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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
4
Public notice for The Sun newspaper outlines office addresses at 123 125 East Ohio Street Indianapolis Indiana delivery by carrier postal insertion details and business communications channels for advertising subscriptions and rates outside city six months three dollars and eight cents per year. business and editorial contacts are listed including phone numbers.
You are urged to notify THE SUN office if you fail to receive the paper regularly. Call 880 or send a postal to report issues whether new or old. This reader service seeks timely delivery confirmation and resolution.
The Sun urges Indianapolis to fund City Hospital fully citing Supt Spencer as prudent with money and calling for essential items like blankets and an ambulance team. The editorial argues public confidence in city spending is low but urges immediate action to upgrade hospital conditions.
Albert Sahm, chairman of safety, delayed appointing a committee to study the water contract amid criticism of the Board of Public Works. The article argues the public deserves time to consider the contract and accuses the board of rushing franchises without proper citizen input. It condemns the board for public arrogance and delaying prudent action.
The editorial condemns gas mixer boreage as theft yet defends it as a means to recover value when gas is scarce. It questions the press and urges enforcement of contracts. It comments on the governor’s salary rise from 5000 to 8000 and secretary’s from 1809 to 2400, noting pressures on state funds and daily demands on officials.
A 90 minute strike by about 1100 Santa Fe operators and station agents ended with a wage gain of eight hours on-call relief and a $20000 total wage increase. The walkout paralyzed the line, and officials immediately conceded, while commentary urged compulsory arbitration for future rail, coal, and streetcar labor disputes.
The remark notes that each Boer subjugated by England cost the government $10,000 and that repaying this will require many years of taxes. It asserts that England will levy such taxes, presenting a warning about the financial burden of the war on taxpayers.
A fragmented, odd question asks how a man earning twelve dollars a week could play Santa Claus for seventy nine country relations. The line reads as a riddle or garbled note rather than a clear news item.
A fragmented comment piece suggests tensions around labor and politics. It invokes Mark Hanna, W. J. Bryan, and national mood while critiquing police authority and public order. References to pollsters, church canons, and possible Pinkerton protection pepper the satire amid vague local notes.
Indianapolis Southern railway plans to issue 1,000,000 dollars of 6 percent preferred stock. The proposed route runs from Indianapolis through Nashville, Salem, Rockport, Paoli, West Baden, French Lick, Ferdinand, and Grand View, with connections to Evansville and Owensboro, Kentucky.
City physician Gorenfio treats Dionysius the half grown monkey with a broken leg after an escape from the Wonderland menagerie. Dionysius recovers in a plaster cast while Mrs Mohawk and keeper interventions shape his slow healing. A tale of animal care and a quirky zoo misadventure follows with other brief animal anecdotes from Richmond Dispatch and Chicago Inter Ocean styles.
Miss Martha C Birge and William R Watson wed at the bride’s home on a Wednesday night. Prof and Mrs Bonneville F Gresh celebrated 45 years in Indianapolis with a golden anniversary at 315 E Ghost. Anna Cecil Tucker married J Wilfred Vestal in Madison Ave M E church with attendants and chrysanthemums. Jessie Sweet wed Lanes McPherridge at N Pennsylvania St home with floral canopy and orchestra. Several state marriages noted in Greencastle Wabash Fort Wayne Winchester Noblesville Rushville Bloomington Franklin. Blanche Jelleff and Henry A Palmer married at bride’s home on E Nineteenth St with pelms and chrysanthemums.
The Detroit News notes Daly’s bitter rivalry with Clark and his jovial side as Montana’s political scene clears after his death. The St. Paul Dispatch predicts two senators will be chosen this winter, both aligned with Clark, marking a sensational campaign ending in Daly’s physical defeat and Clark’s political triumph.
The school board awarded contracts on Wednesday afternoon for several improvements including a steam heating plant at school No 10 to Mock & Cook for 2083 dollars a lowering basement floor and chimney construction at school No 29 to Ent Brothers for 887 dollars a steam heating plant at school No 29 to J Farrell & Co for 1765 dollars and an additional four room project at Kirkhoff Brothers.
A roundup of editorials from multiple Indiana papers criticizing or urging reforms in elections. Arguments touch on doubtful state results, democracy and plutocracy, voting machines, primary laws, and proportional representation for conventions.
A nonprofit Flower Mission fair funds charity work by the Indies who care for the sick poor. Daily lunch, lunch service 5 to 7 pm, and hall decorations attract business attendees. Special events include Edison kinetograph pictures on Thursday, a college dance Friday, and a children’s dance and party Saturday.
The Board of Public Works approves N New Jersey Street resurfacing. Ben and Ben F. Gresh celebrate their golden wedding after a lifetime of dance instruction in Indianapolis, now 45 years since arrival. The upcoming state trust report seeks 45000 for Women’s Prison repairs and building additions. Brakeman Henry W. Sherlock settles 2800 in a head on collision suit with Big Four. School statistics project state totals of 765044 pupils with white and colored breakdown and wages of male and female teachers.
Miss Mary Roberts of 1033 Golden Gate Ave San Francisco describes how she saved her brother from ruin using a remedy in his coffee and a tasteless Golden Specific. Dr J W Haines offers a free trial by mail to women who write for the treatment, claiming no taste or danger.
A collection of editorial quips and political plays across U S papers. Mark Hanna Lincoln Illinois and John Tanner headlines spark debate on presidential influence Senate fights and self government as Clark Daly and Quay feature in editorial jabs and reform talk.
Thomas Cook aged 19 living on Martindale Avenue north of Twenty sixth Street fainted in a street car near Sixteenth Street and College Avenue on a Wednesday night. Dr Anthony revived him. Cook, said to suffer from neuralgia of the heart, was able to walk home. An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to improve blood, appetite and digestion, urging use for health.
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