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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
4
J H Bacheller, a New Yorker and state legislator, argues that sweatshops profit from child labor and calls for strong laws to protect children. He condemns factories that exploit young workers and urges lawmakers nationwide to prioritize child protection over other matters.
A stern editorial condemns corruption in a in Indianapolis bank led by Brodrick and Collins. It accuses book falsification, deceiving agents, and perjury, noting loans exceeded capital and victims suffered. It warns aspiring bankers not to imitate these practices and calls honesty in banking paramount.
The article portrays a heated clash between Taggart supporters and Hearst in Indiana over delegates to the national Democratic convention. It notes Taggart’s trip to New York to influence Indiana’s votes for Parker, while Hearst aims to block Taggart’s Indiana influence. The piece frames it as a high stakes contest between rival political forces with broad rhetoric.
A collage of brief vignettes and humorous clippings from Chicago Record-Herald style notices. Features poems about babies, playful dialogue, and light human interest bits from Kokomo letters, jokes about spring gowns, and a quip on Napoleon’s ghost.
A fragment from history humorously recalls King Alfred the Great burning cakes while seeking shelter. He responds with a boastful pitch about a Northumbrian multi purpose roaster and stewer offered on easy payments, then the old dame feeds him into the night.
Grand-duke Boris, cousin of the czar and once linked to Mins May, has been made a major general of cavalry and has gone to the front from Petrograd on March 2. The note repeats a dispatch confirming his new rank and deployment with the army.
A narrator recalls taking five Spaniards unaided, then shifts to a nostalgic tale of youth and romance. The piece follows flirtations with Miss Schimmel, poetry composed as an anagram of her name Florence, and a blend of memories from youth. The narrator reflects on growing older and wiser as the NY Sun notes.
A former Washington magnate now in New York declares as a lifelong Democrat. She forecasts Grover Cleveland’s star rising and Democratic victory. She opposes women voting, urging female influence to work within existing privileges rather than ballot access.
A reflective piece humorously traces love through a philosopher narrator's spring musings. It recounts cherished memories of early crushes on May, the teacher, Clara, Sarah, and Bersh, showing how affection evolves from playful imagination to deeper attraction amid school life and social misadventures.
A detailed theater diary lists performers and tours across Chicago Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. It notes Rachel Goldstein in Park performances with Kremer’s company, Louise Heaton and Richel Goldman, Nat C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott sailing to England, and Fritz Scheff in Hachette. It mentions Frank Daniels in transit to St Louis and Cincinnati, Kate Uart in The shogun at Studebaker Chicago, and Grace Van Studdiford in The Red Feather with DeKoven opera drawing crowds in Chicago and South Bend. It also references Julia Marlowe and the James Warde Shakespeare tour and Pittsburg bookings for Ingomar and When knighthood was in flower.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century ad style passage discusses trust in local citizen endorsements over strangers, likening it to a harbor pilot guiding a ship. It cites Mrs. C. W. Wolk of 117 Gurehat who reports back and kidney ailments, praising Doan’s Kidney Fills. It also lists drug ads for Brazilian Balm and Peruna products with prices and agents.
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