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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1903
Page
7
A nocturnal tour of Union Station shows trains and crowds ebbing and flowing after midnight. Guards, callers, and clerks manage tickets while tramps, theater folk, and late travelers fill the sleeping hours with activity and noise before dawn returns quiet.
Indianapolis leads in candy production with five large factories and many small shops. Manufacturers expect the city to become the national candy center, citing rising output, higher quality, and expanding local and regional sales. Modern methods rely on steam cooking, automated depositing, and large seasonal shipments to department stores.
The article notes that long hours and tedious, patient work exhaust the girls, leading to carelessness that spoils more goods. Factory managers blame the intense workload, with shifts starting early and ending near 10 o'clock, leaving little time at home.
A reader asks the Indianapolis Journal to pressure the street-railway company to improve the North Pennsylvania street line. Service has worsened for a year, with cars supposed to run every nine or ten minutes but often delayed. Noon and evening waits reach 15 to 20 minutes, seats require meeting cars on Illinois street, and a crowded moment near Meridian and Washington streets left many jammed onto the rear platform.
Letters from Indianapolis readers criticize high prices at local theaters compared with Chicago and Detroit, claim unfair seat costs deter attendance, and urge fair pricing. Other notes deplore deteriorating asphalt pavements caused by streetcar tracks and urge stronger city oversight of franchisees. A plea on stamp line etiquette and smoke nuisance follows.
A Youths Companion piece notes New York post office money orders totaling 616000 over one steamship season sent to Europe and other regions. Immigrant families in the city fund remittances averaging under 18 dollars, with banks, express firms and drafts totaling about 15 million handled during the Christmas period. The piece reflects on Santa Claus symbolism and the extensive delivery network.
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