Francs
Jennie Creek
Millgrove
Indiana
Paris
Hartford City
Jennie
Schoos
Panhandle
Jesus
Frank Williamson
Stattrart
Society of the Legion of Honor
Indiana Public Schools
Etiquette and humor from old political and literary tales
Old anecdotes describe strict court etiquette in Sydney with blue and white guest cards, then shift to colonial wit about dining and military days. Witty portraits of Lord Beauchamp and Macdonald punctuate tales of Swift's marriage promise and a Disraeli-era dandy's flamboyant attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Lord Beauchamp
New South Wales
Government House
Sydney
New York Post
Lord Disraeli
Collier's Weekly
Amusements Review of Park Grand and Englishs Showings
Amusements note a string of local stage performances including Smyth & Rice's My friend from India at the Park led by Walter E. Perkins with Miss Lillian Brainerd and Miss Satie Page Mewer. Arabian nights at the Grand features Carleton Macy and Lucille LaVerne while Rosa Colombier drives a comic plot with Arthur Hummington. Other acts include Francis Wilson and Lula Glaser in Erminia at Englishs and a mixed Oxford club concert at Y M C A. American burlesquers at the Empire draw sharp attention for their adipose themed spectacle with little merit elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Brainerd
Satie Page Mewer
Tilly
Perking
Erastus Underholt
Fred Mower
Pork Packer
India
Dorothy Lewis
Blue Ridge
Carleton Macy
Lucille LaVerne
Rosa Colombier
Arthur Hummington
Marcy
Herman Sheldon
Mrs Humming
Mrs. Rose Costello Dies at Home in Talbott Ave
Mrs. Rose Costello aged 27, wife of Frederick F Costello, died at her home 2413 Talbott Ave Monday night. She was the daughter of Jamon McGair and the late spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Costello
Frederick F.costello
Talbottave
Sha
Jamon McGai
Printed in the Papers Echoes of Political Sentiment
A collage of editorials notes Benjamin Harrison as a level headed figure not running for office. It contrasts opinions on Senator Davis and a treaty, praises Gen Otis for stabilizing the war, and mentions a Puerto Rican tariff and baseball league reforms as partisan, national issues.
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Gen. Macdonald
Mac
War Office
Macdonald
London Daily News
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
St. Paul Dispatch
John Bull
Davis
England
Minneapolis
Otis
Denver Post
House
Senate
Republican Party
New York
National League of Baseball Clubs
Philadelphia Record
Fragmented verses and quips in a midwestern page
A mixed column of poems snippets, satirical quips, and political cartoon captions from Muncie Times and other papers. It includes verse about Mary and longing, humorous exchanges about fame and luck, and a sequence of short observational jabs on politics and tariffs, with mentions of McKinley administration and Indiana papers.
Families urged to stay at home for officers' safety
Washington dispatch reports Gen Otis protests against officers families traveling to the Philippines. He notes many officers families have arrived and that those leaving for Japan or the United States should not come to the islands until pacification improves. He warns housing and accommodations cannot meet current applications and urges families to remain in large cities while husbands are in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Big Claims Filed Against City Over Untrial Discharges
Claims totaling 1.8% were filed with the Board of Public Safety by ex Patrolman Asbury D Rinker and 12 others including ex Firemen John V R Allen and Jacob Stiegelmeyer. The claims await action until the supreme court rules on the city's appeal of Judge Carter's ruling that discharges without trial were illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Safety
Asbury D. Rinker
Daniel A. Butcher
Jacob D. Kurtz
William L. Cox
Terrance Moore
Harry Barbee
Ira D. Leet
Thomas L. Stout
Emil Wechsler
Charles Rockafellow
John V. R. Allen
Jacob Stiegelmeyer
Supreme Court
The Liquid Air Show in Tomlinson Hall Tonight
Liquid air demonstrations will be given in Tomlinson Hall Tuesday evening at eight o'clock by Prof Boebrick and M A Fredericks representing Charles E B Tripler New York City. All demonstrations scheduled for Friday night will be rescheduled with tickets sold for the honorary flag entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson Hall
Prof. Boebrick
M. A. Fredericks
Charles EB. Tripler
New York City
He Flag
Will
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Wright Kramer
Kitchell
Charles Frohman
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Empire Theater
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Marcus Fredericks
G. W. Hennebesgerim
Chas. E. Tripler Laboratory
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Union Pacific
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J. H. June
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