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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
4
Advertisement details subscription rates for The Sun with urban and outside city options. Rates listed: in advance three dollars per year in city, one dollar fifty for six months outside city, and one dollar twenty five per month outside city. Office address at 125 E Ohio St Indianapolis Ind.
The passage critiques bicycle racing in Indiana and Indianapolis, noting its decline, safety issues, and high costs. It compares it unfavorably to horse racing, questions public support, and discusses broader political and social topics including laws on quail sales, the gubernatorial race, and a large DePauw University endowment gift amid varied local opinions.
The piece records Democratic reactions to national affairs in Ohio, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Iowa and New York, and cites a fusion victory in Nebraska praised as free silver. It also recounts anecdotes on prison conditions in Europe, Italy’s babies, and a projected $17 million Army feeding appropriation, citing Joseph Mickley’s mint coin find and a Philadelphia Call note.
A mosaic of short items: a civil service copying test with a flawless fly speck impersonation, a Washington bureau chief’s signature blotter, New Mexico shepherd dog training, and a Philadelphia mint coin exhibited as a prized curiosity. The piece blends oddities and observations from diverse domains.
Frank L. Jones and Charles E. Wilson discuss how recent results signal the 1904 presidential election path. They cite trusts imperialism and Philippine policy as pivotal issues and debate Bryan’s nomination prospects and party prospects in Ohio Kentucky and Nebraska.
Berlin reports welcome by emperor and empress for the czar and czarina at Potsdam on Wednesday. London notes Jacob Bright a prominent advocate for women’s rights has died, born 1821. Rome shows church delays new cardinal creation due to Vatican tensions. London also says Waldorf Astor donated £1000 to Maidenhead branch of the national war fund.
Indy resident Claude Shaffer married Estelle App in Evansville. Weddings include Clara Harrett and Albert Byers in Shelbyville, Miss Georgia Comer and Charles N. McWethy at home, and Gertrude Rogers with Dr. Emanuel H. Gebauer in Trinity church. Others tied the knot in Noblesville Anderson Richmond New Paris and Central Christian church.
Wilson Barrett's strong religious drama The Sign of the Cross opens an engagement of six performances at English's with large audiences Wednesday. Marcus Superbus embraces Christianity and dies for it alongside Mercia. Charles Dalton leads the cast with LilIe Thurlow as Mercia, in a historically themed Rome during Nero's time. The engagement runs through Saturday night with the Grand stock company and other acts drawing crowds.
Ohio township in Spencer county votes bonds to assist the Indianapolis Southern railroad. John H. Webb of the Victor fire company travels to Indianapolis to choose a factory site. Controller B E Johnson plans talks in Columbus on municipal indebtedness and tax rate. A $2,000 damage suit involves Mary Alexander against Da.
Indianapolis resident John Scherger testifies of chronic back pain and kidney issues alleviated by using Deans Kidney Pills bought at Henry J. Huders drug store. He praises the product after two boxes and notes continued relief despite age and long illness. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents for the US trade.
The Sun announces a Christmas promotion where every boy and girl who secures 50 subscribers will receive a guaranteed gold watch. Watches are Waltham American models with ten year guarantees, offered by Jeweler J. C. Sipe, with additional cash rewards for reaching subscriber milestones.
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