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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun announces WALELIS S Thompson as publisher. The notice notes publication days are daily except Sunday and specifies the Sun Building address on 12th Street.
A statement denounces the Associated Press for prejudicing news during the Denver Democratic convention and national campaigns. It claims AP misrepresented William Jennings Bryan, favored Taft or Bryan depending on the reader, and urges reliance on Hearst News Service for unbiased reporting amid rising circulation.
Jim Lynn of Pueblo Colorado is sentenced to be hanged for killing Sarah Price. Mrs. Lynn pleads for commuting the sentence to life imprisonment, arguing mercy and also citing life insurance. Governor Buch tel denies mercy, keeping the gallows and insurance interests aligned. European papers may find the scene a modern American tableau.
Col Ingersoll faced a staged disruption as a mule attached to an exit vehicle brayed during his talk. He paused, then warned the audience to stop the noisy interference claiming the event was his evening and that the rival performance was scheduled for tomorrow.
The article surveys social gatekeeping with quirks about being good or dead as false prerequisites. It argues entrance hinges on treasure, temperament, and tact, noting taste as mercantile and unfitting when rushed, reflecting Broadway Magazine’s reflective critique.
Literary editor K Sugimura of Tokyo Asahi Shimbun laments that Japan cannot fully employ typesetting machines. He cites the 47 kana letters and over 3,000 Chinese characters as exceeding machine capabilities for composing the paper in Tokyo.
Professor Roy advocates an independent Esperanto state in Europe. He suggests a neutral strip of territory along the frontier of Germany Belgium and Holland near Aix la Chapelle as the site for his experiment.
In a chat with the Head Barber, the Manicure Lady prefers pictorial magazines with dramatic love stories over prize fight tales. They swap scenes from stories set in Alaska and Pittsburg, noting cold, romance, and a recurring cliffhanger as magazines tease continued installments.
A Washington Rough Rider meeting recalls a fiery southerner who claimed to leave the union when his state did Then his son joins Col Roosevelt s regiment in Cuba and the old man later writes United States without quotation marks marking his return to the union The Philadelphia Ledger notes the anecdote as a humorous measure of restored patriotism.
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