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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
4
Partial OCR shows subscription rates for various cities with in advance pricing. Mentions New York Office World Building and Times Tribune Building. content scattered with garbled spacing and dates.
The Star misreads Stalnaker stance, as supporters and Stalnaker himself favor a primary over a convention. He runs on merit as a business Republican and will accept the party’s majority vote. The piece also notes a Japanese clockmaker with 18 years’ work and a Cleveland federal building cornerstone laid two years ago. Mrs. Carter Harrison’s fairy tale windfall is mentioned.
An essay extols war’s unseen mercy, praising medical officers and stretcher-bearers who救 save lives under fire. It cites historical surgeon mortality rates in Copalantine Crimean Russian and Mexican campaigns, arguing that unheralded field care defines true heroism beyond horseback glory.
The verses urge seeing beauty and hope in everyday life. It contrasts choosing gloom with seeking light, happiness, and wonder. It suggests shifting perspective toward vast skies, art, and simple joys like a baby's smile, rather than chasing distant wealth or phantom treasure.
A garbled dialogue features a bank president apologizing for betting on horse races and a cashier reacting with sarcasm. The passage also mentions Theodore Roosevelt and Nan Patterson in disjointed phrases, suggesting a fragmented excerpt from a gossip or literary column rather than a cohesive report.
Special to the Sun. Miss Hattie Balty of La Plata, 28 years old, wins election as Macon County school superintendent by a large plurality over two teachers, running as an Independent though aided by many Democrats. She has taught in multiple towns, served as high school principal, and now leads the county’s schools with a salary around 1200 to 1600 dollars a year.
A Pennsylvania town native, appointed naval officer at the state port, moved to the metropolis, and after four years in office returned home to his mother. She asks what he saved, and he admits he saved his life. The anecdote, from Harper’s Weekly, highlights the personal cost of public service.
A New York Times account describes Alvin Young of Windsor Trust watching a man hoist shingles to a new building. A rope mishap sent the worker airborne as a pile of shingles burst open, cushioning his fall before a jarring thump. A bystander leaned from a window frame as the scene unfolded.
The piece recounts Crockett clashing with educated peers as he observes mules led by Virginia overseers on Pennsylvania Avenue and a Boston congressman jokes they are constituents marching to Massachusetts. It contrasts Vermont Governor Bell’s remarks on a disputed decision with a Blacksmith umpire tale from Buffalo Enquirer.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones spoke at All Souls church about the Abraham Lincoln center organ. He noted the society’s vigor and the new instrument, but criticized awkward pipe placement and malfunctioning stops. The remarks reflected broader concerns about coordination and sound.
A discerning analysis notes that isolated discordant tones fail to move the heart. The challenge lies in combining the notes to create a resonant effect, and this synthesis is underway with deliberate effort to balance tower strikes, sub bass, and cicada shrills.
A Baltimore Herald quote recounts a shopkeeper selling dog goggles, noting many are made to order due to varying nose shapes. The piece contrasts two buyers, parading a motorist with sport ambitions against the owner of a lapdog who values comfort and fashion in an era of flashy car accessories.
An eccentric tale features Malachito the Emperor of Sapan and Professor Milne, famed antomologist, studying earthquakes in the far east. Milne stages sham quakes in Tokyo, detonating mines beneath mock buildings. the emperor remains unmoved, finally uttering a single word “Really.”
The piece notes 19th century fringe styles with straight rov ban foreheads and curled frames, then reports a freight train derailment on the Campobascio Rome line. The train plunged into a high water river. the engineer fireman and guard survived but were injured.
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