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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
16
The Indianapolis Sun lists Willis S Thompson in an obituary notice. No further details provided beyond publication note and page attribution.
A sweeping critique of the Standard Oil fine and court reversal follows. The piece notes Judge Landis fined Standard Oil twenty nine million dollars, stock prices jumped, and the U S Court of Appeals reversed the ruling boosting Rockefeller interests. It voices distrust of industrial power, recalls Louis XVI, and hints Taft’s reaction may shape politics ahead of election.
A playful tale recalls John D Rockefeller in a village inn where he asks for a drink and questions whether rain or shine will greet the day. The piece warns against extravagant spending and urges prudence, noting how fortunes fade and memory tests later reveal where wealth vanished.
Marion county probate court, one of the most important courts, shows rising activity as population and wealth grow. The first year as a separate court posted about a 16 percent gain. this year likely another 15 percent. The court handles matters totaling over ten million dollars in a year, with more than five million in real estate and about one million two hundred fifty thousand in personal property administered.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues jealousy and selfishness spark most human troubles. The piece urges self analysis to uproot jealousy, replacing it with universal love, and treats the mind as a garden where weeds become poison ivy if not removed.
The article profiles the Marion County probate judge as a multifaceted, energetic official shaping guardianships, estates, and trust investments. It notes thousands of estates yearly, the Julietta hospital burial fee law generating county savings, and the judge’s reforms to favor needy wards while limiting redundant guardianships. It emphasizes his role in prudent investments, fair damages distribution to actually dependent heirs, and the growing demands on his office.
Chicago art editor recalls Valerizu Gribayedoff as a pioneer American newspaper sketch artist. He left a famous home in Paris and noted that fame came from luck and being first. A joke about a poet whose soup spilled illustrates the restaurant quip about stains after half-past seven.
A teacher asks a boy to define multitude and the reply is that it is what we get when we multiply. The quip appears in Lippincott's with light humor from a schoolroom moment.
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