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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1899
Page
4
The editorial notes judge Taggart and Bookwalter responses to Newlin on enforcing laws. It accuses Taggart of vague promises and suggests Bookwalter gives a steadier reply. The piece critiques candidates, urges voters to study platforms, and questions city charter violations and school superintendency posture.
Town residents denounce the disruptive agitation blamed on a wrocking element. Pugh supports re-election while a grand jury was urged to act before he left town. A possible October 10 completion date raises fear of beer shortages and local patriot calamity.
Tales told at the Metropolitan club recount Dewey’s naval feats and his reputation as a fighter, with Col. James Morgan recalling the USS Mississippi episode and a Vermont privateer anecdote illustrating caution against overconfidence in warfare.
In an anecdotal reminiscence, Dewey faces rough talk aboard ship and a squall incident on a Mediterranean voyage. A muttered joke about “agricultural population” diffuses amid crew, while a Mobile Bay shark bite robs Dewey of his coat tails and elicits a wry response from the ship’s doctor.
John A. Haldeman longtime business manager of the Louisville Times died on Saturday. Henry Ross of Taunton Mass is dead from a head blow in a football game. Peter Stiens a Russian scientist says he can give artificial sight and help the deaf with a new electrical device. Herbert L. Bridgeman Peary Arctic veteran is in New York and predicts Peary will reach the pole within four years. Bettina Girard a former Washington New York actress plans to become a nurse in a New York hospital. G F W B Howard a noted post office swindler was arrested in Worton Mich for fraudulent use of the mails. he escaped Columbus O prison in 1897 and has preached in Jackson and Horton churches, tied to the foreign inheritance fraud scheme.
Forty years of use with Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry hailed for curing summer complaint and dysentery. The advertisement asserts it never failed to do everything claimed and lists diarrhoea bloody flux abdominal pain as targets.
A jumble of local ads lists commutation tickets at 1.25 for 1.00, a Plaza restaurant address at Monument place, and selling out harness and trunks at 382 E. Washington St. Jas. C. Pfleger is named with 22 S. Meridian St. The notice also promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Southern Railway literature including Land of the Sky and Empire of the South with 25 cent price for delivery.
An old notice advertises a $1 25 round trip special train via Pennsylvania lines from Union station at 7 20 a m and returning from Madison at 6 00 p m on Sunday Sept 24. It includes a testimonial about One Minute Cough Cure with patient Helen McHenry of Bismarck North Dakota praising its instant relief for pneumonia related lung issues.
A detailed review of Miss Lavinia Shannon’s stage outfits for her debut and subsequent acts. The painted silk muslin gown features rose embroidery, a white satin underskirt, and a pink bow. Other acts include a white organdie with heliotrope trim and a black Brussels net ensemble. Her final act wedding gown is white organdie over pink taffeta with broad black insertion.
A collection of brief dispatches and satirical notes from early papers. Mentions Gen Funston in Manila, critique of city council powers, a farmer’s death by buckeye consumption, Buckner’s stance on Kentucky governors, and Gen Otis assessing Philippine correspondents credentials.
In remarks across editorials the Detroit Free Press notes a debate over a “faith cure” death and a murky line in a Frankfort Indiana dictionary while the Philadelphia Times highlights nervousness in official circles as Senator Beveridge contemplates his findings from a recent Philippines inspection and maintains a deliberate silence.
The Grand stock company debuts its season Monday night with Jim the penman as the opening play. A crowd is expected to fill the house. Matinees start Tuesday. English's hosts Lord and Lady Algy with Will iam Faversham and Miss Jessie Millward opening Tuesday night. Hanlon's Superba plays at the Park all week starting Monday with matinees from Tuesday. Rider's Moulin Rouge opens at the Empire Monday afternoon.
Rev J Cumming Smith criticizes France as godless and frivolous while urging reverence for home life. Rev C C Rowlison emphasizes the home as the premier spiritual authority in a man’s life. Rev M I Haines says personal, living testimony builds the church more than books or sermons.
H. L. SHUTE announces a service to cover old brick buildings with rock-faced stone imitation from the Talbot block.
67 ex excursion coaches arrived Sunday and 51 were sent out. Munem stockholders meet Wednesday with talk of coal field extension. Indiana Southern will enter Terre Haute on its own right of way. Loaded car movement last week totals 22 £ 55 and 4 552 empties, a rise. Grain rate trends await Oct 1 implementation. Lehigh Valley contracts run to Sept 25. Board of trade cites 216,040,405 pounds of merchandise shipped last week including flour coal wheat oats corn hogs cattle ice meats.
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