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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1903
Page
17
The Indianapolis Sun publishes daily except Sunday from the Sun Building at 123 and 126 East Ohio Street. Willis S. Thompson is listed as publisher and the paper is entered as second class mail on Wednesday, November 18, 1908.
An editorial urges building more schools and paying teachers adequately rather than funding extravagant public official spending. It argues long hours harm children, stresses rest and play, and cautions against overwork. The piece calls for direct instruction, limited home study, and engaging children with real-world ideas to foster curiosity.
Indianapolis readers praise the Sun for daily sermons in the family circle. A mother pleads for more explicit editorials that instill noble ambition and a high conception of life, stating such sermons are exactly what the world needs.
The piece endorses a Purple Book listing who belongs in American high society. It argues society is a profession like medicine or art and that public recognition through such a directory helps people judge credibility and status. It notes many cannot or will not enter society, while praising the book as useful in the right context.
Explores how true greatness shows in rising above misfortune and setbacks. Encourages enduring troubles privately, maintaining cheerful persistence, and not letting aches or criticism define one's life. A stout heart and discipline shape character and worth.
A deacon in a city church asks a class of boys why they call him a Christian and a bright child replies that they call him a Christian because they don’t know him. This playful exchange from Lippincott’s captures a moment of honesty and humor in a moral lesson.
A list of speed records across modes dated 1890 to 1908. Electric locomotive 27 seconds, automobile 28% seconds, steam locomotive 32 seconds, motor paced cycle 1 minute 6 1-5 seconds, bicycle unpaced 1 minute 49 2-5 seconds. Includes running horse 1:35 4, pacing horse 1:55, trotting horse 1:58 seconds, man skating 2:00, man running 4:12 % seconds, and man walking 6:28 18%.
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