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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1909

Page

8

Saturday June 19 19069 Sun building Ohio street notice

Publication details show a daily issue except Sunday with office in Sun building at 123 and 123 East Ohio Street and foreign reps in New York Chicago and St Louis. Association of American Advertisers certifies circulation with guaranteed figures. Secretary. No 165.

Sun Ohio Street Smith & Budd Brunswick Fifth Avenue New York Tribune Chicago Third National Bank St. Louis Association of American Advertisers New York City Association

Public utility bond issue fuels city finance outrage

The editorial denounces Citizens Gas bond plans as a perpetual burden funded by taxpayers. It asserts city officials aid promoters, violates contract terms, risks public ownership, and endangers shareholders and residents through a $450 600 annual fixed charge.

Citizens’ Gas Company

The Test of Charity

A stern man dismisses romance and love’s joys as foolish, scoffing at hopes and fears while standing apart from affection.

Ain't You Sorry

A driver confronts a stubborn countryman blocking the road who refuses to pull over, delaying passage for the narrator's vehicle. The tense exchange centers on the obstructive halt and the driver's frustration in the roadway standstill.

Sawing Timber for Subways Sparks Interracial Tension

A large negro and a small Italian are shown sawing a heavy timber for a Philadelphia subway project with a crosscut saw. A pugilistic Irishman stops to watch and strikes, telling the negro to give the saw to the little man if he wants it.

Philadelphia

Humorous moment in a marriage request tale

The Chicago Record Herald recounts a joke where a colonel recalls asking his future father in law for his daughter's hand. The man was deaf, so he explained the matter before twenty clerks. The exchange highlights social customs and wit.

Chicago Record- Herald

She meant well in a genteel exchange from Punch

An exchange from Punch shows a reunion between a woman and Captain Burlington now Major, with effusive pleasantries about meeting after years and hopes of advancement to general. The witty line notes ten years have passed and time flies as they part.

Captain Burlington

South Side Indianapolis Branch Library Plan Sparks City Debate

South side residents urge joint use of Carnegie funds with the School City to place a branch library and small park near Madison Avenue and Prospect Street. Mayor Bookwalter opposes public money for park land, citing park policy and local fiscal fairness as schools and parks clash over medical inspections and playground funding. Citizens seek a solution focused on library access without entanglement in broader political spats.

Carnegie Madison Board of Public Parks Bookwualter Indianapolis Hoboken Bank Prospect Street Madison Avenue Mergor Park Board

What Would Home Be Without Father

A weary husband vents at home about onions spoiled meals and nagging disputes over food. He laments lack of consideration, craves brain food like fish, and clashes with family over prunes, pie, and warming leftovers while he endures daily office stress.

Robert

Poor America as a Novel Critics Debate New York Tone

A London Chronicle critique argues American novelists and young women speak with noisy energy. It laments the push for originality and slang as harming language and notes Hawthorne James and Howells fade from relevance.

Hawthorne Henry James W. D. Howells Gayety London Chronicle

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