A Scotch Guide Tells of Salmon Runs and Thirst
Special to The Sun from Gaspe Basin Canada September 4. A Grand River Gaspe guide explains why salmon leave fresh waters for the sea and why thirst drives them back. He notes salmon fatness from sea feeding, then fasts in freshwater, and a physician adds that the salmon’s digestive tract is nearly inactive in saltwater.
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Gaspe Basin
Canada
Grand River
Gaspe
Caplin
Sandy
Trust Buster Sims Targets Corporate Giants and Reforms
The article profiles Sims, a Roosevelt era antitrust figure, pledging strict enforcement of federal laws against all violators including large corporations. It notes his aim to hold directors personally accountable, pursue conspiracies, curb rebates, and restore competition, with praise for his relentless work ethic and focus on Standard Oil as a benchmark.
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Nationalegislatures
Mr. Sims
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Standard Oil Company
Handicapped winner teased by a playful exchange in theater audience
A light moment captures Mary asking what a finger stall has to do with the race winner, prompting a humorous reply about the handicap winner's fate. The exchange reveals local humor at a community event.
Idle luxury of rich people at Newport
A sharp jumble of observations on Newport society details lavish mansions, expensive gowns, and extravagant entertainments. The piece mocks the wealth fueled by gambling, servant wages, and conspicuous consumption, noting high divorce rates and the town’s exclusive freedom from ordinary life. It contrasts money with moral emptiness and questions the societal value of such opulence.
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Newport
Plymouth
Bellevue Ave
40 Servants for One Newport Home in Occupation List
A Newport cottage may require a French chef and assistant chef plus a vegetable preparer and charwoman. A private secretary to the mistress, several tutors for the children, a governess, maids for each grown woman, a valet and nurse, a housekeeper, extra maids, a coachman, chauffeurs for cars, a chauffeur's boy, two butlers, five gardeners, and a watchman. The roster scales with the number of teams and households.
Tales Told About Town and Joe Fanning’s Place
Town gossip describes elevated rail tales as a wagon road joke at Massachusetts Ave crossing. Joe Fanning, aide to Thomas Taggart in 1904, is praised by an admirer named Murphy who recalls his political and personal ties with the Fanning group.
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Massachusetts-ave
Joe
Joe Fanning
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Indianapolis
Murphy
Fanning
Murphy in a Cunning Love Tale Turns to Diplomacy
In a small group a loquacious Murphy boasted of affection and cleverness. A Trishman speaker teased him asking what Joe is doing now. Murphy answers that Joe is not doing much these days except acting as a diplomat.
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Tolleberg
Murphy
Triashman
Murph
Trishman
Mr. Fanning
Joe
Les
Street car con and motorman clash over near miss on track
A summer street car confronts danger as a street cleaner’s wagon nearly blocks the rear of the vehicle. The con dodges to avoid contact while the motorman vents, then laughs off the moment. A note lists Puro Distilled Water Co products and a phone number.
Public Works Seeks Bids for Michigan Street Brick Paving
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces bid opening for Michigan Street from Holmes Avenue to the railroad tracks. Work includes grading and brick paving on a 50 foot width with concrete foundation, curb edges, and utility connections. Bids due September 9, 1907 with required insurance, certified check, and contract bond.
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Peoria & Eastern Railroad
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Indiana
Joseph T. Elliott
Eston C. Trusler
Mack
Eleventh Street
Tacoma Avenue
Temple Avenue
Pine Street
Washington Street
City public works notices in Indianapolis 1907
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces August 26 1907 approval of assessment roll for improvements on Fifteenth Street Eleventh Street Tacoma Avenue and Pine Street. Remonstrances via Friday September 6 1907 hearing. roll open at City Board office.
Public Works approves Lowell Avenue improvement assessment
Public Works of Indianapolis announces an assessment roll for the Lowell Avenue public improvement on the south side from Bolton Avenue Campbell Avenue to the property line. The remonstrance date is September 11, 1907, and details of owners and property descriptions are on file at the Board of Public Works office. Preston C. Trusler.
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Board of Public Works
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Department OF Public Works
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Majestic
Indianapolis
Ind
City of
Indiana
Lowell Avenue
Bolton Avenue
Campbell Avenue
The Sun Offers Free Want Columns for Vacant Rooms
The Sun invites readers to place free ten word advertisements for vacant rooms in its classified want columns, encouraging quick, simple notices without cost.
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Ogden Goelet
Marechal
Neil Rosey
Eivery
Gooseberry Island
James Jordon Bennett
Bennett
Newport Casino
Tennie Court
O. H. P. Belmont
Newport Cottage
A. J. Yawger
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Puro Distilled Water Company
Majestic Bidg
Michigan Street
Holmes Avenue
Metzger
Jacob Metzger Co
Bett Phanes
Department OF Public. Works
Majestic Bldg
Fifteenth Street
College Avenue
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