Roosevelt and Cleveland at St Louis Exposition Tale
A Sun editorial views Roosevelt and Cleveland sharing a room at the St. Louis exposition, swapping hunting and fishing yarns as they rest. Other notes rail at a Kokomo woman who refused a husband’s offered razor, and discuss rail coal car protection, police fights, a Bulgarian cabinet resignation, and local Indiana city contrasts amid mixed quotes from Lafayette Journal and newspapers.
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Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
St. Louis Exposition
Samate
the Sun
What They Say In The Sun Readers Opinions
A cascade of quotations from readers including Dr. J R Lewis M D Butler Oscar Mathews Burt Johnson and many others. They discuss local politics Indianapolis transit optimism and upcoming elections with remarks on candidacy city leadership and public life.
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Albert Acord
Indiana
Indianapolis
Oliver P. Ensley
Ensley
Fred G. Hoss
C. Godenour
State Senate
Syabish
Joe Morgan
P. McCormick
Oran Marahman
Ed Sourbler
Eddie
Mike Jefferson
Frank Fitzgerald
E. B. Martindale
Bob Martindale Foretty
Charles Martindale
Moe
Jokes and Stories From A Busy House Session
In a lively session roll call, Maryland’s Air Wachter, chairing enrolled bills, dodges questions from bystanders and jokes about Democrats in his state. A Supreme Court anecdote recalls a witty exchange with a witness John Smith, leading a judge to note that a white Smith may be a blacksmith, but a colored Smith must be a black Smith.
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Wachter
Maryland
Benson
Oriole
Astice Holmes
Supreme Court
Air
John Smith
Mr. Smith
Ma Smith
A Corner for the Women Half An Hour in the Shop
A fashion notes column describes embroidery stock for white garments and new turnovers, praising front tab designs and one-piece embroidery. It highlights hair ornaments, rose bud wreaths, and satin ribbon details, noting affordable turnovers at five cents and the popularity of silk embroidered turnovers and white gowns with ready-made waist and waistline adjustments.
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Washington St
Uon
The Sketches and Songs of a Singer in Wild West Tales
Fragmentary verse and dialog from a frontier vignette feature a clothier defending a shirt, Broncho Bill recalling a defective garment, and a distressed maiden lamenting a grippe. The piece blends rodeo era banter with rustic hardship and melodramatic longing. Readers glimpse period speech, place names, and character types typical of Western sketches.
Slaughterhouse Locations Mentioned in Dialogue
A fragment recalls inquiry about local slaughterhouse sites in Indiana Avenue and barrel houses. The dialogue features a stout old man and a shy, clever youth hinting at rumor and social distance.
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Indiana-ave
Theater Row Overtones Claim Plagiarized Pieces
A quarrel erupts over stolen melodies as a man accuses other tunes of copying Bizet and Beethoven. His neighbor replies with a sharp, pitying gaze and a final remark, while the next morning a newspaper headline mocks his boast and reveals a reporter’s sharpness.
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Bizet
Beethoven
Leoncavallo
Jake
The Joke That Failed in Leoncavallo’s Town
The Italian composer Leoncavallo visits a town and hides in incognito. Seated beside a bright eyed young woman, he declines to applaud his own soon to be produced opera Pog- Hgee. She presses him why he does not clap, and he explains with humor that the debut is by a mere beginner and he must enlighten her.
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Leoncavalle
Italy
Applauss
Leoncavallo
Moss
Ake
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Nnapolis Sun
SUN
Ohiost
Editorial Reema
Business Office
Advan
G. 3. Bilson
Foreign Advertising Department
Tribune Building
New York
Chicago
Porter Johnson
Decker
Ind
Johnson
Esten
Hall
Andao
Michael Jefferson Gneme
Michael
Whallon
Virgina
Spirit OF the State Press
Bookwalter
Lafayette Journal
Logansport
Muncie
Muneis Star
Beymour
J. Frank Hacley
Parayette
Frank
Newport Hoosier State
Republican State Central Committee
Alon
Portlon
Ripper Blil
Terre Haute Tribune
Tom Taggart
Ongresoma Miers
Avis
Taggart
Mr. Taggart
Tipton
Rawfordsville
Jaspan
Chicago Tribune
Willie
Malcolm
Mamma
Papa
Lelia
May Porter
Sam Rhett
James H. Lewis
Fred Shepard
Cosa Connaway
F Hels
Ulrey
Frank Littleton
Indinapolis
Stata Polluite
William Harrison
Sullivan
Jim Dillard
Irlahman
Fercely
Iriedman
Athera
Broncho BI
Podner
Pistol Pete
Bat Case
Boggsville
Clymer
Boggaville Bugle
Mies Bertha Vedder
Edward Singer
Ort
Wall
Cheney & CO
Frops
Toledo
Prise
Moses Optical
Rowe
Optletan
Tecinsapeila
Meyer & Kiser Bankers
Indiana Trust Building
Indiana Screen and Mfg. CO
Ftone
West Pearl St
Thomas Hood
W. W. Stoayen
Ferris
Texas
Meg
Jota T. Beverly
Hazen
Ark
Hood
Rosenbloom &Co
Pennsylvania St
Apus
Patlsral
Roys
Mtripe Ee
the Central Trust
EL Market Street
Cincinnati
Tittoa Saiden
Maere
Fraine Dally Iy
attLaGame
Wash
Jos. R. Adams
Bivnena
Wolf Residence
Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company
East Market Street
Grose
Federal Union
Hugh Daugherty
M. Johnson
Searstory
Lemcke
Wheols—Matn
Ohio
Eaglesfield Co
Syeryons
Indiana Trust Company
Cullyng
Virginia Ave
Capital
The
de Vare Company
Vulcan
Indianapoli
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