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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1904
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment from The Indianapolis Sun details a city newspaper's masthead and scrambled subscription rates. It references delivery, carriers, and pricing, showing garbled numbers and stray phrases. The piece captures a historic penny paper vibe but lacks coherent data.
Reflections on the closing of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis on December 1. The piece lauds the fair as a monumental display of world progress since Columbus and highlights wireless telegraphy, global praises, and the high costs of staying in the city. It contrasts the marvels with grim notes on Joliet prison life and the necessity of work for health and order. It also touches on crime and a robbed circus, ending with a meandering nod to unfolding events zentral to the era.
The Grand offers a lively vaudeville mix with two trick bicycle riders the Ferrell brothers, Eleanor Falk in a multi costume act, Rooney and Bent the dancing and singing duo, Charles Leonard Fletcher the versatile impersonator, Trovollo the ventriloquist, the Boston brothers acrobats, Olive May Albaugh in light comedy, and Josephine Sabel returning with new dress. At the Park a company of LA players presents a fresh No wedding belts for her with Helen Singer and others, while Rice and Son’s Rose Hill Fairy company, John S. Cale and team, and the Van Brothers provide further amusement to a crowded house.
Three hogs owned by Henry Trangner of Carthage have gone mad within days after a rabid dog visit. The animals broke through a fence, panicked, and fled to a pasture. They did not foam at the mouth but raged about, tearing into objects and other stock. The owner links the outbreak to the prior dog attack sixty days earlier.
The article reviews Hulda but highlights Morley the football coach at Columbia and the open plains setting in New Mexico. It notes “Huldab” authorship, an upcoming Merril book, and bids on dramatic rights for Nance’s story with The Hobbs Merrill company. It mentions publishers, reviews, and anticipated sales potential.
The Holiday Magazine for Children shows a festive cover with four color impression and two colors used, featuring two children and a pussy cat carrying lights as they march to bed. It promises short stories jokes amusements and articles by Archibald Smith and others, praising Connie Lite In Ametion and Paneth found its eheistaons while detailing ads and illustrations. The issue highlights the Decor and United States Park activity, plus government notes from the Navy Treasury and Agriculture departments and a Philippine Inside View.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles New Heart Cure as the right treatment for fainting spells and heart weakness. It warns against misattributing symptoms to biliousness and claims the remedy strengthens heart nerves and muscles. A Maine testimonial from Mrs Effie Clough describes dramatic improvement after three bottles.
Sam Smith of Che was in the view of a wedding rumor and business chatter about his success in raising sugar beets this year and securing a contract with Continental Sugar Company for warehouses to be used west. The Cobden Sentinel reports mixed notes on a test of new air equipment, claiming success despite some doubt about its safety and a dramatic earlier claim of a fall from about Goo feet.
Roy Potts has returned from Marton and is visiting in Noblesville. Several social visits and upcoming marriages are listed including Miss Nell Page Ashbrook and Edwin H. Shedd marriage plans, Miss Elizabeth E. Mellett and Harry F. Boeewinkle to wed, and Miss Anna C. Reaume hosting a bridal luncheon for Allee Cheatham. Many residents are visiting Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Kokomo, Noblesville, Seymour, Columbus, and Cincinnati, with reentries from Greensburg and Noblesville noted.
From the Far West The New Yorkers of San Francisco plan an Evacuation Day banquet at the Palace hotel on Nov 25. Forty-one sailors from the battleship Ohio in San Francisco join a Christian endeavor society organized aboard the ship on Oct 31.
A London Punch caption portrays a visitor and a lady of the house discussing a governess whose father lost money. The exchange highlights sympathy for the governess and the social sting of hardship in a genteel setting.
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