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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
10
The Indianapolis Sun republication runs daily except Sunday in the Gun Building at 123 and 123 East Oable 6. The notice lists publication details and location for readers seeking reprint services.
In Marion County the public denounces graft at the courthouse and calls for removal of Republican leaders led by county chairman Ruckelshaus. Voters must oust the graftists next November or risk continued misrule, with calls for new hands to govern and accountability for those who betrayed public trust.
A Marion county editorial urges voters to replace Republican leaders including county attorney John C. Ruckelshaus with Democrats in the upcoming election. It condemns graft, praises honesty, and demands decisive action by the grand jury and courts to investigate and curb corruption.
Eddie Foy humorously extols wearing pajamas at a theatrical supper. He tells a long clowning anecdote about Fritz Sausage, a German Chicago waiter, who hides tips in his nightshirt only for his wife to discover the gifted “present” in the morning.
A tall fierce looking woman arrives at a county clerk’s office in West Virginia to verify marriage records. She asks if Jim Jones is married and discovers a license issued two years earlier to James Jones and Elizabeth Mott. She then reveals she is Elizabeth and announces that Jim has escaped.
A cable message from M. Stephane Lauzanne to Matin notes the Hudson river tunnel cost 90000 dollars, took eight years and 6500 workers. Officials say travelers gain about ten minutes, illustrating the difference between America and France in valuing time.
The Princess of Wales serves as president of the Children’s Happy Evening Association founded nearly twenty years ago by Mrs Dr John Bland-Sutton. The organization, a leading London philanthropy, has helped thousands of slum children start useful lives, with Mrs Bland-Sutton remaining active as secretary.
A London Chronicle quip recalls a well dressed woman seeking charity from a philanthropist. The dialogue hinges on marriage and work status as the applicant’s husband is described as “out o work” and “a regular out-o’-worker.”
A reflective moral piece advises avoiding contradiction and gossip, not judging others, and staying humble. It urges restraint in curiosity about friends, respect for all social levels, and not believing every evil rumor. It encourages optimism and recognizing opportunities in life.
The exchange recalls a man named Jim who has been confined indoors for three months. A nurse or friend asks about his health, and he replies that nothing is wrong but the judge would not be let it. The line hints at legal trouble as the cause of the confinement.
The question notes March as Taft's supposed lucky month and asks what fortunes might extend to June and November, inviting speculation on historical patterns and symbolic associations without asserting concrete evidence.
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