Views on aging from Shakespeare to Holmes in verse and prose
The piece surveys old age across writers and figures from Shakespeare’s Jaques to Tennyson’s Ulysses and Browning’s Rabbi ben Ezra. It contrasts bleak depictions with humorous or hopeful notes, noting mentors, presidents, and poets who faced aging and retirement with varying tones.
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Shakespeare
Jaques
Alfred Tennyson
Ulysses
Graham
Lincoln
Ulysses of
Tennyson
Robert Browning
Rabbi Ben Ezra
Browning
Ponce de Leon
King Lear
Elizabeth Barrett
William Henry Harrison
Pennsylvania Avenue
Franklin Roosevelt
Will Rogers
Moses
Oliver Wendall Holmes
Harvard
Mr. Brown
No clear event headline present in readable text
Fragmentary lines describe amusement at everyday life and the idea that adventures beat mundane tasks like going to a hardware store on crutches. It hints at humor in youth, appearance, and small pleasures.
Personal guests and visitors across several Indiana towns
Visitors and relatives frequent the area, with the Lukens home hosting Mrs. Lukens sister and family and others from Ft Wayne Indianapolis and Indianapolis guests visiting throughout the weekend. Additional pairs travel to New Castle Cincinnati Terre Haute and Rushville for visits or business, with updates on Mr Bever's hospital stay and pending surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Lukens
Lukens
Charles Ingram
Ft. Wayne
Edna Sheppard
Indianapolis
Merle Grocox
Ruth Harrelson
Julia McMichael
New Castle
Kenneth Land
Vicki
Charles Rider
Isabelle Land
Raleigh
Robert Miller
Rushville
Dale May
Carl Carson Jr
Daryl
Roger
Cincinnati
Fred B. White
Ruth White
Anna Newsom
Henry B. Henley
Terre Haute
Charles Bever
George Jackson
Bever
Veterans’ Hospital
B. L. Long
Ben Neal
Louis Humes
Marvin Hamm
Yorktown
Russell Roland
Roy Lackey
Charles Roland
Ray Fox
Michael Zapf
Earl Roland
Greenfield
Wet corn possibilities in Lafayette Indiana
Purdue University agricultural engineers warn that corn in cribs with moisture above 17 percent risks spoilage. Farmers should evaluate drying options including feeding doubtful corn, moving to smaller cribs, using commercial dryers, hauling to elevators, storing at elevators, or fixing cribs for unheated drying. Regular moisture checks are advised through May 1 to avoid further problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Agricultural Engineers
Classified Ad Rates and Notices Formatting
Classified ad section lists phone contact LO 5 5385 with rate 2 cents per word and a 25 cent minimum for 3 lines. Added charges apply for keyed ads. Card of thanks and notices carry 50 cent minimum. Obituaries priced at 1 dollar each.
Lost: two wheel appliance movers in Carthage
A notice from Carthage Hardware seeks missing two wheel appliance movers. Anyone with information is asked to contact the store at LO 5-2485.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Carthage Hardware
Route of cigarette machines offered. part time or full time
An opening for a man or woman to operate a route of cigarette machines offering 4 to 6 hours weekly with potential for full time. Earn an extra 200 to 600 dollars monthly. Requires 900 to 1800 dollars cash investment. Respond with age, car, experience and telephone to Russells Products, 6502 Walker St. Minneapolis 26 Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russells Products
Walker St
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Part time home based hardware distributor opportunity
Service and supply accounts for electronic hardware as your own local distributor. Start part time with no selling, inventory and supply work only. Earn up to 400 dollars a month to begin and potential 25 thousand dollars yearly. Requires 2900 dollars cash now secured by equipment and stock. Send resume to Box 5174 St Paul Minnesota. 16-2te
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Department B
McDaniel Advertising Agency
P.O. Box
Indianapolis
Indiana
Opportunity for Person Retired or Needing Extra Income
A Rawleigh business opportunity opens now in Carthage Illinois. The ad invites retirees or those needing extra income to write Rawleigh's Department of Internal Medicine at Freeport Illinois for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Ewing
Carthage
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept. Ind
Freeport
Ill
Wanted Septic Tank Cleaning Services
Knightstown advertisement by Wilbur Jackson offers septic tank and cesspool cleaning at reasonable rates. Phone number provided as 5-9966. Published notice indicates contact for service in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knightstown
Wilbur Jackson
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