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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
4
City administration seeks a graceful exit as 17 000 citizens back an interurban franchise plea before the Board of Works. The board must record a decision soon, opposing the grant but not yet formalized, signaling a pivotal moment that critics warn could spell a bad time for cowards.
The Board of health pursues a careful dairy investigation to identify milk sources without alarming the public. It aims for clean dairies, removal of diseased cows, and year round strict oversight, noting packers acted independently in price cuts and criticizing recent mayoral actions and local issues.
Richard Mansfield's Beaucaire at the English and Rand vaudeville at the Rand offer late season opportunities with 2 and 8 tickets. Fiddle-dee-dee at Pare is also on, while Empire presents Al Reeves’ big show both matinee and evening. Closing performances of Lady Lee at Park Saturday draw near, with strong crowds expected. Booth Tarkington’s Monsieur Beaucaire and a Indiana tour piece highlight notable local arts.
A crowd filled the Friday night audience as Richard Mansfield and Mr Tarkington appeared together after a long delay. Mansfield’s rendition of Beaucaire is praised for life and French accent though some declamation suffers. The play follows Beaucaire a barber turned lover of Lady Mary Carlisle with secret identity and a reshaped ending to wed the lovers.
The State press notes hopes for lower meat prices amid government pressure on the beef trust. It mentions Cleero Era Owen County’s divided delegation causing friction at the Republican state convention and predicts a strong, likely victorious race next November.
A column of brief remarks from diverse Indiana figures including Hart, Kinney, McCormack, McWhirter, Metzger, Batchelor, Rowe, Adams, Messenger, Woerner, Ryan, Appel, De Vaney, Shufelten, Sanderson, Lewis, Burford, Steinruck, Haag, Brayton, Sidener, Howe, Foley, McClain, McKee, Reeves, Carter, Keach, Stoner, Boyle, Beveridge, and McKee. They address real estate, plumbing rules, labor conditions, banking, journalism ethics, and public policy with mixed humor and critique.
A humorous portrayal of a rich man named Payne who commutes by underground train and car. After work he hurries to Lou, and they drive through the streets before evening lifts them upward to the skies. They invite the waiting children to join a trip in the air.
A girl accuses anger while a youth explains his distant look. He jokes that his daydreaming came from contemplating the nerve of the first person to eat limburger cheese, rather than anger.
The conductor asserts seating rights to a young couple on a crowded car. The couple contends they paid for seats. The confrontation escalates with an implication of a past park incident and ends with both blushing lovers.
A workingman requests a roast be delivered but instead offers an empty envelope for pickup. The butcher and patron exchange terse dialogue about delivery and taking the roast away.
A fragment recalls a fishing scene with a strong jointed rod, a silken line, a nickel reel singing, sunlight flashing on a stream, silver scales dripping, and mentions Mr Ballingly the clerk. Edward Singer signs the brief reminiscence.
The collection features brief comic exchanges from early papers. Mrs Mouse cautions about new snares in an inventive age, a nurse advises daily walks to a letter carrier patient, a brigand joke, a janitor and poet taunt about an advertising poem, and a pun on human error.
Denims rise as wall coverings and Verdi debuts as a ground tone in color schemes. The golden rule for window shades is harmony with the exterior. In rooms with busy fabrics, keep pictures out and simplify decor. Light oak furniture benefits from green accents. avoid heavy bite and favor simple contrasts. A zinc floor plate under the fridge drip pipe aids water drainage. For rust on iron, lime juice and salt followed by steam works, repeat until gone.
Plain Loaf Cake uses butter sugar and milk with separate beaten eggs baked in two loaves. Vinegar Pie mixes vinegar water butter and sugar in a hot oven then meringue crowns the pies. Rhubarb Wine ferments rhubarb with water and sugar then ages four months before bottling. Cocoanut Pudding combines milk crackers sugar butter eggs and coconut baked for about an hour.
The International Association of Railway Surgeons wound up their convention in St. Louis with Indianapolis chosen as the next meeting place. Officers elected include President Dr. W. A. McCandless, St. Louis. Vice President Dr. J. B. Rule, St. Louis. Secretary Dr. Louis J. Mitchell, Chicago. Treasurer Dr. James A. Duncan, Toledo. Total attendance reached 500.
Senator Beveridge draws wide notice in Indiana as the country’s leading expansionist. His pipe dream of imperial growth shapes future Republican platforms and the national agenda, with Everett Record noting his shift toward greater radicalism. The passage also mentions trims and passementeries in a separate, unrelated fashion.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The notice, signed by F J Cheney Co and local druggists, promotes internal use and claims benefits in the blood and mucous surfaces. Price seven cents per bottle and testimonials offered.
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