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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
10
The Indianapolis Sun is published daily except Sunday from the Sun Building located at 18% and 125 E. Oale 8, outlining its print schedule and office address.
The Indiana Republican convention splits over James E. Watson as gubernatorial nominee. Labor leaders oppose his election, while partisan factions worry about temperance policy and party unity. Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic nominee, gains solid support as Watson fights a defensive, fractious campaign.
The author defends both professional and unprofessional criticism as useful tools. Outsiders may miss the actor’s method while flagging flaws, prompting self critique. Letters from strangers provide blunt insights, such as speeding Juliet’s balcony scene and lighter ball dialogue for youth.
A land farmer freed a pig trapped in a fence on election day causing the town to elect a war representative by one vote. The legislature then chose a war senator by one vote, giving the Senate a war majority and triggering hostilities.
A Philadelphia paper recounts a man who telegraphed his wife he had tickets for the theater and found eight in her company. The line Have gotten tickets echoes a past humorous piece in Harper's Magazine The Past Participle by Margaret Cameron. Familiar Philadelphia quotes include Philadelphia, city of brotherly love.
The fragment indicates a professor of applied physics in Boston, not Butler, currently occupying the chair of applied physics. The source shows Harper's Weekly style, noting the professor's location and status without full context.
A New York traveller recalls a Georgia saloon before Prohibition as a buyer tests the owner and bartender about selling the entire business. The owner quotes a price for fixtures stock goodwill and more, joking that fourteen colonels ten judges nine majors and many bosses doctors would go with it.
Cavaliere Grasso, among Sicilian actors visiting London, gave a luncheon in his honor. A portion of his speech was translated expressing wishes to be the dove scattering diamonds, dawn of a golden future, twilight of happy memory, sun to melt winter, springtime of happiness, and Giovanni as the unifying figure.
An elderly Scots village man in Glasgow area eats porridge weekly and, to save fuel, cooks a week in advance. One Friday the porridge is very salty and cold. He tempts himself with whisky, promising a reward if he eats it. He finishes the spoonful, then returns the whisky to the bottle with a grin, declaring luck and wit outwit the whisky.
A motivational sermon warns young men against idleness and blaming luck. It compares laziness to a pig at the trough and urges self reliance, discipline, and continuous effort to build independence, honor, and a strong future. Time equals pay, so seize opportunities, avoid wasted hours, and pursue focused, lasting achievement.
A witty exchange from Mrs. Grandon's circle highlights admiration and regret as a husband answers a guest about sitting with his wife at meals. The admirer jokes that two meals with her would suffice, while the husband bows and exits as his wife appears, per a Companion note.
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