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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun announces regular daily publication with Sunday exceptions. It lists office location at the Bore building 123 and 12 E Ohio Street and foreign advertising reps in New York Chicago and St Louis. Registration information notes second class mail status and issue number 165.
Anthony C. Butler argues a new line against woman suffrage, but the Indianapolis Sun replies that women would choose serious ability over appearance. The piece cites Elizabeth, Catherine the Great, Cleopatra, Victoria, and Cleopatra to claim women voters will favor capable leaders over handsome rivals.
Fragmentary ode presents two sonnets amid garbled text. Expressions of solace in a partner’s care contrast with disdain for refined society. The speaker prefers a simple, unpolished life, savoring plain meals and plain talk, while musing on affection and restraint.
A cowboy explains rattlesnake danger with a taut metaphor. He claims a rattler aims and warns that moving a stake or gun triggers the snake’s strike. He boasted he could shoot a snake's head with his eyes shut, a claim echoed in a Philadelphia Bulletin feature called WHAT'S WHAT.
A fragmented OCR text discusses opinions being kept until asked and states that many opinions hold no value. The garbled wording resembles a note or editorial aside without clear persons or events.
Thomas Benton McDonald of Lovilla Iowa, president of Lovilla Exchange Bank, visits Indianapolis and reminisces about his Indiana boyhood. He contrasts past simplicity with modern envy driven youth and predicts Iowa wealth through farmers while discussing road work with county officials and the states printing contracts. He also notes a banker’s tariff view and optimistic national economic outlook.
A collection of brief notes on residents and officials. John McGregor seeks state action on Marion county courthouse. Judge A B Anderson is praised for quick logic. Tom Tagegart warns against harming vulnerable people. Josiah K Lilly loses fountain pen and hides desk key. Ernest Bross weighs political support. Harry Stout enjoys swimming near Marion club. Dr A W Brayton touts topa spinning record. Col Mark Thistlethwaite nicknamed Little Governor. Otway A Baker claims health and 14 hour farm days. Ford Winter notes tough partnership obstacles.
A humorous domestic scene unfolds at breakfast as a father boasts of club life while his wife parries with pointed quips. The exchange touches on marriage, social circles, mortgage talk, and the clash of evening revelry with morning realities in a playful, regional tone.
Speaker Cannon recalls Woollen-William Weeley Woollen’s rush order for a steamer rug. The clerk struggles to spell the name and repeats letters and numbers aloud, leading to a humorous miscommunication and a joke about twins.
A fragmentary dialogue features a man praising a large nose and a woman warns against speaking about a gift. The pair discuss a birthday present and mispronounce several words.
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