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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
4
A jumble of sensational notes covers baseball optics, social quirks, and a New York Waldorf-Astoria security claim. It notes a manager pushing to ban the spitball, curious remarks by John L. Bullivan, and a Philadelphia boy’s runaway arrest. Also mentions Duke of Manchester, Carnegie remarks, baldness inquiry, and a vaudeville-sounding telegraph operator’s self boast.
A reader-letter style critique of the mayor over delays in elevating tracks at the Massachusetts avenue crossing. The writer accuses the mayor of bluffing, unpreparedness, and unfulfilled promises, citing council action and railroad cooperation while urging timely completion. References Mayor Dunne of Chicago regarding using police power to preserve peace.
Washington Gladden notes a divide between religious and secular press over the Rockefeller gift of 100000 to the American board. He asks which reflects modern conscience and morality, praising secular editors for ethics and closeness to the people while questioning religious editors’ tolerance of tainted money. He adds the president will see an America weakened by lawlessness in Chicago.
In Washington two high officials illustrate democratic and mob types. Secretary Taft appears as one of the most democratic men in the capital, described as genial, kindly, and generous with no trace of snobbery. The piece contrasts these personalities and their public personas.
A columnist contrasts two officials and two Pittsburgh millionaires. One official embodies American manhood and fairness, riding the elevator with the conductor and sharing a morning cigar. The other isolates from the common people, ordering no elevator use and routing warnings to the conductor. The piece also notes the global spread of Americanization, popcorn in London, and a nod to Watty’s lone game.
W W Curtin of Philadelphia son of the late Andrew Curtin war governor of Pennsylvania receives a life size painting of Czar Alexander I as his share of his father’s estate. The czar presented the painting during Curtin’s Russia ministry, and the Curtin family prized it for generations. After Mrs Curtin’s death, Curtin offered to renounce further claims to the estate, and heirs agreed after lengthy deliberation.
Seeds of the petunia are scarce and valuable, with modern varieties reaching five inches. Start seeds in two inch pots or seed boxes, transplant as soon as the third leaf appears, and move to larger pots until warm weather. Plant out a foot apart in beds of solid colors for best effect with rich soil and ample water.
Skirts remain fashionable with a front breadth cut and umbrella gore style. Inlet fan pleats renovate last year’s gowns. Front or side panels are permissible and the three tier remains popular. Pleated hems with deep ruche or flat pleats define the refined look.
Mr Bersen and Dr Suring of Berlin claim the record ascent in a high altitude balloon. They first reached 30 000 feet with brief consciousness then climbed to 38 790 feet before one became unconscious and could not be roused. The other opened the valve and also lost consciousness, and both revived only after the balloon descended to 16 000 feet.
A British infantry regiment mascot, a monkey, was dishonorably discharged for absence without leave and larceny from nearby poultry yards. He is now serving a life term in the Manchester zoological gardens.
A lengthy duel in Waris lasted nearly two and a half hours with twenty three encounters. Neither participant was touched. Seconds praised both combatants for equal courage and insisted on reconciliation.
A quotation attributed to Sir Thomas Dewar recalls American sportsmanship and juvenile eagerness to witness racing. The anecdote describes a boy asking for a penny to see a victory, illustrating early fascination with contests and prizes in a vivid, lightly humorous scene.
Excerpted stenographic snippets show Mark Twain denouncing Walter Scott’s chivalry as outdated and foolish while a reader notes a historic line about Richard Coeur de Lion. Other tales contrast secret craft in damascene steel and vermilion with moral apprenticeships, and a Kansas Brown County tale imagines heaven with a river of insulin and pink loaves.
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