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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1899
Page
4
The piece rails at Sunday golf games amid club politics and social rivalries. It critiques Village Country Club rituals, ministerial support, and the Miles case, arguing administrators and elites push political ends while public sentiment remains unsettled.
An obsequious tribute notes Judge Lawrence as a man of great force of character and intellect who led wool-growers and spoke with memorable insight. Described as clean, strong, honest, and retaining faculties to life's end, he opposed beef prohers' reports with Gen Miles indicating meat for soldiers was unsuitable.
Anecdotes recount a Maryland bishop helping a poor Epiphany widow obtain a $640 government claim for her late husband who once served under Jefferson Davis. Edmunds pushed the bill through both houses after two years of effort, enabling the widow to fund a tombstone. Other tales include a Kansas soldier's near miss with a bullet, a Cornwall parrot anecdote, Kipling's Beaver visit, and a Windsor hotel hat fire escape mishap.
The ancient idea of a demon inside man is dismissed by use of Chamberlains Pain Balm which heals rheumatism. A single application relieves pain and many testify to its truth, though it does not cast out demons.
Monday night at the Park featured John Isham's Octoreons with a powerful bass solo by Thomas Craig and performances by Medah A Hyer Alicia A Mackey Aston Jefferson and Sam Cousins. The show opened well and the week continues with Hoyts A milk white flag and a Ticket sale for the Orlepp concert May 17. The Kidder Warde tri star trio will perform A school for scandal at Englishs May 17 with a 36 member company.
A compact collage notes Aguinaldo retreating before American forces and speculates on escape via the Open Door. Miss Grant wins a title amid mock seriousness about matrimony, while General Alger vows to secure clean water from Michigan to aid Chicago drainage.
Jay county notes an epidemic easing with five convalescent smallpox cases in the pesthouse. Night service at the New Telephone Company starts Tuesday night. Propylaeum clears 1193.96 with a dividend to treasury. Building used 575 times. expenses total 2724.67.
In Indianapolis a dubious nicotine flavored promotion touts Kid ne oids as a quick calming aid. The ad claims they cure nervousness sleeplessness and back pain, alongside Liverlax with cheap pricing. It cites testimonials from Mrs M E Henderson and lists Sloan Drug Co and John Morrow & Co as manufacturers and sellers.
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