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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
4
Slot Machines and Political Duty Stir Indiana City
An opinion denounces Mayor Bookwalter and the Board of Safety for tolerating runing slot machines and other gambling devices, urging action and accountability. It argues the Democratic state committee owes a moral duty to pay an honest debt to W. H. Hawkins and calls the public to demand truth and proper conduct before the next primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Board of Safety
Supt. Taffe
Taffe
Safety Board
Democratic State Central Committee
W. H. Hawkins
Iself
Democratic Party of
Indiana
Remembering the Technical Institute Drive in Indianapolis
The article urges continued fundraising for Indianapolis Technical Institute with $15,000 still needed amid campaign focus. It contrasts political aims with the institute effort and notes snake bite remedies remain popular though newer anti toxins exist. It also mentions betting laws and historic enforcement gaps in relation to saloon slot machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technical Institute For
Indianapolis
Institute
Spot News Roundup From Indiana Papers
Multiple editorials note political shifts with Democrats favored in off year trends and critique state political figures. Commentary references local officials, tariff views, and Roosevelt's push to curb public printing while urging efficiency across state departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Tribune
Alexander H. Stephens
Statuary Hall
Washington City
Richmond Sun-Télegram
Michigan City Dispatch
Roosevelt
Crawfordsville
Amusements Grand Vaudeville and Empire Showings
Amusements listings show Grand Vaudeville at 2 15 and 8 15 with Miss at 2 and 8 in the Park. Empire offers Gay morning varieties at 2 and unknown 8 schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARK
Empire
On the Quiet Farce Staged in Indianapolis
At English's on Wednesday night a fair crowd saw the farce On the Quiet produced previously in Indianapolis by William Collier. Thomas Ross, a young actor, played Collier’s former role and was competent though not equal to Collier. A real Jap played the servant and shared interest with the principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
William Collier
Thomas Ross
Collier
Empire vaudeville at Grand and Park this week
Empire company led by James J. Corbett showcases top vaudeville acts at the Grand next week including Corbett as a premier monologuist and Nellie McHenry in We Lies with Park performances this week. Cooper and Schall as the sunbeams join the closing Empire burlesque while the Three Meets headline as notable European specialists in an eight week to date tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Company
James J. Corbett
Corbett
Nellie McHenry
Miss McHenry
the Empire
Cooper
Schall
Band to Make First Local Visit in New York
The group will perform in New York for the first time locally, closing a tour with an opening act that drew early interest. The announcement signals a major milestone as fans anticipate a premiere city appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Candidate's Triumph Sketches and Songs
A reflective poem recounts a candidate’s election night joy and public reception. Lines describe cheering crowds, hat-tosses, and celebratory feasts, followed by telegrams declaring victory and the hope of an opponent’s dream. The piece closes with a cynical aside on self conversation and doubt.
Football players 22 Battling in the sun
A vivid sports brief describes a football game with 22 players under the sun as a fast paced clash ends decisively with a dramatic finish.
Fragmented Rural Chats and Commerce Patter
A humorous vignette features a debtor arguing with a collector about payment and a quip about distance and enchantment. The piece ends with a poetical aside credited to EDWARD SINGER and a sentimental exchange about pianos.
Women in Professions Across the United States
The census shows many women in diverse fields from medicine law clergy and teaching to electric work carpentry and mining. Notable counts include 7 399 women physicians 32 405 women clergymen 1 271 bank officials 1 042 architects 545 carpenters and 21 stevedores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A Corner For The Women Handkerchief Corset Covers
A fashion note explains handkerchief corset covers made from triangular handkerchief pieces. Four are needed, with beading forming shoulder straps and a beaded waist belt. Instructions describe assembling triangles, stitching with beading, and shaping openings. An onion salt product is also noted.
Advice on tasteful dress for varied occasions
The piece offers practical style guidance for dressing well on a tight budget. It recommends owning one black crepe de chine gown for versatile use and a blue serge tailor made suit with a single well fitting coat and short skirt for town wear, demi toilette, or dinners at home.
Almonds Enrich Eggless Rice Pudding and Russian Salad
A tea cupful of blanched almonds finely chopped into the rice pudding improves the dish made without eggs by slow cooking. Peeled chopped tomato over lettuce with French dressing creates a Russian salad.
Wild Boy Found by Hunters in New York Woods
A hunter returning to Syracuse and a companion found a 16 year old lad named Angus Hady roaming the woods near Potsdam in St. Lawrence County. The boy, half starved and half clothed, had lived two weeks with no food but wild grapes and herbs. He was taken to his home about 20 miles away. his parents will be made to care for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Nas
Raquette River
Potsdam
St. Lawrence County
Angus Hady
Fashion notes on trims for gowns and hats
The article outlines season trims including lace matching gown color, horizontal skirt tucks, green and black color pairings, velvet street dresses, dark brown wool lace over silk, drooping ostrich feathers with jet cabochons, black tulle theater hats, paradise feathers, silver turquoise ornaments, and mousquetaires due to elbow sleeves, reflecting period style.
Cleaning and curling techniques for feathers and ostrich plumes
Soiled feathers may be washed in hot water with soap using soft water and rinsed well. Ostrich feathers are washed then treated with oxalic acid, starched, and curled with a warm curling iron or a dull knife. Light feathers may be benzine washed, wings and fancy feathers washed, and white wings brushed with magnesia after drying and pluming.
Champion Walker Cyrus Tollman Hayward Claims Octogenarian Championship
Cyrus Tollman Hayward of Challacombe asserts status as the champion octogenarian pedestrian of Minois. The Easton Mass native walked ten miles from Challacombe to Medora on last June 4 in celebration of his eighty third birthday and has since logged other long distances. He recalls a 45 mile walk from Beverly to Zanesville in one day at age nineteen, followed by a return trip the next day. He attributes his vigor to hereditary vitality, temperance, and a porkless diet, calling the hog a diseased animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Tollman Hayward
Challacombe
Minois
Hayward
Easton
Mass
Medora
Mr. Hayward
Beverly
Zanesville
House of Hayward
The Mad Mullah Threat to East Africa War
A historical note on the Mad Mullah a fanatical Somali priest leading combined tribes in Somaliland against the British Russia is said to back him. The region remains disputed with Abyssinia France and Italy. The mullah commands an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 mounted followers with rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
Mad Mullah
Somaliand
Mussulman
Russia
Somaliland
Africa
Abyssinia
Gulf of Aden
Egypt
Horn
Menelik
France
Italy
Mullah
Bokhara
Cairo
City Life Highlights and Local Notices
Dr Sloan critically ill at his Meridian Street home. George Ward sells residence at Thirty-fourth and Meridian to John Shaw for 12000 dollars. Henry Clapp lectures on King Lear before the Contemporary club. Anti saloon league and Indianapolis clergy plan to close 99 saloons in wards 1 2 3 4 8 and 9. Indian bones found near Glenns Valley. relics moved to Glenn Valley schoolhouse. Edward Taylors recital rescheduled for German house with Sue Smith and Adam Wheeler. A child’s cough saves family as smoke alarms the Alfred Senour home at 61st New Jersey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaw
Geo. Ward
Thirty-fourth
Clapp
Henry Austin Clapp
Boston
Anti
Glenn's Valley
Glenn Valley
Taylor
Edward
Miner Fatally Shot After Wife Douses Him With Water
John Krebs, a coal miner at Jerome in Jefferson County, threw a water pail at his wife who refused to rise for breakfast. She retaliated and killed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, Krebs
Jerome, Ja
No inquest into hanging of Atlantic City youth
The death of 13 year old Lloyd Hanmell in a graveyard is ruled a suicide by the county physician, despite the father Charles Hanmell disputing the finding. The physician states the boy feared punishment for reading novels at school and chose death to escape punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hanmell
Atlantic City
Charles Hanmell
Souder
Snappy Proverb Quips From Sing Sing Periodical
A set of brief wisdom lines from the Star of Hope at Sing Sing prison in New York. The quips touch on labor, temptation, bargains, politics, memory, and personal conduct, reflecting inmate-created periodical humor and moralizing verses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Hope
Sing Sing
New York
Drunks Propose New Tale To Judge On Night Arrests
A police court session hears habitual drinkers claim sickness from a cold and whiskey with rock candy as the cause of their intoxication. One prisoner shares the idea, prompting the judge to caution about whiskey’s treacherous effects and advise medical help for colds and drinking.
Consolation for Tarkington and crime in fiction
The New York Sun notes Booth Tarkington should not fear liability for a crime described in his novelette Monsieur Beaucaire. History shows top criminals mimic fiction, but courts typically reject such damages claims, citing no liability for misapplication of a story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Crook
Monsieur Beaucaire
Chambers Journal
London
Tarkington
New York Sun
Wealthy Montana Pioneer Rosenthal Dies
Joseph H. Rosenthal, a wealthy Montana pioneer who died recently, built his fortune by accident. He ran a miners boarding house and a boarder, unable to pay, granted him an interest in a mining claim. Shortly after, a payload was struck, making the mine highly profitable in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Rosenthal
Montana
Rosenthal
My Mother
A poem from the Christian Advocate praises a mother who sacrificed for her child with daily toil prayer and care. The speaker reads his life in his mother's worn face, valuing her years as pearls from divine gifts.
Queerest Farm on Harlem River Pier Grows Crop
A bridge tender on the long Harlem river pier beneath the Madison Ave bridge swings tends a patch of loam filled by broken stone. He cultivates corn beans peas potatoes and tomatoes each opportunity, turning the pier into a growing farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem River
Madison Ave
Coliseum Project Progresses and Consolidation Talks
Committees representing the Commercial Club and Board of Trade met Wednesday to advance the Coliseum project. They discussed consolidation of the two bodies and the erection of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Deafness and Catarrh Cure Claim Offer
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes a constitutional remedy for inflammation of the Eustachian Tube. It claims nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and promises one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that the remedy cannot cure, urging readers to bend for details.
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