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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
10
The Indianapolis Sun prints a brief notice listing Willis Thompson in the Sun Building locations 123 and 125 ER Obse Street. The newspaper is published daily except Sunday and entered as second class mail at the post office. Friday October 23 1908.
The piece attacks county spending and the Marion County sheriff's feeding of prisoners, arguing San Francisco costs show a $5,904.43 yearly prison bill and 131 3 cents per day per inmate, claiming Marion County pays 40 cents daily with a $29,769.40 annual feeding bill, urging audit and reform while urging votes for Democratic candidates.
Indictment of Marion county ex-treasurer Oliver P. Ensley firms up campaign leadership as Jesse Overstreet, 14 years in Congress, faces scrutiny over Cannon ties and past subsidies. The piece claims Overstreet aided the Sugar Trust subsidy for Tahiti, portraying him as beholden to Cannon and his regime.
The letter attacks Representative Overstreet for backing subsidies and policies favored by Cannon and the Sugar Trust, claiming his influence is limited to obtaining a government building for Indianapolis. It urges voters to support Charles Korbly, praising his on-the-ground knowledge and clean campaign while arguing Overstreet realigns with corrupt influences.
A fragmentary poem page evokes Norse and maritime motifs as prize poetry lines attribute the Nobel to Algernon Charles Swinburn, pairing iron wind and foaming sea with windward cliffs. Images of tides, gunwale, and horsemen across night and dawn mix with fate and peril.
A humor paragraph features Mrs. Gunson accusing a home haircut by a locksmith and a barber misbelief, with a quip about a hackman. It then shifts to a joke about burglars noting a lawyer resides there, and a weary worker remarking on job losses versus business competition. The tone is light, illustrated panels from the era's cartoonish humor pages.
A lobbying appeal accuses Marion County grafters of tax hikes and unpaid debts. It urges voters to resist Republican candidates aligned with the graft ring, endorsing Democratic lawmakers and reform measures while condemning the corruption fund and biased endorsements. Readers are urged to vote against the slate backed by the courthouse graft ring.
A witty gloss on marriage and social mores. It contrasts gossip, pride, and happiness with light irony. Women’s behavior and men’s temptations are dissected through satirical quips, touching on weddings and divorces, soft hands, and shared vows.
During the week Lord Roselyn and Sir Hiram Maxim tested a system with stage money to break the bank at Monte Carlo. Seven people lost everything and killed themselves, some at the resort and others later in their hotels. The piece emphasizes a simple truth: avoid Monte Carlo to avoid ruin.
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