Indianapolis Sun listing of Willis and Thompson
The Indianapolis Sun dated Wednesday January 12 1910 lists Willis and Thompson in its staffing or advertising directory. It notes publication from the Gun building at 13 and 14 East Ohio street with foreign advertising reps in New York Chicago and St Louis.
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Gun
Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
S1. Louis
Cass Wall
Could Anything Look Brighter 1912 Political Outlook
The piece praises Democratic prospects in 1912 with Taft and the Aldrich Cannon Republicans facing criticism. Indiana is highlighted as a key state, Governor Marshall gains broad support, and the Roosevelt comeback is framed as a potential game changer in the race for the White House.
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White House
Indiana
Democratic Party
Nebraska
Marshall
Taft
Aldrich-Cannon
Aldrich
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Pacific
Atlantic
David Ogden Mills Honored for Practical Philanthropy
The obituary lauds David Ogden Mills who died at 34 and left mills hotels and model apartments for the poor. It praises his charitable work and contrasts modern practical philanthropy with old fashioned charity, citing Rockefeller Straus Carnegie Morgan Sage and others as exemplars.
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David Ogden Mills
United States
California
Rockefeller
Nathan Straus
Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Russell Sage
Governor and the Dog in Taft Mississippi Trip
Gov Shafroth of Colorado recalls a tale about a man who names his ordinary dog Governor to fit the gag He explains the dog’s usefulness as nothing more than to eat and bark The same anecdote is paired with a banQuet remark about an after dinner speaker’s understanding.
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Shafroth
Colorado
Taft
Mississippi
Theatergoers React To Intense Play At Show
A go-out-between-the-acts youth says the drama fairly takes his breath away while the lady beside him gloomily wishes it would. The remark appears in a theater note from Red Hon.
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Gloomilly
Red Hon
Footprints on the Sands of Time Moral Debate
A confident youth rejects the beaten track and declares he will leave footprints on the sands of time. The old man cautions him to be careful to avoid getting stuck in the mud of overreach and imprudent ambition.
Million-Dollar Woman Inspires Wealthy Life Insurance Rise
The essay profiles Mrs. Netcher founder of the Boston Store in Chicago, highlighting her half‑million dollar policy and a million‑dollar life insurance portfolio. It contrasts her business acumen with the era’s view on women as risks and credits her with forging a model of enterprise and risk management.
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Frank Peavey
Minneapolis
America
Napoleon
Caesar
Peavey
Pneumonia
Peavey Elevator Company
Equitable
New York
Netcher
Madame Boucicault
Paris
Aristide Boucicault
Monsieur Boucicault
Madame Houcicault
Echoes of the Big Day and a Christmas Gift Mixup
A sealskin toque bearer consoles a friend amid holiday mishaps. A pie misaddressed to Harry foreshadows a quarrel over a five pound candy box. Nearby, a boy Bobby treasures a tin baking powder can over vast gifts, while a couple misreads gifts with lavender baskets and books causing delight and confusion.
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Toque
Harry
The Shee by Robin Flower
A poem in which the Shee boast of a conscience free land and light thoughts while lamenting human toil and aging. They claim eternal joy and wings yet envy mortals who bear sadness through the years. The speaker, the Shee, speaks as a timeless ancient air.
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Robin Flower
Night Train Rich Man Joke Sparks Sleeper Gaffe
In a late night scene a man in an upper berth accuses a fellow passenger of wealth. The lower berth occupant fires back that he is a millionaire and tells the snorer to stop. The exchange ends with a sharp retort about hiring a car to avoid noise.
The Hero Dives to Save Stranger in Fire
A white form appears at a window as mud flames surge, a wall caved in and heat stops firefighters. A brave man runs to the elevator, reaches the seventy seventh floor, saves a lone occupant, then exits with the life saved. The building and mortgage holder collapse as crowds hail the hero. He says he did it for ten dollars.
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