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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1908
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun issue dated Saturday July 4 1908 details local news and notices from the Sun Building at 123 and 15 EB Street. The edition presents standard daily content excluding Sundays with advertisements and weather notes typical of the era.
An editorial argues for Thomas R. Marshall as the Democratic nominee and likely governor. It credits his honesty and public service stance, notes Republican doubts about James E. Watson, and cites graft exposures and courthouse reform as broad support for Marshall and the Democratic ticket in Marion County and statewide.
The piece denounces Alfred Vanderbilt and other American heirs who waste fortune and power on idle pursuits in England. It likens them to babies chewing paint from locomotive wheels and argues voters should ensure railroads and critical matters are managed for the people.
In the American Magazine Octave Mirbeau parades automobilist encounters with beasts on the road and with men. He notes the horse fears odors colors light his own shadow and even paper and moonlight and he calls the horse a fool while citing Buffon and Loubet and Thiers.
Mr Dooley jokes about the Denver Democratic convention with Vermont references, Tamany figures, and humorous asides on Ohio and national figures. He notes drink lines, lobby politics, and the notion that any candidate would make the country safe. Ephraima Wiggins of Brattleboro is singled out.
Ray Scott United States senator from West Virginia recalls leaving in 1850 after living with a Quaker friend from age nine to sixteen. On Patrick’s Day he received 25 cent penknife and loaned money, advice he says was worth thousands in his future life.
A humorous exchange translated into Esperanto and presented as a cartoonish joke. It features a exchange about facial powder tied to gunpowder explosions heard in a parlor, attributed to Life SPIRITAJO Elizinjo.
A writer in Outing describes a Pueblo tradition where an Indian in mountain lion skin scourges children aged four to one percent for past and future misdeeds. He claims the practice earns elder respect and obedience and suggests its wisdom for urban youth.
A British admiralty lord on his first voyage in a leaking ship watches sailors pump. He quips about a well on board and expresses gladness at a weekly sight, reflecting humorous nautical ignorance.
An archaic exclamation marks the moment as the great explorer discovers the missing lint and, emerging from beneath his burden, neatly places the small gold item into his clean cuff.
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