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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun published Saturday January 30 1909 from the Bun Building 18 and 13 EB. The issue notes standard post office entry and second class mail status for distribution and archival filing.
An Indianapolis editorial argues against a proposed sand-bagging franchise for New and Indianapolis Telephone companies. It claims the deal harms residents and business users, inflates costs to 138 per year for two business lines and a home line, and would cede city rate control. It criticizes Mayor Bookwalter and the Board of Public Works for ignoring a Merchants’ Association investigation calling for a single unified system.
A strange rigless craft arrives at port on a Sunday night amid laughter and curiosity. The narrator notes the scene with repeated calls to celebrate, marrying romance and domestic images while referencing George W. Cable in a lyrical closing.
A fragmentary line reads You look so pale and thin. What's got you? Work from morning to night with only an hour’s rest. The speaker asks How long have you been at it tomorrow, hinting at upcoming events or schedules in a clipped, unfinished newspaper snippet.
A wary senator from upstate Alabama style? Actually Indiana faces a heated debate over a garnishee bill backed by merchants. Labor groups oppose the plan for a 10 percent wage deduction to creditors. The bill’s fate sits with the Republican Senate and Democratic House, while other measures seek to regulate patent sales, school borrowing, and lake region naval militia ideas.
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