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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1893
Page
2
Publication details for The Sun including office address and post office status. Subscription options listed for outside city at $3.00 yearly, $1.50 half year, and $0.25 monthly. delivery six cents weekly within the city. Advertising rates available via manager and communications directed to editor and business manager.
The Sun outlines the editorial staff in Indianapolis and criticizes a Washington squad trip idea while praising the papers legal department. It notes the paper invites readers with legal questions to contact Tur Suns legal editor for guidance and comments on the Monticello Democrat’s view of the feature.
The state bans cigarette sales to boys under 16 with only one arrest in 1592 and none so far this year in the city. Observers say such laws were made to be ignored, while praise for officers contrasts with lax enforcement of gambling and liquor statutes. It notes urban credit strength with a $621,000 80 year bond refund and hints at political favored figures and a ministerial appointment by Grover Cleveland.
Cadi Buskirk announces that anyone brought before him charged with carrying concealed weapons will be fined $300. He pledges to intensify efforts to break up this cowardly habit and believes success will win the community’s thanks.
A roundup of editorials notes Chicago hosting foreign personages for snob appeal, a German scientist Dr Koch divorcing and courting an actress, Washington photograph mania, and a New York harbor parade of nine nations' armed forces signaling goodwill and U.S. readiness.
A collection of beliefs spans many lands and customs. Barbers gamble with earnings from shaving dead men for luck. Hindoo and Mussulian women wear sacred glass bangles and kiss broken pieces. Norwegians seek drowned bodies with a rooster in the boat. Austrian lore warns an unwed man who harms a woman may endure endless woe. A nobleman blinds a peasant girl and faces doom.
A short notice advertises Tron s fine imported wines and cordials with breadies in a market setting. The shop is located at 17 N, Tinois Street.
A blend of cultural notes and literary excerpts surveys women’s roles, art, and peace movements. It cites New York journals on theater manners and Morocco’s sultan lineage, hints at Mrs U S Grant memoirs, World’s Fair fashions, and a Goethe reference. It closes with a poetic scene of courtesy and restraint amid social expectation.
A Chinese doctor with twenty years of experience in Canton and Helena, Montana, advertises licensed practice in Indiana. He claims mastery of medicine, offers confidential cures for all diseases, promises honesty, and urges anyone seeking relief to call. He asserts rapid, guaranteed results and urges female health patients to consult.
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