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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1909

Page

8

Indianapolis Sun notices and address line snippet

The fragment lists publication details for The Indianapolis Sun with names Willis and Thompson and addresses in Ohio Street and advertising representations in New York Chicago St. Louis. It shows print schedule daily except Sunday and postal classification as second class mail.

Sun Ohio Street Gentih & Budd Brunswick Virth Avenue New York Tribune Chicago Third National Bank St. Louis

Mayor Shank Seeks Strong Board of Public Works

The piece lauds Mayor Shank for naming capable members to the Board of Public Works and Public Safety. It argues that criticism from opponents stems from selfishness and urges support for his administration over the next four years. It suggests Shank will run an administration that reflects credit on himself and the city.

Shank Board of Public Works Board of Public Safety

Poets and Power Topics Spark Public Debate Across America

A British poet named Watson tours the United States attacking a woman and her stepdaughter over a verse about a serpent tongue. The piece argues that fame and titles rarely crown talent, citing Campbell Bannerman, Cromwell, Milton, and Mahomet in a critique of public adulation and the source of greatness.

Watson United States America England John D. Rockefeller Campbell-Bannerman

Clever Boston lawyer and an old sailor juror in a dam ages case

A Boston court heard a street railway damages case where a sharp lawyer targeted a slow juror, the old sailor, by a nautical retelling of the incident. The sailor joined a $5,000 verdict for the plaintiff after the analogy.

Boston Juryman

American Heroes of the Sea and Market

The poem recalls Lawrence of the fighting breed dying aboard the Chesapeake with the line Dont give up the ship The speaker links naval heroism to modern power and greed marking Trinity and Wall Street as symbols of enduring battle against tyranny and corruption until the ships fate and the ships flag meet new dangers and resolve persists.

Beryl Sea Barbary Tripoli Salvador Brazil Lawrence Chesapeake Trinity Great Wall Street

The Death of Commodore Lawrence at the Chesapeake

The narrative recalls Thomas B. Gregory Lawrence born Burlington New Jersey October 1 1781. He rose from midshipman to captain and commanded the Hornet before meeting fate aboard the Chesapeake in June 1813 after a bold if ill prepared action against a British frigate. He died in combat and was buried with honors in Trinity churchyard New York.

Lawrence Burlington New Jersey West Indies Tripoli Giege Commodore Preble Uncle Sam John Bull Boston South American Demerara River British Guiana Hornet Corgreas Nis Chesapeake New York Ela Trinity Churchyard

Teaching Good Manners in Public Places

A narrator recalls an elevator encounter with a well dressed pompous girl and a critic friend who urges manners as a form of moral mission. The tale escalates with threats of eavesdropping and a quip about Algerian ear cutting, ending with a humorous call for gratitude from a moralizing friend.

Pompadour Foreign Missionary Society

The Wind of the Sea Poem Invocation

A lyrical meditation on winds, sea and fate. The speaker invokes Euroclydon and other winds, pleading for uplift and meaning beyond sorrow, seeking divine contact through nature and existential breath and asking the Wind of the Sea to carry life toward joy or night.

God

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The Indianapolis Sun Willis Thompson Association of American Advertisers New York City Mayor Shank Indianapolis News Mr. Watson Mrs. Asquith Milton Cromwell Naseby Mahomet Mussulman Epictetus By T. E. Powers Gwan Nix Denmark L . Chef Zink Bill Youre Chester Firkins James Lawrence Thomas B. Gregory Winifred Black Algeria Tmdia Song OF the Sea-Wind William Sharp Euroclydon King of the Winds Wind
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