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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1904
Page
4
A fragment from the Indianapolis Sun describes subscription rates for delivery in and outside the city, with a 3.90 annual rate and 60 cent monthly options. It lists editorial and business office locations and indicates daily publication except Sundays.
The Sun reports readers anticipated Tuesday's result and predicted a GOP landslide in Indiana. It defends nonpartisanship while endorsing policies for the people, noting Roosevelt and broader prosperity amid decisive votes. May Irwin wills $100,000 to a National Art Theater in New York.
A newspaper piece argues rail safety should match speed, citing the Empire State Express which logged over four million miles with few accidents. It notes 10,001 killed cars and 75,000 injured annually on American railways, urging better protections for all passengers. It also mentions Ella Wheeler Wilcox and war balloons near Dogger Bank.
The piece argues wealth and Jewish bankers control loaning to Russia and could influence liberal reforms after Kishineff. It contends capital will intervene to avert war and improve labor conditions, praising the financiers while noting public debate about antisemitic persecution. It also notes Tom Lawson remaining behind the water tank wagon.
A Washington or St Louis magazine tone piece praises a wife guiding her husband Kelly to confess. It argues marriage cultivates conscience and character, noting the husband’s religious interest and the unseen influence of the wife on virtue, with a tale about building a $2000 house on $10 weekly salary.
A New York man Wim Ader faced alimony charges with a defense that the plaintiff was not his wife due to a prior marriage. The woman's attorney argued nuance, while the judge adjourned to review additional questionable marriages. Readers note mocked ballots and subway oxygen complaints as light local color.
A garbled advertisement fragment discusses an amethyst jewel and farm supplies on Teranty Creek in North Carolina, followed by a notice about Santa Je Xon Mexican and Prof McAdle. It then shifts to a Philippine weather bureau director quoting revised hurricane warnings and typhoon classifications, mentioning the vortex center and San Francisco chronicle. The text blends ads with maritime weather theory and typhoon terminology from an early era.
The text comments on women and fashion with odd phrasing, suggesting a shift from cheerful attire to practical dress. It hints at schemes to keep women in regular attendance, referencing Philadelphia Dress and related ideas about appearance and behavior.
A garbled dispatch describes a turbulent crowd scene and a scolding rebuke by Mr Smuth toward a neighbor’s boy. The text references a bar, money, a borrowed paper, and a melodrama setting with theaterlike characters and housewives.
Vendors praised bountiful harvests with abundant fruits and vegetables. Notable displays included a potato four and a half pounds, a leek three feet long, a cucumber weighing one and a half pounds, and other massive produce. Prices for apples ranged from 2% to ten per bushel, with top grades described as best.
A Manila American piece laments women’s diet fads to stay youthful while a London scientist’s germ scare provokes playful debate about kissing. The Philadelphia Press quotes a Melbourne ring of undertakers buying cemetery plots to raise funeral prices.
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