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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
8
A reflective piece on sorrow and memory offering healing through sweet recollections. It contrasts a grieving young woman with an older woman who finds solace in memories, urging living with forgiveness, generous love, and timely reconciliation to ensure memories stay sweet rather than bitter.
The article warns that house flies are not harmless. It describes how a fly lands on food, grooms itself, and leaves dirt and germs on meals. It urges strict cleanliness in kitchens and bakeries and calls for efforts to reduce fly numbers.
A reflective piece extols work as noble and sacred, asserting there is nobility even in simple hand labor. It argues true labor bears a divine quality and that a man’s greatest ornament is his diligent, earnest effort, always upheld by his dignity and calling.
The piece argues applause and ridicule shape performance, citing Jef fries and Mr John son, and praises praise as a heart stimulant while blaming nagging and fault finding for negative outcomes, urging self-examination for better relations and work.
A Dorothy Dix column argues nagging at husbands erodes men who once showed promise. It cites a struggling husband worn down by constant criticisms over money, appearance, and effort, prompting a shift from optimism to defeat. The piece urges wives to shout encouragement to keep champions from quitting.
Peggy Maitland writes in a homey, confessional tone about a summer outing. She confesses unease with Mr. Sinclair and Mrs. Bentley, notes flirtatious gossip around Bobby Caton, and longs for her mother and home while describing a moonlit drive and social tensions among adults.
Virgil, an earnest but wary investor, visits Joseph at a rugged homestead to discuss wealth tied to gold claims. Joseph boasts vast holdings and confident foresight, hoping to lure Virgil into a joint venture on the Bucktooth range. Virgil insists he’s worth thirty to forty thousand, while Joseph vows a future million from a promising strike.
Poem urges personal improvement to brighten the world. It counsels watching actions, avoiding selfish motives, and keeping thoughts clean. It promotes accumulating wisdom and spreading kindness daily to benefit many.
The narrator notes August is hot and humid and many leave during the month. It traces the name to Emperor Augustus Caesar, who began his first consulship in August. The old name Gextilis marked it as the sixth month from March.
The article argues that continuous nourishment aids sleep and tissue maintenance, noting digestion continues after a meal and that a empty stomach at bedtime can cause sleeplessness. It cites infants and other animals driven to eat at night and urges light refreshment before sleep to avoid feebleness. It adds warning against prolonged fasting for thin or insomnia sufferers.
The piece offers humorous, satirical tips for enduring heat by simulating seaside and country life in the city. It suggests tricks like dropping tin pails at night, filling beds with sand, spraying dampness, fabricating a bungalow atop a skyscraper, and using woolly bugs, mosquitoes, and grass to create illusion. It notes patented schemes by Wireless Vacations Inc and mocks overpriced summer camps while listing absurd materials and costs. The tone is playful and era-specific, reflecting early 20th century suburban leisure fantasies.
The piece argues true rest goes beyond sleep or inactivity, stressing changes of occupation or scene, city trips for brain workers, theater outings for women, and small habits like knitting or reading. It praises letting go of tension, balancing duties with pleasure, and using summer as a proper rest period.
A lyrical plea for returning to the untamed valleys of Mountain Glens Dunree and Knockmany. The speaker longs to recapture youth and the simple, inspiring breeze that fed their imagination, lamenting city life and loss of the original heart and vision. The verse contrasts nature’s clarity with the corrupting lure of the crowded town.
A short appreciation of toast as a delicacy and medicine. It notes predigested bread, doctors’ prescriptions, and proper preparation. When toasted thin and brown the starch becomes dextrine. Cooks who burn it spoil its appetizing quality.
A delicate woman endures heat rash in summer with red splotches causing distress. Advice includes dusting talcum powder to stay cool and reduce irritation, wearing wrinkle free clothing and comfortable underwear, and using a bicarbonate of soda solution to ease itching. When irritation is severe, carbbolized vaseline is suggested as a treatment.
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