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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1904
Page
4
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The piece satirizes fool election bets and crowd antics at a fair. It notes bets about shaving mustaches, wheelbarrow stunts, and ham loving friends, with Perry Heath abroad in Egypt. A mysterious vendor offers a water turned whisky concoction, prompting threats of hanging in Cleveland and Kentucky.
In Wilmington Delaware editor exposes truthlessness of John Edward O Sullivan Addicks known as Gas by testing a spoon contest among local mothers. Letters reveal one child named Addicks, another christening clash with Benedict Arnold, and a third offering spoons for legislature change. The piece also notes Morley on expansion and Uncle Samuel realization.
The quote argues prisons should reform rather than punish, insisting that inmates be treated as capable of change. It cites New York state policy removing prison stripes from 2,384 first term convicts as a step toward citizenship.
A torn snippet discusses sleep, fatigue, and the use of Sarsaparilla as a claimed remedy. It mentions kidneys in a vague, antiquated health context and reads like an advertising or herbal medicine fragment from an older newspaper page.
A stark battlefield scene shows a burial trench near Liao-Yang where Japanese soldiers lie in rows. Posts mark each grave with black painted characters indicating burial time, company, and regiment. The trench opened on the second day of the famed Liao-Yang fight in rugged hillside terrain southeast of the city.
Sociologists hail the October 26 1904 law as humane. It argues first term prisoners deserve dignity, opposing the striped suit stigma. Advocates say humane treatment may curb crime as New York trials a system without visible punishment. Other notes tag Pittsburg marriage to a comic foreigner and political row over Standard Oil and Dowie.
A fragment from Newton Kansas Journal references a mayoral race and rumors of legislative moves. It notes plans to introduce a bill banning badger fighting, and mentions Jim Tillman seeking ministry, with cracks about election behavior and local concerns.
Personal and social notices report residents returning home from visits in Indianapolis Columbus Bedford Martinsville and Shel byville. Travelers include Kathan Kaufman Seymour Emma Clevinger and Cleo Weaver with many others visiting friends relatives or attending events across Indiana cities.
One hundred years ago today Emmet the Irish patriot arrived in America. Seventy five years ago a steam vessel began Dublin to Mordeaux service at ten miles per hour. Fifty years ago two additional asterails discovered by M M Goldschmidt and Chacerman in Paris named Polymonia and Poman a. Forty years ago the United States Internal Revenue report showed an income of 500000 dollars daily. Ten years ago BIT filler veteran Indianapolis taxi hackman found dead in bed.
A hotel clerk and a traveling man discuss pickpicking habits among clerks who remove tiny items from guests. The traveling man recalls a $200 diamond pin missing after a persistent picker touched his coat and says he now stops such behavior by blocking hands.
A banquet speech by a Wright Insurance Company executive in Atlanta urged sharper fire precautions, arguing many neglect lives of neighbors as financial interest rises. The tale contrasted a riverbank mother who had lost only a few children with the danger around her. The piece also recalls Civil War reminiscences from General Fitzhugh Lee and a Carnegie era organ recital anecdote involving Frederick Archer.
The ironmaster praised the grand organ at a recital while an organist claimed a more natural rendition on a small church instrument. Mr Archer admitted he played better on the small organ, then laments his umbrella disappeared as he prepared to depart. Political commentary follows with varied opinions on Parker Roosevelt and American influence in the Philippines, contrasting views from the Times.
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