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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1901
Page
4
Public notice of The Sun newspaper offices in the Sun Building 125 East Ohio Street with temporary offices on the third floor and contact details for editorial and business departments. Advertising rates and agent terms provided. Subscriptions listed for outside city rates and carrier service instructions.
The Indianapolis Board of Public Safety favors Ahrens engines despite a past La France win after a Sun editorial urged open competition. Critics say Ahrens is fair but weaker in tests, while officials lobby against the Hurry bill as Joby Kealing pursues river commissioner ties through water affairs.
A column condemns how some Columbia club members allegedly enabled corruption in Indiana politics. It accuses a few guests of pressuring legislators, drinking with them, and using the club as a venue where tainted bills were debated, while calling for club censorship of undisciplined members.
A heated discussion condemns a Joss primary and election law 83 as worse than prior laws. Critics accuse political bosses of shaping machines and conventions to mislead voters. The Tanzy appointment, safety board conduct, and a building inspector dispute fuel calls for a full investigation of city governance.
Noblesville ministers criticizing Rev. J. Cumming Smith defend theatrical support and friendly card games as part of a fading tradition of moral lawmakers.
A reader suggests Durbin miscalculates his bid to upset Beveridge by omitting key credits in Beveridge’s own column, implying a flaw in his adversary analysis. The remark hints at strategic misjudgment in a heated political contest.
The Sun notes that as far as can be learned the railroad tracks through Putnam county were not decorated with flowers for the arrival of Representative James.
Democratic Representative James should have applied for Columbia club membership before he left. Senator Joss would have signed his application.
Senator Fairbanks publicly recognizes that Indiana now has two representatives in the United States Senate.
The writer questions Indianapolis fence rules and mocks Gov. Durbin over a primary election bill. They urge independent mayoral candidates and criticize Mahoney's handling of his office as unskilled. The piece reflects reform sentiment and political contention.
Turkey seeks a new large loan while Chicago hotels plan to close bars on Sundays. Klaw and Erlanger announce a Chicago theater project. Horace Williams eluded a mob after killing his wife at Forest Green. Christopher L Magee buried in Pittsburg. Gov Stone attended. Former judge J B Bradwell claims 68 acres in Muskegon and intends to sue occupants. John W Ward arrested in Rushville for eloping with his uncle’s wife and stealing 3500 from his uncle.
The New England drama The village post master opened at English's for three performances. Act three Threshing day on the farm shows a threshing machine and a straw stack scene as a villain strikes a young man. Miranda Stubbins witnesses from the straw stack as the injured man saves her from danger. Arch ie Bova as the postmaster and Angela Russell as Miranda praised. A matinee and evening performance Wednesday closes the engagement.
A dramatic poem recounts a bashful intruder who moves from sly mischief to social charm. A sly town character, nicknamed the butcher, indulges credit scuffles, romance, and a mortal longing voiced by the narrator. Refrains of love, death, and nostalgia frame a ballroom scene and fading happiness.
In Atlanta on March 13 the second day of Laura J. Pitt versus Atlanta Dental College featured a dramatic claim that a broken jawbone fragment was chemically treated to appear diseased for use as evidence. Dr. R F Ingram testified, noting resignations of Drs. White and Fort since the suit, with questions about admissions left unanswered.
A compilation of quotes from several papers commenting on press influence in Minnesota, timber policy and reforestation, canal trade implications, and the role of manufacturers and farmers in society. The snippets reflect editorial voice and public concerns of the era.
Tuesday night in Topeka Kansas Mrs Nation and two other women visited a fashionable club where six members played whist. Carrie entered announced her name and lunged for a wine bottle sparking a lively scuffle and the women were finally hustled from the building.
New York dateline reports on March 1 that John E Parsons famed lawyer who helped frame the sugar trust charter wed Tuesday to Mrs Florence Field Bishop. Both possess substantial wealth and social standing.
Fragmentary note reads as a colloquial tease about upcoming events and local chatter with no clear names dates or places identified in the legible text.
Mrs Harris F Hollanda will host a tea on March 20 and Mrs Josephine Comstock plans a card party for Miss Katherine Eckert of Fort Wayne. A First Baptist choir reception is set for Wednesday night at Rev T J Villers home. The Arachne club hosts a musicale Friday at Mrs C L Railsback 1624 N Illinois St for charity. Frances Spurgeon and Benjamin Perry wed Tuesday at the bride's mother’s home and depart for California. Mrs W T Brown and Mrs Charles Gorstich hosted luncheon and a matinee at the Grand while Marie Fertig and Bert Schrieber wed Tuesday night at the couple’s home.
A collage of editorial quips from Indiana papers criticizes the closing legislature and imperialism while condemning corporate funding of public streets and urging accountability for public franchises and expenditures.
Julius Thompson aged 30 was jailed to await sanity evaluation after his family feared violence. He told Magistrate Hristow that a wireless telephone voice of the devil commanded him to kill his wife, two children, and other relatives, warning he might obey if the command persisted.
A Tuesday night roundup covers a George Summers residence fire at 616 West North Street with $200 loss, East End Republican Club backing a straightening of E Michigan Street, plus a $50 000 arch by Big Four. Judge Daly fines L D Buenting for contempt. Ambrose P. Stanton reports estate activity. municipal and societal items follow.
Inajiana recorded 3350 deaths in February, up 618 from last February. City deaths totaled 1200 with a rate of 18.4 per 1000, country deaths 2150 at 16.7. Principal causes include consumption and influenza with pneumonia and scarlet fever also listed.
Washington reports more than 7,000 volunteer and ex volunteer applicants for the 610 second lieutenancies and about 1,000 civilians seeking entry. Pressure is so high that Secretary Root must deny visitors in the afternoons.
Dr. John P Haig of Cincinnati promotes a remedy that allegedly cures goitre or thick neck. He asserts many sufferers believe the condition to be incurable and credits his treatment with remarkable success.
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