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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
4
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The Louisville Herald columns praise Charles Warren Fairbanks, praising his worth, fidelity, and presidential potential. The piece notes his Ohio origins and Republican loyalty, arguing he would uphold historic traditions in the White House. It questions whether readers doubt the paper’s insider tone.
A debate erupts over Pennsylvania's statehouse ventilation as critics urge immediate action while supporters question necessity. The exchange centers on thermostat usage and the pace of upgrades amid calls for scientific, thorough ventilation measures.
The 1906 report shows an average daily inmate count of 1858.88, total on rolls 1976, and 2762 treated that year. Property value stands at 2,012,249.70 with per capita cost 160.25. Overcrowding remains, admissions blocked, funding requests total 35,000 for upgrades including electrical, painting, plumbing, and fire protection. new southeastern Madison hospital expected to relieve strain.
A report notes Max Hayes used a hostile opening at a Central Labor union speech branding Moyer and Haywood as citizens rather than labor members. It argues organized labor and all citizens should presume innocence until proven guilty and warns against actions harming justice.
The piece argues that guilt or innocence should be decided by law, not by labor affiliation. It condemns any attack on a citizen’s right to a fair trial and rejects linking labor as a whole to the president's remarks about Moyer and Haywood. It warns against broad denouncements of organized labor based on individual actions.
Andrew Carnegie is proclaimed a citizen of the world, broadening his library founding activities. France is making a strong bid for some of the Carnegie beneficence to support new library grants and cultural projects.
The piece lauds the meat inspection law's results and Secretary Wilson's satisfaction, identifying Beveridge with the measure. It extols Beveridge's commitment to saving child lives and argues the child labor law should pass despite opposition, reflecting public demand.
More than 91,000 Italians left the United States to return to Italy last year. Each returnee reportedly carried enough American currency to be seen as financially suited for life in their homeland.
The Rev John Watson known as Ian Maclaren died Monday in Iowa after a lecturing tour. He fell ill with tonsillitis and blood poisoning. A famed preacher in England and the United States, he wrote Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. His characters like Dr MacLure touched hearts, as Andrew Carnegie noted, and remain memorable in literary memory.
The president is informed that three weddings occurred in Liberty Indiana during April.
The column contemplates Ellen Terry amid rumors of age and marriage. It notes she has wed a younger husband, and muses on public perception of her life, youth, and the pressures of matrimony, all framed in a florid, opinionated voice.
The article recalls Ellen Terry's unhappy first marriage to pyden or Worth, a later court separation, and her second marriage to an actor who died. It suggests a deeper, genuine passion later in life beyond a mere stage business arrangement, implying her heart sought real love beyond contracts.
A playful rhyme about the Lady Bug attempting to hypnotize the Green Bug as a wheat destroyer. The scene pokes fun at interruptions by a passerby who begins to sing a familiar lullaby about a house on fire and children.
The article questions the kidnapping theory after Horace Marvin is found dead. It urges thorough neighborhood search, warns against presumptions of kidnapping, and calls for strong laws and severe punishment for kidnappers. It stresses vigilance and careful investigation before accusing a crime.
A passage notes the arrival of a papoose expands the land domain by 160 acres, framing the infant as elevating the reservation father figure Poor Lo and describing fatherhood as sacred and binding to the 160-acre grant under the Big Stork of the White Father at Washington.
The late Isaac New of Wabash Indiana died at 84 after a long honest career built on disciplined effort. He landed in New York penniless at 14 and rose to prominence through steady industry and integrity. His success reflected both his personal merit and Indiana’s industrious spirit.
German trade and industry surrender 650,000 men to the army, leaving production to rot as the empire must raise £250,000,000 yearly to feed arm, equip, and arm thousands. The soldiers have never known war, while the rank and file has been renewed multiple times since past battles.
A concise critique argues for a middle ground in criminal jurisprudence between British rigidity and American appeal freedoms. The author contends Britain’s system is too stringent and the American one too lax for wealthy defendants, urging a move toward exact justice.
Lycurgus P. McCormack retires as labor commissioner after ten years of service during which he settled or adjusted disputes affecting about 200,000 workers. He is remembered as fair, disinterested and capable as his successor takes office amid widespread peace in Indiana's labor scene.
The passage notes a 5 percent income tax in Great Britain and a 2 percent alternative. It explains a 5 percent death duty and illustrates potential inheritance tax: if John D. Rockefeller died in England leaving 500 million dollars, heirs would owe about 74.76 million dollars to the government.
The allocation shows Canada spending nineteen dollars per person for running its government, while the United States spends twelve dollars per person annually. The figures reflect differing national governance costs and funding structures between the two countries.
The brief urges readers to decide to let the president act alone, framing the moment as a decisive political stance. No other concrete entities or dates are discernible in the fragment.
In Japan blind persons are restricted to a single occupation massage. The remark notes that raising the red flag is unprofitable in the country. San Francisco meanwhile has multiple reasons to rejoice.
Johnston Valentine, long based in Cuba, advocates annexation by the United States, citing expected Cuban property value boosts and opportunities for investors. He notes Havana rumors that revolutions are engineered by wealthy landowners and predicts future stability and growth for Cuba as part of U.S. governance. He manages Cuban plantation interests and promotes investment prospects.
Nebraska State Journal notes Honore Jaxon of Chicago as a full blooded Indian with striking presence and rapid speech. A delegate at Omaha's 1882 People's party convention, he once argued white rule contrasts with traditional Indian governance in a memorable speech.
The Kansas City Journal argues Bryan should not be constrained by Watterson’s call for circumspection. It notes Bryan was nearer to the presidency in 1896 than now and suggests he should cover and enjoy himself rather than conform.
Secretary Taft states canal workmen will not receive wage increases, calming laborers. Kansas nervest fields will soon be yelling for hands as workers are sought for harvest and related tasks.
A fragment from the Ohio State Journal argues that while the country sends large funds to China to aid the starving, China spends millions on firearms and cannons, asserting that war has no feeling.
The Cleveland Leader notes Raisuli edges toward a confrontation with French troops, signaling Morocco may shake off a volatile figure as tensions rise over colonial presence and local power.
Ohio judges there will be time enough next year to attend the formal preliminaries of the presidential campaign as noted by the Cincinnati Enquirer. The remark underscores patience in pursuing early steps toward national efforts.
A government statistician says Americans average seven pounds of sugar per year, and a Baltimore Sun quip suggests at that rate nearly everyone is “the candy man,” blending data with a light social jab about sweet consumption.
A Washington Herald excerpt notes the moment when Railway President William Loeb meets at the White House and observers expect to see the magnates’ faces show satisfaction.
A Detroit Free Press poem depicts a neighbor spying on a moving couple and judging their wealth from the grand piano, chairs, rugs, and other furnishings. She imagines their fortune and even wonders about their husband’s job. Her whispered hopes of social access and bridge games reveal small-town gossip and curiosity.
The article recounts Red Cloud’s farewell message to Buffalo Bill Cody urging friendship with white neighbors and prediction of the Sioux’s adaptation to civilization. It notes the 90-year-old chief’s letter, the Wild West show, and Harvard’s Peabody Museum study of Nez Perce language and customs plus Wounded Elk’s revival efforts in New York.
The Kansas City Journal derides wedding mischief as a nuisance and urges an unwritten law against brutal wedding pranks. It blasts brides and grooms persecuted by pranksters, deeming such acts barbaric amid modern civility and human evolution.
The Providence Journal notes Gov. Hughes gains leverage by delaying reforms. Time favors him as voters hear from the Republican party and obstructionist tactics appear discredited, with the people reportedly siding with him as leaders reassess public support.
A playful note from the Toledo Glade cites a “Happy thought for the day” about the Maumee River ice clearing, then contrasts it with a later Washington Post quip predicting Toledo will soon find the ice out of the refrigerator depressing, reflecting humor on seasonal change.
The New York commentary notes George Bernard Shaw quips about guillotining the stingy rich as a bold, provocative turn of phrase. It ponders whether Shaw pauses to consider that public punishment once included the ducking stool for scolds and how times have changed.
The Ohio delegation was starved out at Jamestown, believed to be the first instance of an Ohio group failing to reach the pit counter as reported by Philadelphia Inquirer.
The piece surveys ancient fashion and social terms from 4000 years ago, noting Mycenaean hats and Empire silhouettes, braces, crape trimming, and belt styles. It compares early dress to modern Paris shows while tracing language shifts in Miss and Mrs. usage and reflecting on historical tech, from bellows to moving pictures.
Cecelia Myrover Robinson reflects on childhood favorites in Harper's, recalling a battered volumes of fairy tales and companion figures. The poem recalls Cinderella, Bluebeard, Geraint, and Goody Two-Shoe, lamenting vanished stories and lost old pleasures from days of youth.
Curtisville Item notes Mrs. Will Shooks boasted the largest batch of chicks with 300 eggs set and four chickens surviving amid hogs and garden scenes in Indiana small town life.
Frank Fields went to meet his son Friday evening and found his father and mother there as well. They plan to spend most of the summer with relatives, according to Hazel Dell News Items.
In Kokomo on Saturday Ev Kennedy purchased an organ for his daughters Edna and Julia, as reported in the Salem Letter.
John Perry receives coverage for damage to his home from a recent fire. He will start repairs immediately as the roof was burned out and the remaining structure is vulnerable in rain. Curtisville Letter reported the story.
Salem Letter reports John Glass has endured a week of persistent sore throat never fully recovered from an earlier grip attack in the spring. The tone notes ongoing illness and lingering symptoms affecting him.
Bernard Smith attempted to lower a shirt over his head when a family dog rushed in and bit him eight times between the chiffonier and the front hall. The incident was reported in Locust Grove Chat.
Rev C A Johnson who recently moved from Indianapolis to lead the Disciple church is also a poultry and pigeon dealer with a strong local reputation. His work as a clergyman and trader endears him to the community.
Wood Stevens is sick with stomach trouble and took to his bed last Thursday according to Locust Grove Jotting.
Sulphur Springs Comment notes measles near elimination with Mrs. Jacob Gold among the last to be vaccinated after over fifty years without infection. The town reflects on the disease's decline and public health progress.
Nathaniel Long was spotted carrying several rolls of new wire fence to his residence this morning. The sighting was reported by Solomon's Creek Notes.
William Hire an old settler of Richville in his 87th year was seen on the streets last week and is very active for his age according to the Benton Bulletin.
Peter Moore and Joseph Shew will have telephones installed at their residence in the near future per Ormas Report.
The Cromwell News Letter reports a cowardly act in which a person poisoned Jack Krieder's dog. Authorities urged the suspect to lay low for several weeks while investigations proceed.
The Washington Post notes a Topeka Capital report where the sheriff went to arrest Mr. Aaron Pigg and found an empty nest. It mocks Kansas editors for confusing nest with nty and questions language accuracy.
A Kansas City Journal report frames Polly Weed as a matrimonial octopus in a small Indiana town. It traces her forty-year pursuit of a fitting mate, repeatedly marrying and discarding husbands, while persisting in the quest for lasting happiness before death.
The Chicago report in the Washbl Star warns that the formation of an undesirable zens association would be a serious matter. The note reflects concern over emerging groups and their potential influence on public order.
A short poem by Robert Gilbert Welch in Agg Magazine describes finding dreams at night and waking to a wider world. The speaker envisions sailing seas with pirates and indigenous lore, hunting buffaloes, lynx, bears, and deer across foreign lands while a nurse sits nearby.
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