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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
4
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Friday's SUN from To ter the Capital reports Shelten in the press room pondering the paper’s impact on secular press and potential periphery benefits. The correspondent notes Shelten’s life in the ministry and his belief the story talent outweighs editor duties.
A mixed-era column compares military pay across nations and time, detailing British captains earning $84 monthly versus American captains at $150 with longevity, the cavalry premium, and ledger realities. It covers lieutenant costs abroad and at home, marriage trends at West Point, and a anecdote about a colonel’s stance on married lieutenants, ending with a humorous note from Chicago Times-Herald.
Testimony describes about 2000 prisoners including many union miners confined in a pen treated worse than beasts. Soldiers under Gen Merriam paraded mistreatment without warrants or charges, martial law approved by the president, and calls for laws criminalizing unions. President McKinley is linked to Merriam and the Coeur d Alene crackdown. The piece condemns the methods as abhorrent and unfit for the nation.
Despite poor weather St Patrick's Day was widely celebrated with renewed Irish sympathy in Great Britain and America. Philadelphia historians highlighted George Washington as a loyal member of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick, with ceremonies recalling the saint and U S President.
A collection of editorial quips and political takes from several papers. Debs is challenged on polling power while Hanna backs tariffs. The Detroit Free Press jokes on holy water. Sheldon’s paper profits. Democratic leaders Hill and Gorman seek unity, with Bryan urged to secure honor. John Bull notes Boer movement but object to losses.
A crowded ledger of voices from leaders, workers, and public figures discusses money, loyalty, governance, and social change. Notable lines touch on friendship, poverty, advertising, taxation, law, and moral standards, reflecting a lively cross section of opinions and anecdotes. The remarks span veterans of navy service, labor unions, mining, law, and journalism, illustrating a snapshot of public discourse.
Emmet Evans a 14 year old accidentally shot and killed his 12 year old brother Friday night. Within a week three lives have been sacrificed as the result of boys having firearms in their possession. The first victim was Mrs. Chas. F. Essig shot by her 7 year old son Richard the second was Charles Konkek 22 shot by his older brother Leo.
Tickets for the Thomas orchestra will be sold Monday morning at the Big Four office to esubscribers only. A separate sale is set to begin Tuesday morning for the general public.
A satirical excerpt blends poems about March winds with comic dialogue and sketches. It includes a verse about Clarissa and a lengthy scene detailing a serenade misadventure, plus dialect scenes and short moral reflections on local politics and speech patterns.
The poem praises Ireland and its emblem as a guiding, cherished country. It speaks of devotion to the green badge and homeland, with wishes of prosperity and lasting memory. Attributed to W M Fogarty, it blends Irish sentiment with toastlike tribute.
Miss Ida Runyan captured a silver medal in a Friday night declamation contest at Fellowship Congregational Church awarded by Tarlton Union, W C T U. The event featured a musical program with Ola Robertson, R N Bennett, Clara Baich, Edna English, Charles Cox, Alice Woodruff, Roy Blossom and John B Hahn. New Indiana postmasters named Champion, Wm Robinson, Spring Hill, Guy Crush.
A vintage ad fragment offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and features wholesale druggists West Truax Wapping Marvin praising the firm and its finances. The ad describes the medicine as internally taken and acting on mucous surfaces with a dollar price per bottle and testimonials offered.
Mrs Parry notes the event will be annual with a $1000 goal. Miss Schelischmidt touts a foulard silk gown for receptions and street wear. Mrs Day recalls The Sun’s role in anti spitting work. Miss McKenzie says rummage sales aid housekeepers and the poor. Mrs Griffiths cites broad charity support in Indianapolis. Miss McIntosh mentions a lunch cloth embroidered with 400 theatrical celebrity autographs.
A collage of editorials mocks monetary policy and political power across multiple papers. Satirical quips target Bryanism, the gold standard, and tariff politics while lampooning figures like C B Landis and Thomas Taggart amid a cloud of national figures and regional rivalries.
A collage of oddities and jokes tied to St Patrick's Day. An Irish woman with a goose challenges a pompous man on a crowded East-end car. The Sun notes sweetness of sweet peas, shops selling drills and dynamite, and humorous remarks about olives, butter, and snakes driven out by St Patrick's Day lore.
Twenty five bachelors in Delaware county Indiana vow to avoid women in a solemn league and covenant citing masculine happiness. The report notes their stance on Love's Labour Lost and the change in social ties reflected in this jovial yet pointed move.
Local churches list Sunday services with times and pastors including First Baptist Rev T J Villers 10 45 and 7 30 Central Christian Rev Allen B Philputt 10 45 and 7 45 Christ Episcopal Rev A J Graham 10 30 and 4 30 St Pauls Episcopal Rev Lewis Brown 10 45 and 4 30 Meridian St M E Rev W A Quayle Roberts Park M E Dr C E Bacon 11 and 7 30 Tabernacle Presbyterian Rev J Cum ming Smith 10 45 and 7 45 First Presbyterian Rev M L Haines 10 45 and 7 30 Second Presbyterian Rev J A Milburn 1 and 7 30 Sacherent Jeague Rev R V Hunter Universalist Rev Marion Crosley 10 45 and 7 30.
William Campbell, a lineman for Northwesteyn street car, remains unconscious in City Hospital after a fall from an emergency wagon at Virginia Avenue and the Belt railroad on Friday. Doctors say he is expected to recover.
Camera department advertises approaching Camera Days with a selection of 4x5 Korano cycle camera at 16 dollars including carrying case and plate holder for 7.98. Lists 4x5 standard plates and Eclipse Stanley New York Record Hammer plate prices per dozen, plus seed and flash cartridge and lanterns pricing. invites readers to visit second floor to view and be interested.
Miss Florence Atkins hosts a March 23 tea while Miss Estelle Miller’s engagement to Rev. J L Stout is announced. Miss Louise Forester to wed F Emingholst on April 4. Miss For ester to receive a china shower Tuesday. Bedford couple Frances Sims and C A Knight wed at the Methodist parsonage. Flymouth church ladies host a St Patrick day tea with Irish costumes. Dr W B Fletcher and daughter A F Hall travel to Orlando for two months.
The annual bank offering meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Eawin Bay M. E. church will be held at 7 50 p m Sunday. Rev. Charles Lee to deliver an address. The suit of Charles H. Keiser for 1000 damages against Volney T. Malott receiver of the T H I railroad has been transferred from Vigo county to the United States district court. Trustees of Indianapolis lodge 13 B P O E have secured an option from John C Wright on a lot on Pennsylvania st between Vermont and Michigan for a permanent home. The price is 16000.
A health boom extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the secret to preventing illness and maintaining health. The ad cites numerous testimonials from individuals across the United States praising its laxative effects, with prices 10c to 50c and offers for a booklet and sample.
Advertises The Overland Limited as a daily year round train from the East to California, claiming San Francisco reach in under three days and touting no washouts for the trip.
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