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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1909

Page

8

Willis S Thompson Indianapolis Sun notice

The Indianapolis Sun is a daily paper published in the Sun building at 128 and 125 East Ohio Street. Foreign advertising reps include Smith and Budd in New York and Chicago offices. circulation certified by the Association of American Advertisers.

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

The Million Miles a Minute Dream Of Cosmic Travel

A scientific speaker discusses a plan for instant journeys within the solar system and beyond. He argues our bodies cannot survive interplanetary travel, while light speed and thought could carry knowledge across space. He notes Mars could be reached in about 40 minutes, but long missions remain unlikely.

Mars Equator Earth Light

Editorial Praise for Indianapolis Sun Readers

A reader from Indianapolis, William E. Purcell, extols the Indianapolis Sun as a leading educational publication. He urges honest workingmen to read and champion the paper, arguing ignorance worsens suffering and criticizing voting for either major party under current conditions.

William E. Purcell

The Stampede

Out of darkness a bird cry wakes the herd to terror and panic. The galloping stampede races toward the gorge as Death takes toll of Fear and later of Greed, with men casting toward the cliff in stern, grim advance.

Pericles

Spirit of the Hive and the Times in Mutuality

Maeterlinck’s bee analogy defends solidarity and mutual service as a guiding principle. He contrasts the fixed Spirit of the Hive with the evolving Zeitgeist and asserts that thinkers and doers shape the Spirit of the Times toward global brotherhood and reciprocal commerce.

Matterlinck Athens Greece Hymertus Zeitgeist.”” Beyvery Brotherhood of Man

Taken Up At Random In Indiana Governor Receives Odd Appeals

A Pennsylvanian writes to Indiana's governor seeking to alter the state constitution and free her son from reform school. The piece notes widespread ignorance of legal procedures among convicts relatives and odd requests from citizens, including beekeepers and aspirants for state jobs.

Indiana Pennsylvania Reformatory Tremont Avenue Colorado

Points About People From a Local Thoughts Column

Richard Smith urges citizens to fish after the city primary. Will H Freeman leverages his forestry background into timber expertise. Al Womack touts his saddle horse and pride. Aboard the horse, Mr. Womack is titled major. Col W T Durbin recalls old Washington county days of courting, grain, and loom work, noting the hoop-pole trade faded but Wellington county still supports Dems.

Richard Smith al Womack Mr. Womack Col W. T. Durbin Washington County

Poppies a Poem of Dreaming and Longing

The speaker drifts through images of Egypt and the Nile gardens, imagining poppy wreaths and a distant beloved amie. The south wind and sea weave a restless dream as the heart waits for sight of thee, while the soft river flows toward the sea.

Joseph Dunn Ancient Egypt The Nile

His Only Chance Leads Bride to Altar

A brief column notes a young man escorts his bride to the altar but stops short of proceeding with the wedding plans, suggesting an abrupt setback in the leading business.

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Indianapolis Sun Willis S. Thompson Nea Grateril Jones Elbert Hubbard Maurice Maeterlinck George W. Stout William McKinley State Board of Emblalmers State Department Crumbaker Evansville Will H. Freeman Lars Mazer You and
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