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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1909

Page

8

Advertising notices and postal service entry details

Publication of general notices appears with foreign advertising representatives listed and mailing address lines. It notes publication in the Bun building on Ohio street, with Tribune Chicago and Brunswick New York offices named and references second class mail entrustment.

Bun Ohio Street Smith & Budd Brunswick Fifth Avenue New York Tribune Chicago Third National Bank J. Louis

Fly screens and disease dangers urged this season

A city guidance urges installing fly screens now to prevent disease spread by flies. It warns flies carry microbes from filth to food and children, advocates screens and fly papers, and calls for vigilance against flies and mosquitoes to protect public health.

Egypt America

This Man Is Easily Surprised by Express Charges

A Letter to the Editor laments high express charges comparing five pound parcels to cheaper cross continental mail. The writer accuses express firms of political influence and demands a Parcels Post for the people. The piece argues voters need education in a hard school.

Indianapolis Sun Porto Rico Express Companies M. T. Express Companies One Express Company United States Senate State of New York Express Company United States America

Whale Blubber Wish Delights Sea Tale On The Celtic

Capt P Nuse recalls a lady aboard the Celtic who begged to see a whale for the spectacle of its blubber. She hoped the sight would be moving and impressive, even from the deck. The anecdote unfolds with gentle humor as officers humor her request.

P. Nuse Rochester Herald

Sociable spiders and the Mexican mosquero nest

Native spiders here are solitary while in other counties groups exist. A Mexican species called the mosquero builds large tree nests with a beetle scavenger and another spider inside the communal nest. Parts of the mosquero nest are hung up in the

Mexico M. L. Diguet

London Globe Reports Fly Reduction Drive

During the wet season houses undertake measures to reduce fly populations. The effort focuses on sanitation and water management to curb breeding sites. Public health officials urge residents to remove standing water and improve waste handling to control the nuisance.

London Globe

Silent Hearts Hide Behind Facades in Town Tale

A fragment from a popular fiction depicts a girl choosing a suitor while her father rarely objects openly. The exchange suggests hidden emotions and cautious defense of respectability in a small community.

Family banker recalls evasive ancestor tale

A dialogue reveals a grandfather who resigned as cashier of a country bank and was traced back as far as China before he escaped. The exchange highlights curiosity about lineage and the limits of tracing ancestry.

China

North Pole Claim and Cook Expedition Details

The article traces Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s Arctic voyage with John D. Bradley in 1907 and 1908, detailing amphibious boat contrivances, Cook’s winter timing plan, and his career from Peary expeditions to the Belgan Antarctic voyage. It notes Peary’s anger, Bradley’s financing, and Francke’s perilous retreat from Amnatoak, ending with Francke’s rescue by the Erie and return to New York.

Frederick A. Cook North Pole Dr. Cook John D. Bradley New York Greenland Gloucester Mass Callicoon Sullivan County Bradley Nore Peary Roosevelt Great Circle Cook Frank Ellsmere Land Cape Columbia Arctic Frank Cook Amatoak Etah Bache Peninsula Elismere Land Annatoak Rudolph Francke Francke Winter Quarters Amnatoak North Star Bay North Star Erie Nova Scotia

Fall Is Here In Warm Rustic Autumn Tones

Winifred Black writes of the first yellow leaf and the maple in a new yard signaling fall. A breezy, nostalgic celebration follows with images of pumpkins apples cider and cozy hearthside gatherings inviting friends and family to share in autumn's generosity.

Winifred Black

Heaven Is On My Bed Wakeup Call

A speaker named Hank recalls forty years of ruthless alarm clocks waking them at six each morning. In a dream of death the narrator finds no escape from the routine, only heavenly relief if the alarm does not arise, realizing heaven is simply life waking on the bed. The piece blends mortality with domestic routine and a humorous, rueful tone.

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