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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
11
The Indianapolis Sun features Willis S Thompson as the paper’s subject in a daily publication note. Readers are reminded of the Gun Building location at 123 and 125 K. Chio St for the newspaper’s offices and distribution.
Citizens weigh in on the city’s effort to resolve the dispute between Central Union and the New company over rates and franchises. The piece argues for public protection, equitable consolidation, and affordable service, warning that any rate hike or forced sale would affect 17,000 rental telephones and 3,000 directory names. It notes mayoral push for consolidation with safeguards against future rate increases.
A sharp critique of the public nuisance created by vainglorious pretenders dubbed the four flushers. The author contrasts genuine workers with loud, self aggrandizing figures, warning they mislead and waste time. He likens them to worthless currency and urges readers to value true competence over empty bravado.
A visitor questions why a clock that strikes every half hour exists. The artist replies with a clever practical joke about telling time when awake at night. The clock’s half hour strikes become a hint of future two o'clock, revealing a playful insight.
A Jamaican assistant to a district physician in the canal zone misreads Latin instructions. He explains he used pill numbers six and then improvises, saying he gave one pill from number four and one from number two after number six ran out. The anecdote, cited from Lippincotts, relies on language and miscount.
Humorously profiles Jack Downer a Brooklyn born lightweight who dodges schooling to box in dark lots. He refuses a cheap contract from Charlie Banks of Greenwood Athletic Club and says he wants a thousand dollars, not a mere 1.20. The anecdote comes from Fighters in Real Life by Robert Edgren.
A Success Magazine excerpt warns against get rich quick schemes and racing bets. It cites a New York employer who fired an employee for gambling on races and argues such a man lacks judgment for handling his own and others affairs.
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