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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun dated November 30, 1908, announces Willis S. Thompson in its daily issue from the Sun Building at 18 and 15 East Ohio Street. Published daily except Sunday, it is entered in the Post Office as second-class mail.
The article compares women's heavy clothing to a building’s weight on its steel frame, urging lighter waists and shoulder burden. It recommends Empire style garments that fasten at the shoulders to protect the liver and internal organs, arguing posture and health improve while criticizing corsets and waist emphasis. It concludes with a nod to coal production statistics from Scientific American.
Rev Thomas B Gregory recounts the 1691 Treaty of Limerick, its betrayal by English rulers, and the Irish patriots who fought for Catholic rights and autonomy. He contrasts Ireland’s betrayal with Poland and denounces the Cromwellian Irish Parliament for denying native rights.
An epitaph praised as one of the best in a collector's exhibit honors Indians slain in battle near Cooperstown. Composed by clergyman W. W. Lord, the poem greets the living with a stark line about white ownership of the land and a note that friendly acts granted only tomb space.
A Mrs. Jones calls a doctor, Mr. Smith, asking him to come over promptly to fix her cuckoo clock with a throat trouble in a humorous Harper's Weekly exchange. The cartoon-like dialogue plays on miscommunication and household quirks.
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