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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun publishes Willis S Thompson notices daily except Sundays from the Sun Building located at 13 and 13 E. Obo Street.
A 1908 essay argues the vice presidency could serve the people by challenging corporate influence in the Senate. It imagines Roosevelt or Bryan as ideal candidates and laments the office's current marginal role under party control.
A 1727 birth and the later glory of James Wolfe are traced to his mother Henrietta Wolfe. The article lauds her as a superior, duty bound caregiver who raised Wolfe amid an era of societal excess, crediting her influence for his moral discipline and leadership at Quebec in 1759. It argues Wolfe’s victory shaped English civilization and world history.
A terse dialogue describes a traveler arriving by airship amid cloudy conditions. The exchange hints at rough terrain and uncertain travel as the road proves heavy for the speaker.
The fragment pairs a summer romance dialogue about preserving whiteness with a note on experiments using inflammable paste on bullets. When fired the paste lights, leaving smoke so the marksman can trace trajectory and adjust subsequent shots.
In a witty quip from Harper's Weekly, Mrs. Duff notices three place settings for two in her household. The new maid explains the cook mentioned a player in the house, hinting at an outsider’s presence.
Mrs. Rosemere, aging and frail, returns to her former cook Maggie who now endures poverty with her husband Tom Varney. A faded dresser sparks Rosemere’s memory of better days and a life she once shared with George, stirring a rare sense that wealth and happiness are hard to balance.
John Haberle of five miles southeast of St Joseph reported last week that 9 fruit trees were dug up and carried away during Thursday night. Ground and fence left intact, authorities presume the trees were replanted elsewhere.
A cable dispatch describes young Jay Gould's tennis win in England and remarks on his railroad service as severe. The judge adds a chiding note about heredity for travelers from the Erie era.
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