The Indianapolis Sun Willis S Thompson Item
The Indianapolis Sun lists Willis S Thompson as a publisher or staff member. The notice references daily publication except Sundays from the Bun building in Indianapolis and mentions advertising representatives Smith Budd with addresses in New York Chicago and St Louis. It notes second class mail status for post office.
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Bun
Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick Building
Wirth Avenue
New York
Tribune Buillding
Chicago
Third National Bank
St. Louis
Prohibition Is Not Temperance Says Local Paper
A regional newspaper column argues against prohibition, claiming it worsens drinking by forcing harsher liquor and licenses. It contrasts Maine France Germany and Ireland, urging readers to support temperate indifference and legal sale of light wines and beers.
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Maine
France
Germany
Kansas
Italy
India
Turkey
United States
Insurance Enticement and Arcady Refrain Tale
A local merchant faces a persistent life insurance inquiry about who benefits from his death and invites the wife to press the claim, then recovers with a cautionary tale. The piece also offers a verse about Arcady and a jilted lover who moves on to another maid, ending with a wry note.
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Trifies
Metzger and His Pistol Chief Endorsed by History
A harsh editorial condemns Chief Metzger for firing on a moving automobile during a pursuit, injuring Samuel Dowden. It argues the action was unlawful and reckless, calls for Metzger’s immediate removal, arrests of the officers involved, and a grand jury investigation without delay.
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Metzger
Sinclair
Dowden
Samuel Dowden
Indianapolis
St. Clair Street
Sixteenth Street
St. Clair
Mr. Metzger
Assorted Smiles and Domestic Quarrels
A humorous vignette depicts a chafed husband resisting a sleeping draught while the wife keeps the latchkey, and a captain as a bystander to the exchange. The banter references a joking remark about starfin jackasses and the couple's morning mood.
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Tom
Taken Up at Random Miss Browning Pitches Branch Libraries
Miss Elizabeth G Browning city librarian touring branch libraries envisions Indianapolis Carnegie branches as modern centers for reading, social gathering and community life. She argues branches will educate, inform public opinion and uplift residents, with welcoming, nonpatronizing culture at their core. The piece cites current circulation and pledges for growth, plus a sidebar on notable locals including Rev F S C Wicks actor S I Conner Sheriff Woessner and Will Freeman.
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Elizabeth G. Browning
Carnegie
Indianapolis
Not by Kipling but a Fool Returns to Home
A comic verse portrays a husband plotting affairs with excuses and candy. His plan collapses when his wife discovers and calmly replies that she understands. The piece laments wasted time and blind trust in secrets as a straightforward tale of marital irony.
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Arcady
Hoyden
Rat skins drive rising demand in London markets
USE FOR RATS. Rat skins in Indus tries fuel a London demand near 200000 dollars yearly. Used for bookbinding frames purses and gloves linings. A new line of work may boost consumption while 7 to 9 cents daily were earned by Danish workers after a rat act. England’s rat damage runs to millions yearly and many people already earn their living trapping them.
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London
Denmark
England
Fur News
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