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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
2
A reflective column questions fame built on tombstones and neighbors opinions. It critiques the old saw about contentment versus greed and jokes about lazy growing boys and rear-seat churchgoers drawn to theater crowds.
The speaker argues marriage fails only in public opinion and urges men to take initiative. He mocks divorce as a societal fad and says many couples live as partners without divorce. He advises youth to persevere, seek self improvement, and remember that faint heart never won anything.
The death rate after age forty is rising in large cities despite sanitary living. Life expectancy after forty is lower than thirty years ago. Public health officials warn degeneration diseases due to sedentary work and inactivity. they urge more exercise as remedy.
Citizens argue that public school summer breaks waste time and morals and that children should stay occupied. They warn idleness leads to contempt and mischief, urging a plan to keep young minds busy during vacation.
A rural exhortation urges young men on farms to resist moving to cities. It warns of idle temptations and drifting into sin, contrasting country opportunities with city pitfalls and urging careful consideration before leaving home.
In a public address Theodore Thieme of Fort Wayne denounces the saloon as a political evil and calls for its overthrow. He argues prohibition benefits city welfare, cites business losses from saloons, and cites Indiana Brewers' Association criticism of intolerance debates. The piece notes Elizabeth Minnesota's village council setting a high saloon license fee for next year.
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