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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1905
Page
4
Rates listed for Cartier city delivery at a cent per week. Outside city options include eight months advance, monthly, and yearly payments. Offices named: New York World Building and Chicago Tribune Building.
Gov. Hanly is praised for halting a vote machine graft scare amid warnings in Marion County that a $100,000 purchase could invite corrupt deals. The piece urges delaying buys, seeking a square deal, and warns that while machines may improve, the democracy and civic virtue must be protected from class bias and graft.
In absence of official data, the note weighs the possibility that Johnny Rockefeller Jr may now indulge in chewing smoking drinking swearing or playing pinavale for money, reflecting rumor over confirmation.
President Roosevelt denounces plutocracy and warns that class domination threatens republics. He cites historic patterns where any ruling class led to disaster, stressing that a government must remain free of class tyranny regardless of which group holds power.
A Chicago school principal ordered to stop chewing tobacco during school hours as a comical aside. References to John D Rockefeller remain in brief, with a thread of Chicago city life and a plea for unselfish service and noble values.
A compact meditation on choosing memory and mood. The author argues forgetting hurts less than dwelling on wrongs and urges erasing grievances to write brighter thoughts. It warns against clinging to slights and fosters inner serenity through deliberate memory management.
Washington report describes Vice President Fairbanks seated between Menara Taft and Fish van Vier during a railway congress debate. His startled look and quick exit from the table follow prompting questions about his willingness to express opinions. The Minneapolis Journal notes Fairbanks as a dodger and trimmer, questioning Indiana’s pride in him.
A caricatured tale on editing as a telegraph clerk’s perilous craft, noting high per-word rates and unpaid labor, followed by anecdotes of Frankfort hero Ezekiel Hopkins and a quip on medical ignorance from Gen Grant era. The piece blends industry detail with humorous vignettes and historical quirks.
An expert estimates the jewels worn at the late royal court in Buckingham Palace total a stunning 60,600,000 pounds. Other notes include Glasgow tram system adding private early morning cars for dancing party travel and a royal wedding dress for Turkey’s sultan’s daughter costing a large sum with tragic embroiderers’ deaths.
A court in the city condemns Madame Watters Stockton for driving 47 miles per hour through a crowded street endangering children and pedestrians. Judge notes wealth irrelevant. fines her $10 and costs. The piece blends satirical remarks and other brief, disjointed lines from the era.
In vegetable land the scene centers on Willie Pea Poo Clarente Pepper who is described as the hottest thing in town amid local chatter. No further verifiable details are present in the fragment.
Rail developments across multiple lines include Indianapolis Southern connecting with Beit rahmad Central, 78 carloads on hand for toa construction, and 26 promotions in Erie railroad traffic posts. J T Johnson, longtime conductor on Indianapolis division, buried Monday. Semi monthly Indianapolis relief committee met with J Keavey presiding. Michigan Central refuses to renew refrigerator car contracts with Armour car line. Cairo division improvements planned by Big Four to handle future westward traffic. International Railway Congress attendees from England discuss American baggage handling advantages and inconveniences.
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