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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
10
The Indianapolis Sun from the Sun Building at 123 and 13 E. Obie Street highlights Willis S. Thompson as a notable figure in its daily edition.
John D Rockefeller, the wealthiest man, visits Cardinal Logue and ponders how to address him. The piece argues Rockefeller embodies vast power, likening him to an emperor of money and imagining how historians might name him in future.
A public appeal argues 500 hungry children in First-side districts and thousands more at risk, driven by middlemen profits in food and meat. It cites Armour, Patten, packers, and Carnegie as symbols of wealth diverted from relief toward profits, urging productive employment over charity to end poverty.
A tactful host Mr Brown and his guest Mr Ray converse on a plaza while awaiting a station carriage. They praise the place as a bit bare now but expect improvements and growth before the guest returns, reflecting a calm social moment from Youth's Companion.
The article urges women to curb the money fever driving men to rash investments and moral decline. It argues that women’s scrutiny, restraint, and preference for simple living can redirect men away from speculative excess and toward quieter, healthier happiness for society.
Joseph Fels endorses Bolton Hall’s book A Little Land and a Living arguing intensive farming can revive idle city-adjacent land for humanity. Hall urges careful experimentation with small plots near cities and cites practical examples while warning returns vary by person.
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