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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1888
Page
2
The Sun lists subscription rates and delivery options for Indianapolis readers and notes May 29 as the Day of Flowers with essay on decoration day. It recalls Civil War memories, patriotism, and duties to the dead, then comments on John Swinton and New York politics, bicycle sidewalk hazards, and party platform debates.
The text rails at political rivals and press figures such as Henry B. Payne and Thurman, cites W C Whitney backing Allen Thurman, and mocks Blaine while noting Ohio politics. It excerpts anti English sentiment toward Crown Prince Wilhelm, detailing lifelong English taunts at Bonn during school days and the prince’s crippled arm, with Berliner’s retrospective praise.
The item surveys diverse subjects from Dr Mangold's rescue of Henry M Stanley to aging pensioner John Batchelder, then lists Hinton Helper in New York pursuing a Brazil claim, Dougherty urged for Cleveland at St Louis, and Victorian Bath chair quip. It also notes Astor's Sforza Missal sale price, Kreitmeyer title inheritance, Moore declining VP talk, and Belva Lockwood on female command in war.
Edith Tupper argues in the Chicago Herald that society should curb sensational nude photographs while acknowledging vanity among women who seek slender gowns or corset cover images. She cites studio practice and public galleries, urging modesty, consistency, and respect for propriety in beauty.
A jumble of short items reports murders, storms, deaths, crimes, and disasters across various locales. Notable notes include Daniel Wilford slain and dumped in a well at Vinton Island. a bridge at Guysport blown down by a Monday storm. Erastus Snow a Mormon apostle dead. Kansas storms causing widespread ruin and hail. Luther Holman pleading guilty in Boston to conspiring to kill his sister. Mrs Hattie Radcliffe burned during fumigation in Painesville. Henry Whitehorse murdered on a road near Portsmouth New Hampshire. C P Huntington mocking a Louisville court with a pending fine. Blinky Morgan granted additional life time while pardon board reviews. theft of political and financial papers from Blaine’s Augusta Maine home. an immense West Virginia storm damage. a drowning of a boy at Bridgeport. an Abingdon Virginia survey party hit by gunfire killing two. Louis Williams and William Scott confess to shooting Joseph James at his son’s urging for $400. J A Allen of Council Grove Kansas accused of arsenic poisoning his family.
A Chicago Times letter contends labor, prices, and protection fuel monopoly power from daily goods to funerary items. It argues for repeal of wartime price controls, progressive taxation, and tax fairness while warning that labor remains bound to corporate pricing. Also notes a wasp breath experiment and a new natural gas burner trial in Indianapolis with Muncie capitalists backing.
The item notes Dom Pedro's improved condition while John Bright is gravely ill with a possible death. Emperor Frederick is reported better. Stanley in Africa is said to be secure. The czar commuted a murder sentence to twenty years in Siberia and said he could forgive crimes born of love.
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