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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1900
Page
4
Public notice details advertising rates subscription terms and mailing addresses for The Sun. Includes post office listing, carrier delivery six cents weekly and city delivery, and contact guidance for agents and business communications.
If you fail to receive The Sun, promptly notify this office. Call 880, new or old, or send a postal to The Sun.
The piece criticizes Jesse Weik of Greencastle over alleged illegal use of government documents for railroad fare and possible trial consequences including a $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison. It also discusses Indianapolis transit plans, elevated tracks versus viaducts, and local political figures Mayor Taggart Jim Statesman and Mr Reser in a heated, opinionated tone.
The piece argues impending shifts in political issues before election day with growing Democratic emphasis on trusts and imperialism while Republicans abandon defense and push back. It notes temperance and army canteen debates, Bryan and McKinley dynamics, and critiques figures like Mr. Burke amid a broad call for honest, issue based campaigning.
In a collage of lines from several papers a note of critique targets McKinley for neglecting farmers and wheat output while predicting solid support for the president from wealthy trusts. A quip about travel to Indianapolis on the Greenfield line is included along with a playful cricket plaque anecdote about a woman and crickets.
Mrs. James A. Mount returns from Mackinac. Horace Comstock plans a Monday fishing trip. Edna Castor and Fay Hall go to Niagara Falls. St Marys euchre club meets Thursday in St Marys hall. Mrs J A Sutcliffe visits her farm near Connersville. Albert Rabb goes to his Basslake farm for a week. A P Craft to Maxinkuckee to bring family back next week. Miss Mary Marsee and Dr Marlatt wed in September. Mrs Kate Gorman and Maggie McCauley depart Sunday for Kansas City and New Mexico. Invitations issued for Prof Horace Cook and Miss Mary Larkin wedding. Hannah Sonnenberg hosts in honor of Anna Denzer and Minnie Aichee bound for Kendalville. music and dancing.
The Capital National Bank bid the highest for the city's $10,000 loan and the money was paid by Controller Johnson on Saturday to meet payroll allowances. The bank offered the funds at 3 percent.
A collection of quotes from city residents and officials on topics from weed control and labor strikes to journalism, public works, music, sleeping patterns, technology, and social questions reflecting urban life and concerns.
A Washington dispatch notes Secretary Gage reading a paper on a treasury stairs step, calmly ignored by passersby as he sits with his cane. Dr. Phillips Brooks helps a tired mother by keeping the baby for a needed walk. James Russell Lowell’s moonlit stroll inspires a neighborly quip about a butcher. Lord Russell’s court theatrics win laughs, and Ruskin denounces bicycles, insisting walking is mankind’s natural joy.
A collage of humorous verses and anecdotal snippets in light verse form. The piece includes jokes about gossip from a hometown paper, a marriage notice, a hypnotist bit, a land sale quip, and a comic panel about mosquito netting versus fretwork. It closes with a dramatic poem about an evil spirit named Old Bull.
A compendium of opinion notes and remarks from multiple papers. The pieces praise a British officer for a rescue under fire, discuss ethnology and geopolitics involving Russia and China, and stress the voter’s demand for moral character in a candidate.
The notice lists $11.00 fares to Mackinac Island and $10.00 to Mackinac City via the D. C. steamers and Michigan Central trains. Departures are Tuesday September 4th, with tickets valid 30 days and return privilege via D. C. steamers. For details contact ticket agents or R. F. Algeo, D. P. A.
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