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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1908

Page

8

The Indianapolis Sun Daily Masthead Entry

The Indianapolis Sun announces its daily publication from the Gun Building located at 193 and 123 BM Onfe with Sunday exclusion.

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Fearless Men Sought by Democrats in Marion County

The Marion County Democratic party calls for unity and reform voters. It rejects factionalism and urges nomination of honest, fearless candidates like Albert Sahm and James A. Pritchard to serve the people over self interest.

Democratic Party Marion County Democratic Standard William Aml. Fogarty Fogarty Albert Sahm Jude James A. Pritchard

Bluebeard’s role reexamined as reformer colonizes myth

A New York paper claims the life of Bluebeard portrays him not as a murderous ogre but as a mild French gentleman whose wives disappeared or died. The piece argues that stripping villains of their villainy misreads history, preferring to keep Bluebeard's infamous notoriety intact as a cautionary tale.

New York Bluebeard Dison Billbeard Nero Rome Jacob Alis Abeard Accu

Make the City Beautiful Improve Union Street South Side

The Indianapolis Sun urges South-side residents to remove the car line on Union Street from Union to Meridian, a commerce free residential street, and to plant a winter flower garden to beautify the area with community effort.

Union Meridian

Reflections of a Bachelor Girl From the Earliest Years

A satirical piece on marriage and men arguing that husbands seek escape after marriage, noting outdated views of women and trust. It jokes that men misjudge women’s appearances and recounts how lovers swap flattery for wallets, insisting on old fashioned ideas about women.

Jealous Father in Law Gets Paragraphed

A humorous reader letter laments the male view in funny papers and calls for a skewering of jealous fathers. The writer contrasts father and mother reactions to daughters’ growing independence and jokes about parental machinations in early marriages.

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Nile River Boats In Ancient Tail The Modern Scene

The Nile merchant boats on the windy river are graceful like ancient depictions with high prows. Marie Van Vorst notes in Harpers Magazine that boats carry dates corn sugar cane barley rice cotton figs and other produce down to markets by the slow canals. The crews wear dark blue mantles and snowy turbans as boats remain brilliant in this era as in queenly days.

Nile Marie van Vorst Harper’s Magazine

Cause for Alarm and a Bridal Trip Promise

A Lebanon youth courted a girl for nine years. He jokes about Niagara Falls drying up in 59,000 years. Jennie fears the fall may vanish before their bridal trip, prompting a playful warning to be cautious about the water level.

Lebanon Jennie Niagara Fells

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