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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1904
Page
4
The Sun Building publication details list daily edition except Sunday with editorial and business offices in Indiana. Subscription rates show delivery within city for five cents weekly and outside city pricing options.
A chorus of criticisms targets police for lax youth surveillance after an automobile incident that nearly killed Lillian Trexler. Editors urge thorough hearings in divorce cases, condemn streamlined filings, and praise Indianapolis for standing up to Standard Oil in promoting the rising generation.
The piece contrasts New Yorks public play grounds and school driven leisure with concerns about graft elsewhere. It praises 80 playgrounds and a 120 acre recreation ground, plus baths and nurseries, as investments in health and future dividends. It notes sociological progress and a wish for varied urban amenities while touching on a neighborly greeting after a Jap repulse and a vacation homecoming reflection.
A collage of political snippets notes Fairbanks campaigning in Virginia, Parker’s Senate bid, Ames' penitentiary release and GOP hopes, with wry comment on Purdue faculty and state funding. Various papers mock or critique figures, processes, and education.
A fragmentary dialogue shows actors, reporters, and crowds discussing smoking, marriage, and public scandal. The gossip thread touches Port Arthur, Dowle, lynching rumors, and a prisoner’s silence, with men debating social norms and marital ties in a lively, period voice.
A patchwork of misheard lines and stray phrases from various newspapers describes quirky quotes, snippets about a metropolitan magazine, odd character talk, and a burglary note. It mentions a post office robbery at Woodsville and a travel tale about someone around the world, with a blend of humorous wordplay and erroneous captions.
The brewing workers convention, held here for several days, is expected to adjourn before Thursday. The agenda includes potential changes to national headquarters from Cincinnati, and officers to be elected later by referendum, plus discussion of constitutional points. In Hagerstown residents advocate mail free delivery to all towns, matching farmer benefits.
An editorial titled The Automobile Scandal blames mothers for failing to guard daughters who work for small weekly wages. It argues parents lack responsibility, exposing children to evil influences and temptations, while defending innocence and urging charity until home life is known.
In Chicago on September 2 authorities describe three men who chased a boy named Charlea McCarthy age 1, pulling a lid into a drug store and fleeing after the assault. The boy sustained lacerations to legs and arms and a head bruise. The attackers wore silk hats. no names given.
The funeral for Herman Ziegelmueller, longtime Indianapolis resident and former Market and Alabama Street restaurant and saloon operator, is set for Thursday at 2 pm at Mount Jackson. A German-born local, he lived most of his life in the city. Nearby, a dramatic religious incident occurred as Mrs. Wandworth-Etter’s revival meetings spurred one woman to tear off clothes and shout scripture, with Bicyclemen Hull and Griffin restraining her.
News arrives of a feud flare on South Quicksand creek Breathitt County with shotguns and revolvers. Alexander Jackson a schoolteacher clashed with his brothers and other men. both sides fired. Jackson was wounded and others injured as longtime enemies renewed hostilities.
In Paducah Kentucky a prominent broker and society figure MM Fresc today granted a divorce from Lieut Plautie daughter of evangelist Sam Jr. The couple had met last summer at an evangelical meeting, ending their brief marriage.
An old advertisement extols Cathora remedies for blemished skin scalp and blood. It cites ancient authorities on beauty and argues time age and disease ruin looks. The copy claims original scientifically compounded formulas, pure and climate-stable, offering remedies for disfiguring humors and hair loss.
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