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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
16
The item notes Willis S Thompson appears in The Indianapolis Sun, a daily newspaper published in the Sun Building at 128 and 1% East Ohio, with second class mail entry. The date indicated is Monday December 14, 1908.
A 67 year old carpenter Samuel Miller, jobless and hungry in 1908, decides to steal after contemplating suicide. He breaks a jeweller's window but is arrested and jailed, exposing a critique of civilization's apparent care versus neglect. The piece questions how prosperity treats the elderly and honest poor.
A Popular Mechanics illustrated explainer describes purified milk for infants in hardship homes. It notes four million yearly bottle distributions in NYC and 2500 babies fed milk stripped of tuberculosis germs, provided by wealthy benefactors at near cost using nursing bottles suited to infant ages.
A passenger aboard an ocean liner asked the captain what would happen in a collision with an iceberg. The captain replied that the iceberg would move along as if nothing bad happened, leaving the lady relieved despite the dangers.
Excerpt from Dorothy Canfield in Scribner's contrasts Hillsboro isolation with city life. Reflections on returning to a village church during prayer meetings reveal the warmth of human presence versus urban anonymity and the ineffable satisfaction of country living.
A western match has pioneered planting tree seeds nuts and cuttings in refuse tin cans. An oak reaches 25 feet in eight years and a redwood grows to 36 feet in 12 years. A tomato can with a hole at the bottom starts a tree, and keeping dirt moist aids rapid growth. Later trees are transplanted while still in the cans as rust frees the roots.
Excerpt from Henry M. Hyde's article in Technical World Magazine recounts how federal land grants funded railroad expansion. It contrasts government largess with private promoters asking for aid, noting land grants surpassed several states in area and that Congress repeatedly ceded public domain to railroads.
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