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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1899
Page
4
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Charles Landis warns Republicans to act against monopolies as a reckoning approaches. He argues top-heavy institutions harm trade and the people and urges the party to take offensive action to win votes away from Democrats and free silver supporters.
The piece criticizes William Waldorf Astor for abandoning America and accuses him of cowardice for shifting blame to his grandfather. It condemns his worship of wealth and mobility while praising Barclay Walker for a London opera venture and urges Indianapolis support.
A collection of Indianapolis figures comment on urban growth, parks, transportation, policing, media value, and civic duties. Notables include F. William Fortune, Clyde Power, Charles O Conn or, Amos Hanway, Thomas Colbert, and others offering views on street paving, park boards, grocers, detective work, journalism, and local governance.
An 19th century style ad extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a universal cure curing a range of blood disorders. It claims the bloodstream needs pure blood and sunshine like nature needs light to bloom, with testimonials from Susie E. Brown N B Seeney and Mrs J M McMata regarding relief from dyspepsia catarrh rheumatism and fatigue.
A string of quips from diverse papers mocks politics and public figures. Items reference agitation in Cuba, death rumors about Cleveland, Mark Twain, prohibition dinners, and social quips about lawn care and England’s leaders.
Readers report kidney and nervous disorders improved by Morrow's Kidneoids Yellow Tablets. Mrs Matilda Ferguson of Indiana Avenue recounts relief from back pain urinary troubles and insomnia after using the remedy. Manufactured by John Merrow & Co. Springfield.
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