The Indianapolis Sun Endorsees Willis S Thompson
Willis S Thompson is featured in a June 22 1909 Indianapolis Sun item. The piece notes the newspaper's offices at 123 and 125 East Ohio Street and lists foreign advertising representatives in New York Chicago and St Louis. The Association of American Advertisers certifies the paper's circulation and guarantees its figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Ohio Street
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
St. Louis
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Should Adolph Seidensticker Be Mayor of Indianapolis
The piece argues against professional candidates and urges Adolph Seidensticker as a strong, honest, capable choice for mayor. It claims he would energize the campaign and win broad support, urging voters to demand a practical, businesslike municipal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kickers
Adolph Seidensticker
Democrats
Seidensticker
Government Tax on Corporation Incomes Sparked Debate
The piece contrasts a proposed two percent tax on net corporate profits with a larger income tax, arguing trusts and newspapers oppose it to protect wealth. It laments political cowardice by Taft and Democrats, saying only the few bear government costs while trusts fund officials and judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roosevelt
Taft
Aldrich
Root’s Son Wins First Case Against Street Car Trust
Young Mr. Root son of Elihu Root, a corporation lawyer, wins his first case defending Interborough Traction Company in a suit by a woman. The piece frames both Root father and son as notable lawyers who defended Tweed and the street car trust, with a playful French quip about lineage.
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Mr. Root
Elihu Root
Corporation
Root
Tweed
Interborough Traction Company
New York
Tooney
Fight dirty wells and filth to curb typhoid in Indianapolis
Public health urges immediate action to abandon 20 000 surface wells and link vaults to sewers. Clean garbage cans and dung heaps, test water, and remove unsafe wells to prevent typhoid fever across neighborhoods. Also notes the law delays and highlights the achievements of William Carvin Fitzpatrick and John Densmore in the state law school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapols
Health Department
Indianapolis
William Carvin Fitzpatrick
Ea W. Fitzpatrick
Law School
Mr. Fitzpatrick
John Densmore
Statehouse
Fitzpatrick
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The
Indianapolis Sun
Willis S. Thompson
White House
Tightwaddo
Igames
George W. Stout
President Taft
Whittaker
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