Real Reform Claims vs City Gambling Trail Debate
An Indianapolis editorial disputes a Cincinnati Enquirer account of a reform probe. It details a staged resort visit, police shams, and alleged administration manipulation to discredit investigations into city vice, arguing the News lied and reform promises failed while gamblers and illicit houses persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indianapolis
Enquirer
The
Feartzman
Kruger
Holtzman
Il Repute
Sergi. Hagerman
Couneilman
Madden
Sun
Rahkes
Heiers
Sullivans
Smiths
Armitages
The Advantage of Sobriety in Baseball and Business
An editorial argues sobriety boosts performance in baseball and all work, noting players are discharged for drunkenness and sober professionals gain trust, higher wages, and success. It cites railways banks government and public service as enforcing sobriety, urging industry and sports to uphold clean standards and public morality. It also critiques self described reformers and political figures in a fragmented closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
Railway Companies
Telegraph Companies
Express Companies
Banking
A Sauerkraut Mine Discovered in Phillippeville
In Phillippeville Algiers workers uncovered a mine beneath a hillock described as a compressed mass of cabbage with sauerkraut smell and color. Reportedly 20 enbre yards had been exposed and digging continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillippeville
Algiers
Chicago Tribune
Japanese Widows Sign a Sign of Grief in Hair Adornment
A widow signals her intent to worry no more by twisting hair around a long hairpin across the back of the head, while another widow who wishes to keep memory of a lost spouse eats her hair short and combs it back plainly.
Hospital fosters Hindu women doctors in India
The piece notes that only low-caste Hindu women are allowed to care for sick Hindon women, yielding many crippled children. English women have opened a hospital in north India where forty Hindu women are being trained as physicians, nurses and surgeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
North
Women clerks scarce in government building at Omha
In Omaha the government building has no women clerks currently employed with the sole former female worker having left a $74 post to marry. The vacancies are filled from the top of the list and women stand as good a chance as men, except in the Philippines or Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governorment
Onmha
Phillippines Or
Panama
Regiment Reunion of the Bixtesith Indiana Regiment
The Bixtesith Indiana regiment will hold its annual reunion at the circuit courtroom in Indianapolis on Wednesday September 1. Thomas Mr Hardy serves as secretary of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anmund Reunian
Bixtesith Indiana Regiment
Indianapolis
Thomas Mr. Hardy
Nerves and Nuggets: McCloskey Bench War Sparks Joyce Rise
The tale centers on John J. McCloskey owner manager of a Houston club in 1888 and Bill Joyce star third baseman. Joyce publicly benches McCloskey after errors, switching Flaherty to right field, Houston wins as Joyce leads from third. This volatile moment marks Joyce’s ascent to famed player manager status and sparks talk of his captaining leadership across clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McCloskey
Bill Joyce
St. Louis
New York
McCloskey
Houston
Tex
Joyce
Mae
Pat Flaherty
Flaherty
Qtyner
Joycer
Mac
Clnb
Javee
Tie
Brooklyn Brotherhood
Boston Reds
William
AL Hany Dournat
Bluntness Punished in a Matrimonial Harsh Exchange
A young lady visiting a gathering with guests including the eldest son of a wealthy manufacturer spoke bluntly on marriage. She quipped that a husband should declare his path by action, then threatened to “knock the blue” from a rival, provoking a sharp reply about attendance. The Detroit Tri records the exchange.
Korea Featured In Exaggerated Traveler’s Sketch
A Louisville dispatch notes a press essay praising Korea as the Land of the Freshness of the Morning with poetic claims of beauty and wealth while retching social flaws. It contrasts ancient aristocracy with modern devices and jokes about royal entertainments, then shifts to Lincoln birthplace becoming a national park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kores
France
Orfielala
Regul
Seoul
Lincoln
Scrippe-M'Rae Press Association
Louisville
Bougne
Col
Mar
Travel Signs and Warnings for September Seventh, 1905
On Thursday September seven one horoscope warns travelers to remove and sign writings before journeying else the year will be active for money and business. A child born on this day is advised to be clever careful and persevering and is deemed fortunate in business.
Sunshine and Smiles and Oddities From a Page
A fragmented collection of quirky dialogues and stray phrases from a newspaper page. It references small boys seeking money, posters, a Swedish plumber term, a Derby sighting, and assorted captions about Scarborough, a mayor and mayoress, and odd verses including Prague. The tone mimics a light, humorous column with miscellaneous clippings.
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Indianapolis Sun
Andi Ts He Ohtont
Ind
Maryland St
Fred Eppert
Lememberg
Oppert
Tom Mk
Jim Keach
Saltonist
Donavan
Castoria
Beveridge
Detroit
Tribune
Korea
NEW York Starf
Buster Brown
Navertley
Pope Motor Car CO
Indiana Auto Co
New York St
Waverley
Dep't
South East Street
Columbia National Bank
Opfichra
M. B. Wilson
A. A. Barnes
Prest
Newby
W. F. CG. Golt
Cashler
W. K. Sproule, Jr
D, Dickey
Raphael
Sunshine and
Ronun
Wan
A. Harrington
Pittsturger
Suguachee
Tenn
Tennessee
Ed Ior
the Barber
Saratoga
Scarborough
Landon
Japan
Kauaks
Prague
Walter Howard
Moore & Burgess- Christie Minstrels
London
Indiana
School OF Business
Speciali
Sta
Portland
Oregon
Union Pacific
Directs Wate
Oregon Country
Exposition City
California
W. C. Conno
G. A
East Fourth St
Cincians
Ohio
Union Trust CO
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