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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1904
Page
4
The Indianapolis Sun lists delivery in city limits at six cents weekly with prepaid six months at 1.50 per six months and monthly or yearly prepaid rates. It provides office addresses in TAS BUN Building and contact numbers for editorial and business offices.
The aged novelist George Meredith is criticized for proposing free love and state care for children, with opponents arguing marriage remains essential to home and society. The article asserts the marriage bond is safe and vital, defending it against radical views. It ends noting Ann Arbor sophomores bar freshmen from saloons, campus smoking, and flirting to pass time.
A reflective piece on Maurice Maeterlinck’s reverent view of dogs as humanity’s truest ally. The essay contrasts canine loyalty with opinions on horses cats and livestock, praising the dog as a bond between man and animal and noting the Creature’s role as master’s celestial servant.
A Washington typewriter operator logs 23000 words in seven hours while pondering Indiana authors fast output. Carrie Nation is fined and jailed with sentence expiring as circuses resume on the road next spring. Carl Schurz comments on voting trends.
A reader from Indianapolis questions Beveridge as senator candidate claiming he has done little and merely accumulated offices for Indiana men. The writer notes Fairbanks tenure and doubts Beveridge’s record, asking for proof of achievements before endorsing him.
A reader blasts coverage of a prize fight at Claypool, accusing wealthy bankers of bias and police inaction, contending working men would face arrests elsewhere. The Sun defends its independence and boasts strong ad reach among Indianapolis readers, urging the paper to press ahead.
A railroad superintendent cites statistics from a bias free report comparing lateness of women clerks to men. From Aug 4 to Sept 24, 37 working days, men averaged 2 minutes 43 seconds late per day, while 21 women averaged 4 minutes 43 seconds late per clerk and 1 second per clerk per day, suggesting women readers a gain in punctuality.
Article notes Indianapolis is highly likely to host the new bartenders home to be built by the Dixie branch of the International Alliance of Bartenders. The group includes locals from Indiana Ohio and southern states and funding would come from per capita taxes in those states. The home is planned as a modern facility with ample grounds to support extensive activities.
A Sanitary ambition in Kansas City aims to build a $1,000,000 soap factory to end the city's dirt problem once operational. The text compiles brief, fragmented quips and notes from various papers, joking about hotels, trains, prisons, politics, and social scenes across the era.
A collage of editorial snippets from Greensburg Review Cambridge City Citizen Pike County Democrat and others criticizes political manipulation and ballot knowledge. It notes voters should seek guidance, praises universal suffrage advocacy, and jokes about pocket folding chairs and beds as safety devices.
The Vanderbilt Cup race victory at Westbury is recounted by George Il Weati, detailing the grueling seven hours and 27 minutes, the perilous drive in a Panhard, and the driver’s pride in an American victory amid French rivalry. He credits survival, skill, and luck, noting the intense course, crowd, and personal endurance as decisive factors.
The editorial discussion criticizes Democratic focus on Roosevelt's personality over platforms, notes skepticism toward party unity, and questions reform, revolution, and consistency in Democratic and Republican lines. It references figures like Abelveney Taggart and reactions from Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cincinnati Star, Washington Star, and Kansas City Star.
Disjointed passages discuss a desire to avoid embarrassing convictions in a political figure, London espionage and war talk,分析 on hyner aromatic plants, a Leytonstone murder, London Underground access, Breslau naturalists museum, quack advert collections, a Great Sahara electric cable plan, and Tibetan beliefs about swallowed microbes.
Sheep for feeding and breeding show a booming demand with the 195 wool clip fetching high prices. Buyers offer 1 cent per pound in advance for the 195 clip, pushing breeding and feeding stock prices above recent years.
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