The Indianapolis Sun Willis and Thompson Ad Rates
The Indianapolis Sun is a daily publication except Sundays, printed in the Sun building at 128 and 14 E Ohio. Foreign ad reps are listed in New York Chicago and St Louis. The paper is certified by the Association of American Advertisers for circulation.
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Sun
Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
St. Louis
Post Office
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Your Wife's Christmas Present A Useless Gift Emphasis
A dated exhortation urges husbands to buy a useless, sentimental gift for their wives at Christmas. It argues sentiment and romance sustain married life, suggesting simple items like a pin or flowers, tied to the memory of courtship, and advises presenting it with affirming words to make the wife feel younger.
Lifetic Craze for Athletic Supremacy in Schools
An editorial warns that school athletics must be carefully supervised to protect children health. It urges mandatory rigid physical exams before contests, reduced classroom temperatures for better air, and routine dental and health checks. It stresses that only fit children should compete and advocates safer exercise for weaker ones.
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Board of Education
Soren
Hoxtie
Up to Date Jokes and Quick Quips From The Press
Humorous exchanges touch on a death by own action club a famed football team and engagement ring diamonds. Patter circles around railway dangers a Paris study and a model posing in magazine romances with light punchlines and banter.
Humorous Exchange Over Proposals and Dry Farming
A playful argument unfolds between a bragging woman and her friend. The friend mocks the proposal scene and mocks the husband’s leg status, while another remark pivots to dry farming and drought fears, revealing regional tensions.
Great Women of History The Maid of Orleans
A vivid portrait of Joan of Arc born in Domremy and rising from peasant life to lead French forces. The feature traces her visions, 1428 coronation moment with Charles, capture at Compiegne, trial by inquisition, and execution at Rouen on May 30 1481 in Rouen ending at twenty.
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Orleans
Joan of Arc
Maid of
Domremy
France
Henry VI
Joan
Jargean
Patay
Loire
Rhelme
Charles
Compiegne
University of Paris
Inquisition
Rouen
Evils of tight lacing blamed on improper wearing
The article argues the corset itself is harmless when worn properly. It urges loosening lace, starting with garters loose, and maintaining freedom of movement. Tight lacing harms health and appearance, while a comfortable corset and sensible dress improve comfort and health.
Prohibition Downed in Alabama Vote
Alabama voters rejected adding prohibition to the state constitution on November 29, overturning anti liquor zeal with a crushing defeat. The ruling, attributed to oppressive anti liquor laws and revenue loss fears, signals a tempering of the prohibition push across the south and cautions future reform efforts.
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Alabama
South
Albania
Harper's Weekly
The Poet and the Lady Tale
A popular poet Warburton Wix courted by many women yet faced sharp gossip from a wife of prominence. He penned a biting verse mocking gossiping women blaming them for trivial quarrels. The wife coolly dismissed his insult, hinting at marital leverage and exposing the poet’s vanity.
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James J. Montague
Warburton Wiz
Warburton
Warburton Wix
Pan
Neighbors Complain About Stormy Piano Lesson Tale
A letter to the Atchison Globe recounts Lysander John Appleton and wife mocking a storm through their daughter Daysey Mayme’s piano playing. The narrator details being struck and bruised by the parents while they explain thunder and rain, prompting a rumored neighborhood row and a possible damages claim.
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Lysander John Appleton
Daysey Mayme
Lysander Joba
Lysander John
Atchison Globe
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Pauline
Mr. Johnson
Esther
Paris
Mies Poser
Sketchley
Denmark
Aes
Thomas B. Gregory
Beatrice Fairfax
the Poet and
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