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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
4
An Indianapolis letter calls for a new Central Avenue bridge rather than patching the aging structure. It notes lack of car service upgrades and dangerous delays for Fall Creek residents needing city center access, urging the board of works and the street railway to adopt a safer, permanent solution.
A historical note recalls Gen William Henry Harrison’s legal ties to a streetcar company nine months ago and the Indianapolis News criticism. It contrasts press attitudes on public policy with Harrison’s Venezuelan stance, then mentions James Whitcomb Riley’s charity appearance at English’s Opera House to aid the Art Association.
A fragmenting column blasts foreign mission efforts and U S policy while mocking figures from Morris to Harrison. It parodies vast international actions from France and England to the Philippines and Samoa and ridicules Indiana politics and the street railway dispute.
A terse line hints at a legend around Ko Komo involving a burned barn. The remark frames local lore as a morning greeting and suggests wider communal memory or gossip about the event. No explicit dates or named individuals are provided in the fragment.
A 19th century gossip tale recalls Paderewski in Rome avoiding salons until a princess hid the piano key. Another anecdote features Twain quips about women smoking and a Lord Russell court scene after a kissing incident that propelled a young Paris artist.
In a Tennessee case a court quotes a diner remark by Hon. Benton McMillin about strawberries and a stick, suggesting mint may be indigenous and noting the joke’s social tone. An old Scotch neighbor and a witty retort about the devil finish the excerpt.
A collection of editorials and quips from newspapers lampooning figures like Beveridge Dewey and McKinley. The items mix playful rhymes and wry observations about politics, leadership, and national mood, reflecting press tone of the era.
City section notes a free kindergarten carnival at Beech Knoll Hill Side Ave on June 9. Willie Wierick, 12, was sent to reform school by Judge Alford as hopeless incorrigible. Symphony orchestra society to organize and elect officers at D. H. Baldwin music rooms Monday night. Mrs. Jesse Burton fined one cent plus 68.50 costs by Justice Hay for pushing Margaret Burton off Fletcher Avenue sidewalk. Reports say 27,482 women attended peace meetings, telegraphed to The Bogue. Little daughter of W. H. Brown injured in wheel-trap collision. no blame on trap driver. Richardson returns from Washington with promise of four Green-leading cannon for Indiana.
Miss Jeanette Strauss of Wabash visits Miss Sara Messing as society circles host card parties. Several teas and luncheons honor Mrs. J R McKee and Mrs. McKee’s guest, with weddings of Edna Billington to Ernest G Simpson and Stella Sullivan to Charles E Worth. Theater and opera show crowds enjoying English’s season, with a busy schedule of performances ending Friday.
Miss Ortopp, a young violinist from Indianapolis, wowed a 156-voice Indianapolis Musical Society chorus at Tomlinson Hall on Wednesday. Her Bruch G minor concerto displayed rare tone and intelligence, drawing ovations and roses as she rose to prominence in the city’s musical scene.
Mrs. S J Prathro of 24 Indiana Ave testifies that Kid-we olds cured her back pain after a car accident. She praises Morrow's Kid-co-oids, not pills, but yellow tablets in two week boxes at fifty cents each from local druggists. Manufactured by Topp Merrow & Co.
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