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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun in the Gun Building at 123 and 15 EB Ohio Street contains an association note from the Association of American Advertisers in New York City. The issue is dated Wednesday March 24, 1800 and is a second class mail insertion.
A critical reflection on humanity focuses on ordinary people, describing a railway station scene with a fat woman in a dress covered in buttons. The essay contrasts beauty in babies and old age with a bleak view of the average person and questions how humanity progresses.
In a comic exchange the Heiress and The Count discuss love and money. The Count vows to separate the heiress from her fortune while she questions true affection beyond wealth. The dialogue plus a note on a play prompts frames of farce and financial irony.
Indianapolis park commissioners plan spending on improving city parks. Critics accuse Lake Forest publisher Delavan Smith of using funds to boost his own interests and oppose city hall and park luxuries.
A correspondent asks what qualities define the best judge. The answer favors a lawyer with sound horse sense, conscience, equity, knowledge of humanity, and restraint from usurping government functions. The piece stresses honesty and practical judgment as essential to any profession.
A feature on the five day Indianapolis auto show describes the automobile industry as a growing, utilitarian force. It traces progress from bicycle beginnings to modern cars, highlighting speed, power, and economics, and notes benefits for urban and rural economies through sales, jobs, and tourism.
At a Manchester luncheon the Dean sat with Beerbohm Tree. Tree says he missed a bet about passing 400 odors, claiming they encountered 399. The dean quips that they missed the odor of sanctity.
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