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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1899
Page
4
Readers unable to obtain The Sun promptly are asked to notify the office. The Sun offers subscription rates for outside city readers in advance and invites responsible persons to act as agents, with price details and contact at 125 E. Ohio St. Indianapolis.
The Sun lauds virtue while criticizing a competing paper for using sermons as a business ploy to revive waning fortunes. It accuses the rival of hypocrisy and of employing unscrupulous methods that no reputable Indianapolis business would use, asserting a premium on faithlessness to duty.
Dispatches describe Cecil Rhodes funding famine dinners for Kimberley residents and urging British troops near the Boer lines. The piece labels Rhodes a major war promoter and hints at vast profits if England wins. It also notes other varied items from American contracts to public scandals and opinions on diplomacy and elections.
Near ninety year old Rev. Elijah Kellogg, author of Spartacus to the Gladiators, ministers at the Harpswell Congregational Church in Maine since 1844. Deafness does not dull his greeting as locals gather around the old meeting house built in 1756, now a town hall, while visitors seek autographs and a glimpse of the pulpit and pews unchanged for 150 years.
Mrs L B E Stephens seeks 25000 from the Illinois Central and Western and Union railways over a June 27 accident at Delaware Street that permanently injured her and killed her husband and granddaughter Hazel Shaffer.
Family of William Lyons seeks to stop unauthorized raffles for his benefit at 737 Bates St. William Patterson hosted an election bet oyster party for several men at 1828 N Alabama St. Superintendent Hert of the Jeffersonville reformatory spoke in Indianapolis on parole results, and a 1 percent rate of 400 paroled prisoners proved worthy. New Wabash County board of charities listed. Anne Rochford, 9, died of diphtheria. funeral at Holy Cross cemetery. Order of Chosen Friends says Peoria council arrest won’t affect the wider group. Commodore Higgins returned from Louisville claiming Indianapolis could swing Democratic. Central Trust Co. of Indianapolis organized. officers named with $200,000 capital.
A gossiping tea party discusses the Grand stock company and its stars Miss Olney and Miss Shannon. The article outlines actors’ living quarters, daily routines, rehearsal schedules, and the seven nights plus six days work week, with social life limited by stage duties.
Protests over Japan banning religious teaching in schools. Rev Dr Schell in Cincinnati board of control hearing on Nov 22. Chicago police telegrapher Frank Giles killed one robber and wounded another. Milwaukee coopers back to work with higher wages. Kansas Supreme Court rules all coal weighed before screening. Burlington railway raises switchmen pay by 10 dollars monthly. Bryan claims election signals GOP overthrow. Richard Croker warns anti imperialism. Senator Thurston to wed Miss Lola Pearman within ten days. Denison gravel train crash injures 26, two fatally. Dewey and wife mob incident in New York. Beauvoir home in Richmond to honor Confederate soldiers. Des Moines tramp steals 2000 dollars in diamonds. arrested. Stillwater man Vallmeyer dies. 37000 dollars found in home crevices.
The Swirl of Society lists Mr and Mrs Fred Ross hosting a Monday night event for Miss May Thompson who plans to move to Havana Cuba. Mrs W F Ksenay hosts a Wednesday afternoon dinner club at her North Illinois street home Hewitt H Howland reads at the Indianapolis literary club Monday night. The Monday afternoon club met with Mrs Kendall. Mrs M W Mansfield hosted a card party Monday afternoon for Mrs Durbin and Miss Dresser. An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a universal skin cure.
A column of varied editorials notes unrest as Boer fighters push back against British advances. References to Aguinaldo and American politics appear with sharp, satirical takes on public discourse. Local figures in Indiana discuss political candidacy and regional threats spark debate.
A series of small urban fires and damages are listed with locations and losses. Incidents include a stove fire at 1826 W Vermont leaving 450 dollars loss with owners Christian Lutz and occupant William Harding. a frame shed fire at Walnut and Summit tied to Mica Roofing Co. and a defective grate at Market Street causing minor 20 dollar loss. Also advertisements for DeWitt’s pills and laundry services are noted alongside a Wabash Railroad plan for weekly tourist sleeping cars from St. Louis to Los Angeles with departure details and contact information.
Crouch Bros or Concert Kings billed as America’s greatest entertainers perform at Beatty’s roof garden on Saturday night. The listing notes a by-street or nearby end of Shet area and a carine reference.
Rev. C. E. Bacon and other pastors weigh religious duty and reform in a Sunday pulpit roundup. Quotations touch on Luther’s liberating truth, human responsibility, parental influence, and moral will in civic life.
Thomas Dixon Jr lectures in the M C A course at Lengish's. Monday night Joseph Jefferson performs The Rivals, Tuesday night Frank Daniels opens in The Amir, Wednesday night Papinta the fire dancer appears at the Grand. The stock company presents 7 20 8. A guilty mother opens at the Park for three days. The Big sensation burlesquers begin the Empire week.
An ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla promising a fair exterior and inner vigor with glowing health. A patient claims complete relief from blood poisoning after using the tonic. The piece also argues that efficient, well examined corporations and trusted, frequently tested trust companies lower costs and improve business.
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