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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1900
Page
4
Fragmented OCR lists postal and circulation details for The Sun newspaper. It includes delivery options by carrier, rates for six months and one year, office contact hints, and telephones for Indianapolis and Ohio routes.
The fragment asks readers to notify the office by phone or mail about THE SUN, mentioning the number 880 and urging new or old subscribers to respond. The wording is incomplete but indicates a call to action for correspondence or delivery inquiry.
The Sun endorses compulsory arbitration to curb strikes and urges legislative discussion by Indiana officials led by McCormack. Geologist Blatchley backs convict labor for road paving while a Newport bank collapse highlights bank examiner failures and calls for less politics and more business.
The piece claims every Chicago police station was occupied Sunday night and suggests only a tiny fraction of residents belong in limbo, criticizing the city as overflowing with potential prisoners and noting the era’s reformist rhetoric about crime and governance.
The piece weighs ongoing talk of permanent war revenue taxes on luxuries in Washington, warns against hasty gas project moves, notes the Chariton school superintendent resignation, laments Capt. McCalla’s inquiry collision, jokes about ministers and polysyllables, and urges Indiana to back a new railroad and primary election law amidst local political chatter.
The piece recounts near tales of tame seabirds and a household gull tamed by a kind neighbor, plus a story of Francis Stanier’s hundred geese that haunted his sickbed with eerie cries. It notes bird bone structure, comparing pneumatic skeletons among species, and mentions Cuba’s larger robin and a colorful local sparrow population.
A fragmentary line from the New York Herald Correspondence notes how something is made to look larger in scale, emphasizing deliberate presentation over intrinsic magnitude. The brief quotation implies strategic display aspects rather than factual measure.
In remarks from editorials, Croker urges Tammany reform or expulsion while opponents lampoon figures like Bryan Webster and Clay. Prohibitionists set aside Thanksgiving, Rockefeller gains from trusts, and Gage forecasts a $50 million year surplus, prompting calls to end war taxes and curb subsidies.
A compilation of editorial quips and quotes from multiple papers criticizing policies on meat prices, public libraries, democratic defeats, school discipline, and Tammany Hall. The selections highlight labor costs, a Georgia children's library, Republican leadership, college safety, and Croker’s Tammany ethics.
The report notes the czar remains ill amid a heavy Puget Sound gale on Monday. Davenport Iowa suffered a $100,000 fire on Sunday. Frank Bros. wholesale grocery in San Antonio Texas faced $40,000 in fire damage on Monday. Six people were jailed Sunday in Chicago amid street thugs.
Mrs J C Ingram hosts the Conversation club Friday at 1417 Park Ave. Mrs W E Kurtz and Mrs F Chislett plan a Nov 27 reception at Mrs Kurtz home. Mrs T J Voss sent out cards for Nov 28 afternoon. Koehne couple return from Florida to reside. Century club to elect officers Tuesday night. Annual guest dinner next Tuesday. Miss Gertrude Wocher held a chrysanthemum dinner Tuesday. First Presbyterian young ladies host a children's party Nov 30 at the Propylaeum. Dr Henry Van Dyke Princeton professor guest of honor at a University club luncheon Monday with Gen Harrigan and James Whitcomb Riley among guests.
The Grand stock company offers An unequal match a tale of a poor girl rising to marry a man of status. Miss Linthicum shines as the wife, with Miss Izett as the rival. Mr. Wickland leads the male cast, Hugh Ford preserves a Yorkshire accent, and the company performs nightly with Wednesday and Saturday matinees. The Runaway Girl musical comedy at English’s features lavish scenery. The Night Before Christmas, a Hal Reid play set in Green County Ohio, shows a prodigal son on trial with a governor father and a reconciled finish. Frank B. Carr’s Indian maidens attract crowds at the Empire, though a burlesque near the finish offends some. The Gay To Maqueraders follows, while Capt Bonavita and Madame Morelli bid farewell at the Zoo on Wednesday night, both heading to new posts in New York and Baltimore.
City life items include new bank promotion by Scholz and Powell, Lemcke buys Pierson block for 80000, Gov Mount to address First Baptist youths on Duty and danger, Englewood church without pastor, post offices to open sub stations at 449 E South and 3851 N Illinois with clerks Raffensperger and Stuart, theft at Emma Timmons store, State bar association meeting with smoker at Propylaeum, Brown embezzlement suspect seen in city, Emma Jessup paralyzed after tub accident, Brotherhood of Big Four to discuss wage scale, new non sectarian hospital planned with 1000000 goal, Cornelia Wetherton rides Knickerbocker special standing on steps, Chinese watercolor exhibit at Lieber's drawing crowds, Indiana bankers meet at Commercial club with sessions on competition taxation and new financial law and smokers and Propylaeum reception.
Elegant Gabinets offered at 1.00 per dozen at The Modern located 1644 E Washington.
For Your Xmas Photos, in order to insure satisfactory work and prompt delivery, have your sittings made now. Ponder's photo studio, 229 Massachusetts are.
Hand sewn small size ladies shoes offered tomorrow at Stersdorfer's 37 E Washington street. Clark 116 North 1st Street advertises high quality photos at the lowest price.
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