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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
18
In the Saturday July 25 1908 issue of The Indianapolis Sun a Willis S Thompson is listed in the Sun Building offices at 123 and 153B. The page is a historical newspaper record from the early 20th century with no clear event beyond the byline.
An editorial extols regular routines to save effort and improve health. It argues against occasional actions, praising consistent sleep, meals, exercise, and work. It stresses forming good habits, avoiding bad ones, and maintaining a fixed daily schedule for bodily and mental efficiency.
A New York World piece explores whether wealth buys priority in lifeboats aboard the Adriatic. It lists Wall Street figures aboard and questions if corporate privilege or personal duty would dictate who lives if ships foundered, noting current safety might prevent such a grim decision.
A terse courtroom fragment shows a small boy asking for medicine to reduce flesh, a drug clerk mentioning anti fat, and a judge presiding over the exchange in a terse exchange reflecting a minor medical dispute.
An Illinois manufacturer ships a carload to Bombay as demand grows for wind energy. The item highlights persistent canvassing for orders and India sourcing more American windmills. The piece also notes a glossy quip from Brooklyn Life and light magazine gags about social antics and polite banter with attendants.
A whimsical account of a chicken coop strike contrasts with rising egg costs in Indianapolis. The piece notes hens balking at laying, a swaggering rooster, and a looming egg price surge. Commission merchants blame higher feed costs and smaller poultry flocks for shortages, with expectations of price relief as wheat byproducts feed poultry. Local agencies report increased egg inflows signaling potential price easing.
The article notes that American ships visited Nagasaki before Perry opened trade. It highlights Franklin of Boston under Capt. James Devereux in 1799 as the first to gain a friendly greeting in Japan, followed by Margaret of Salem under Capt. S. G. Derby in 1801. Ralph Paine cites these voyages in Outing Magazine.
Peking plans a large factory to produce window glass largely for China with Chinese capital machinery from Britain and German managers. The Posham glass works in Chantung province are reported as a success.
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