Willis S. Thompson obituary notice in The Indianapolis Sun
Obituary notice for Willis S. Thompson published in The Indianapolis Sun. Identifies the newspaper’s address and mentions foreign advertising representatives and postal details as part of the ran page boilerplate.
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The
Indianapolis Sun
Willis S. Thompson
Smith & Budd
Brunswick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Third National Bank
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A Thousand Years Into The Future And What It Means
Mayor Bookwalter warns that granting franchises should include city power to require changes every five years. The piece envisions a century hence with 999 year leases, massive urban transformation, ending industrial feudalism, universal education, and a world of balanced progress and plenty.
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Bookwalter
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Great Pyramid
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Ain't You Sorry- 2 and You Have to Make the Beds
A terse note orders immediate bed making after the maid leaves. The message implies household disruption and an urgent domestic duty falling to the resident. No other details or names are provided.
Up-to-date Jokes about engagements and misadventures
A lighthearted comic piece portrays a young man parrying inquiries about his love life during a five year courtship. He and a girl await a servant’s word while jokes turn to flirtations and doubts about genuine affection. A roofer Roebottom complains of a nail in his foot after lunch at Mickle street.
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Roebottom
Mickle Street
Carpenter
Unsevered Vaults and Sanitary Wells Stir Indianapolis Debate
A Westside reader urges city action on health regulation targeting open vaults and wells seeping drainage into drinking water. The Indianapolis Sun commends fearless reporting and vows to publish opponents of sanitary ordinances to safeguard community health.
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Indianapolis Sun
Indianapolis
Westside
The Need of the World and Love in Life
Poem meditating on the world’s hunger for compassion and the transformative power of absolute love. It contrasts societal greed with the quiet strength of devoted love, exploring how true affection creates virtue and reveals the divine in both partners. The piece condemns vanity while praising tenderness, tact, and patience as love’s fruits.
Mixed Pickles Quotation Cited From Paria to London Times
A quotation attributed to M. Blowns, drafted from Paria and published in the London Times via the Literary Digest, comments on La Liberte as an amphibious journal that shifts with the wind to influence public opinion.
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M. Blowns
Paria
London Times
la Liberte
Literary Digest
Novel Invention Promises Combined Talking Machine
An agent unveils a new device that combines a talking machine, carpet sweeper, and letter opener. A priestly figure replies he already has one, then adds I’m married, hinting at a humorous miscommunication in a short office scene.
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