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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
4
City readers learn new phone subscription rates. In city six cents per week, outside city six months in advance costs 1.09. outside city rates are listed per month and per year, with advance payment options.
A Camden New Jersey firm, Nonpareil Cork Manufacturing, faces federal indictments for fraud in life preserver cork. Iron bars concealed in cork blocks left victims in the Slocum disaster without buoyancy, prompting claims of deliberate murder for gain. The piece condemns adulteration and industry greed, and notes public interest in financial crimes by a Chicago businesswoman and a bank thief.
The clipping laments high taxes in Lawrence County and references state and county grantees. It notes violence in football, a wagon accident injuring a rider, and a mixture of editorials from Kedford Democrat, Satom Democrat, Noblesville Ledger, Whitehork Timah, Lincoln era sentiment, and South Caroling Tribuna. The tone blends political critique with sports mishap imagery.
A garbled collection of humorous phrases and misread lines from various papers. It mixes schoolroom banter about guessing questions with odd exchanges about matinees. The text includes stray names and fragmented quotes with nonsensical spellings and misprints.
In a street scene a fortune teller warns against predicting elections. A shoe clerk jokes about steady routines, while a prize fighter named Walcott eyes a mayoral race in a Boston suburb. Russians are described as cheerful, and war correspondents remain upbeat about the conflict.
The Vienna downturn hits all corset factories with plant closures and lay-offs. The Chamber of Commerce links the decline to medical campaigns against tight lacing and to the spread of reform dresses. Other oddities include kilts for boys, a Scottish farm transfer, and capricious European curiosities.
The piece critiques Hoosier voters and leaders including Thomas Taggart and Ames, arguing fixed names fail to match past influence. It notes Mr Taggart’s possible embarrassment with November’s election and contrasts Wyaton and Bryan’s positions, reflecting on party dynamics and populist sympathy in a puzzling political moment.
Five dogs near Michigan and Pennsylvania ta were poisoned on Wednesday and all died. Residents fear rabberies and burglars are behind the poisonings. One dachshund belonging to Gen. Dohia New was poisoned but rescued by swift medical care.
Frederick Weber, a veteran, died after being scalded in the bathrooms of the Tinosasym for the incurable insane at South Barton. An attendant testified the water was tested and found temperate, but the patient suffered fatal burns.
Fragmented report from Birmingham Alabama outlines a high profile figure, identified only in garbled form, involved in a life threatening situation. Names and details are unclear due to OCR errors, with references to a manager Benes Morphy and a “Smith” figure, plus unspecified Canadian and American connections.
Across the city, officials push a curfew amid wartime controls. Whistles ring as police tighten enforcement while food rationing and shortages ripple through Arkansas and Texas communities. Officials warn of strike risks and spark protests as governors weigh emergency measures and fiscal plans to sustain essential services.
Guests and reporters fill the hotel lobby as politicians Bryan and McKinley draw crowds. Women in elegant dresses mingle with underwriters while a Wayne County Republican observes the scene and the band arrives for a social event.
Miss Susen B and Miss Mary Anthony visit Leavenworth and Auburn to attend the State suffrage association meeting. They plan a three week stay and expect to share their experiences at a Berlin gathering. The piece also notes contemporary opinions on women's roles and a local incident with a sewing machine.
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