Indianapolis Sun Willlis S Thompson Publication Details
The Indianapolis Sun is published daily except Sunday in the Zun building at 123 and 125 B Ohio street with foreign ad reps Smith Budd in New York, Tribune in Chicago, and Third National Bank in St. Louis. It is entered as second class mail and circulation certified by the Association of American Advertisers in New York. No 165 tary.
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Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
St. Louis
The
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Leopold Oppressor King Builds Vast Congo Palace
A critique condemns Leopold II of Belgium for financing a palace with Congo rubber wealth and child mutilations. It accuses him of tyrannical rule, calls for radical action by Belgium and Britain, and portrays Western civilization as complicit in Congo horrors. The article frames the palace as a grotesque symbol of greed and exploitation.
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Congo
King
Leopold’s
Belgium
Europe
England
Social Democratic Party
Modern Bluebeards and fairy tale morals spread
A reader reflects on Blue Beard stories and the harmful moral that suppresses female curiosity. She notes many real life versions in her block, where controlling husbands demand impossible virtue, threaten punishment, and stifle natural behavior. She applauds Fatima’s bold second marriage and urges obvious curiosity.
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Mr. Bluebeard
Fatima
Witty Vignettes and Household Anecdotes From Rural Life
A comic collection of short glimpses into daily life. A farmer struggles with a rent payment and a mistaken bag reveals a financial slip. Neighbors reconnect in a suburban district. A boy mishandles a ship’s wheel and humor about stage and box office anxieties rounds out the set.
Taken Up At Random Statehouse Picnic Becomes Ballpark Parade
A June Saturday picnic from the statehouse heads to Fairview park by special cars at 2 p.m. A baseball festival follows at the diamond with Gov Marshall and state officials playing, refereed by judges. A long lineup of named officials and guests man the field with humorous, ceremonial roles and readings, ending with a return trip Home.
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Statehouse
Fairview Park
Indianapolis
Gov. Marshall
Siinger
Watson
R. J. Aley
Pegeger
Q. A. Myers
Supreme Court
Jim Bingham
Jordan and
Hadley
George W. Self
Frank Grubbs
Ed Fitzpatrick
John Billheimer
J. N. Hurty
British Pluce Inquest Reveals Failing Rescue Actions
At a Victory Inn in Surrey an inquest heard two farm workers reacted poorly upon discovering a woman’s body in a roadside pond. Sidney Smith searched for his mother, finding the body, while Matthews fled rather than aid. The coroner noted the woman might not have been dead initially.
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Surrey
Sidney Smith
Ner
Matthews
London
Spelling Bee Prompt Trolls Readers for Spell Test
A Gentlewoman offers a tongue in cheek prompt for a spelling bee asking readers to dictate a curiously phrased sentence and estimate how many friends can spell it correctly. The line highlights wordplay and arch humor rather than a real event.
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