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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun announces Willis S. Thompson in a daily publication with Sunday excluded. Information notes the Sun Building address at 12 and 13 EB and mentions post office second class mail status on Monday January 12, 1909.
A letter argues for a parcels post to aid rural carriers and local merchants, condemning express companies as harmful. It claims cheap parcel rates would boost farmers selling eggs and butter, enable small towns to catalog wholesale goods, and improve local prosperity, urging voters to press Roosevelt and Taft for action.
A state legislative outlook notes that revenue needs will push new taxes, including an inheritance tax. Support exists across parties to collect overdue taxes, with collectors paid a share. Proposals aim to share costs, curb tax dodgers, and address labor health in linotype rooms.
Tim Murphy set a new travel record by covering 1900 miles in 44 hours from Louisville to Terre Haute with a detour through New York City. He arranged with Willam Brady and Louis Werba to defer contract start until April to finish Cupid and the Dollar through spring. Joseph O Mara leads his American starring tour after a New York success, while Brooks and Dingwall plan Drury Lane style Sins of Society at McVicker’s in Chicago.
Letters from Macy and Indianapolis reveal public debate on merchants power and woman suffrage. A Macy correspondent thanks the Indianapolis Sun for advocating suffrage, arguing ballot access benefits farmers and middle class women, improving schools and roads and inviting better governance. Mary S. Wilson signs the latter letter.
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