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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1899
Page
4
The Sun outlines how to obtain carrier rates and terms by contacting the business manager. Readers may request rates by addressing the editor or manager and notifying the office of any difficulties.
A brief notices pricing scheme shows city subscriptions at $3.00 per year in advance and $1.50 for six months inside the city, with monthly and in advance terms for other areas.
Fragmentary note cites a business office at 135 E. Ohio Street Indianapolis and mentions Bun Telephones and arterial rooms in a rearranged context. No clear event or dates supplied.
A city discussion critiques a gas meters report and pledges by officials. Officials oppose meter introduction for two years, while critics urge more information and accountability from gas companies. Local figures such as Mr Tag rt and Mr Bookwalter are referenced amid broader political commentary.
The piece critiques campaign promises amid city politics and the role of Prosecutor Pugh in pressuring street-level influence. It notes McKinley and Roosevelt as a forthcoming team for Republicans, critiques Democrats and Bryan, and hints at Hanna’s dominance in Ohio politics and internal party pressure.
The Money Demen and the Gold Power will clash in Ohio within 24 hours as promoters hype the bout. Both sides plan events and wagers as fans await the announced match time.
A rambled column recaps anecdotes about Richard Croker and Tammany figures, including a boast of 10,000 votes and Mrs Croker’s hall cleansing, plus sketches of Kru ger, Cecil Rhodes, and other 19th century political wits. It adds jokes about Congressman John Allen and a Georgia court tale with a funeral flower prank.
A collection of short clippings notes a Chicago man boasting forty two wives a potential presidential runoff in Dewey era politics and public figures under scrutiny. It remarks on Beveridge Shafter Kipling and British responses to Ladysmith and political maneuvering in Ohio.
The Grand stock company repeats The charity ball by audience vote and features Papinta the fire dancer next week. The Metropolitan grand opera presents The barber of Seville at English's Monday. Ward and Voices perform Tuesday while The sign of the Cross closes the week. Welene Mora opens at Park with Hyde's comedians and a top vaudeville lineup. Tuxedo club burlesquers begin at Empire Monday afternoon.
Government plans to manufacture therite high explosive in Boston. Kansas City teenager William Lamphere admits killing his employer Rolla Guerin a traveling hawker. Shamokin resident Benjamin Mistoo brings five slips of dynamite into a mine. blast shatters the area. Lasalle resident Mrs Jane Roberts identifies a body as her husband slain, then learns he is said to be in an asylum. Buckhannon students threaten to burn a seminary president and three student officers fire, wounding Martin Williams.
A garbled mix of town events includes a pet stock show in Tomlinson hall from December 8 to 15, a roses bloom reminder, and Temple fair closing with leftover auctions. It notes Charles McBride as new secretary of Union Trust Co and T. J. Golden moving to Planters in St. Louis. A Baltimore railroader HL Allen Heaton dies. Auger faces federal grand jury over a $2 bill raised to $3. Susan B. Anthony may preside over the National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting in December. a rare bird letter is sent to the state by W. S. West of Greensburg. A vacant house on West New York Street burns due to a distant water plug, with $32,000 loss. The United Mine Workers report $48,616 income and $17,191.7 expenses, 8,000 members. wool prices rise. demand for domestics up due to tariff. The Civil Service Reform League Indiana chapter election names Lucius B. Swift as president. Retail ail peddlers association forms to curb price cutting.
Lan caster New Hampshire editor J D Bridges calls One Minute Cough Cure the best remedy for croup and throat and lung troubles. The ad claims immediate relief and prevention of consumption with distribution through all druggists.
Last week 26 001 cars were handled in Indianapolis with 23 305 loaded, a dip from the prior record due to a Big Four wreck at Guil ford delaying trains for 48 hours. Belt moved 18 254 cars, 1 383 live stock transfers at stockyards. Hog kill in Indianapolis packing houses reached 736 009 from March 1 to Oct 31, up 80 000 from last year, while October receipts averaged about 7 000 hogs daily.
A description details a cape made of double-faced goods with plaid lining serving as a storm wrap. It notes a felt hat adorned with a wash silk band and stiff curled quills as matching accessories.
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