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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun lists Willis 8 Thompson as publishers with foreign advertising reps in New York Chicago and St Louis. The paper is entered as second class mail and certifies its circulation by the Association of American Newspapers. No 165.
Opinion on public utilities and corporate influence condemns railroad and transit abuses. A discussion highlights the Great Eastern Railway in England losing twenty five million passengers yearly after streetcar competition and notes electric interurban lines cutting fares in central states. Indianapolis is cited as a center benefiting from electrics while government stays under corporate influence.
The piece argues that in a republic with opportunity for all the rich will gain more while the poor lose ground. It contrasts healthy, prosperous people with the hungry and undernourished, urging readers to think clearly and vote earnestly to improve conditions and protect the weak.
A Kansas City Journal clipping recounts a humorous scene in which a tough printer named Red sits on the editor’s front steps. An officer and editor discuss a mistaken arrest, then note Red will be taken to the cooler and given a night’s lodging. The marshal recalls Red’s late roost.
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