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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1907
Page
3
A fable about two young men seeking newsroom work. One, educated but unsure of himself, fails to secure a post while the other, decisive and self-aware, begins a storied journalism career. The piece urges self-knowledge and clear purpose to avoid hitting rocks.
Local Irish groups in San Francisco protest a burlesque scene in The Belle of Avenue A, leading to eggs and fruit thrown and theater riots. Kolb and Dill modify the role of Mrs McClusky after pressure from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, with ongoing demonstrations and police attention throughout the engagement.
A fragmentary report notes factions in a city weigh a principle for equality among nations and the right to portray any stage character unless immoral or offensive. It mentions Trish organizations passing resolutions and a Davis Beacher, with ongoing battle lines as society readers demand keeping out the fghue to preserve dignity of the Irish race until victory.
In the Bronx zoo Polly the chimpanzee pines for her mate Dohong who has died. Medicine fails to ease her grief as she crouches in her cage moaning. Once they dined together weekly with etiquette lessons for children, now there are no more banquets.
Report notes physicians weighed a soul said to weigh one ounce but provides no confirmation of owner or identity. The remark appears in a satirical or editorial context questioning moral or social authority figures, referencing powerful figures described as beef baron and railroad president.
Mary Schemers a 15 year old homeless girl wanderer slept in hallways barns and with dogs after fleeing Christmas cruelty in a Brooklyn area. Taken in by New York police she was fed clothed and examined at Kings County hospital where frostbite threatened amputation. Special to Taesus.
In Spokane on March 18 a society gathering heard an Indian known as Poker Jim deliver blunt remarks. Dressed in overalls and a boiled shirt, he criticized excess talking and dress among the women, offered a lesson on silence, and urged them to retire early, leaving some amused and others chastened by his plainspoken critique.
Special to The Sun Rahway New Jersey March 18 Henry Kip Woodruff the man who had the first case of grip diagnosed as such in America in 1882 has had it again He is convalescing now He recalls doctors declaring him a maniac and describes his illness and recovery noting quinine as a factor in his earlier misdiagnosis and that this second bout was not severe
Wealthy visitors seek mineral sulphur springs for rejuvenation, but Blackburn's Castor-Oil-Pills offer concentrated sulphur with castor oil and extracts to cleanse blood, relieve constipation, liver and kidney issues, and improve skin. Sold by druggists in ten or twenty-five cent packages.
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