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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
7
A judge recalls traditional washing ways as a speaker touts Fels Naphtha soap. The piece argues boiling clothes is unnecessary and stresses washing in cold or lukewarm water with minimal rubbing to preserve fibers and health, urging readers to follow wrapper directions for best results.
A guidance essay urges couples to welcome and nurture their spouses past social circles. It warns against cutting off a partner from old friends, arguing tact and hospitality strengthen marriage. It notes jealousy harms love and that considerate treatment of trusted acquaintances sustains harmony.
A compact meditation on loyalty as fixed purpose and action. It argues loyalty directs the mind, improves health, and shapes success, citing figures like Poe Webster Rembrandt Turner Washington Gladstone Byron and urging unwavering devotion to work, art, country, and loved ones.
A Kansas City Journal note captures a tall tale about Kansas corn. An eastern visitor describes streets paved with corn grains and hollow cobs as sewer pipes, husks used as tents, and stalks so tall they threaten church steeples, with ears heavy enough to bend stalks by about 92 feet.
A Baltimore American quotation argues for a compromise on a proposition to buy Uncle Joe an airplane. The remark suggests humor and satire about paying for a fanciful gift, reflecting public opinion and wit of the era.
A playful collage of old jokes and quips shows children patched mischief with good manners. Vignettes mix schoolyard antics, social slips, and comic misunderstandings as families and neighbors puzzle over everyday conversations.
German naturalist Dr T Zell argues animals gain wisdom through experience and adapt to human activity. He cites game species avoiding rabbits and hares, whales and gulls trailing whaling ships, and birds learning to ignore trains and cars as evidence of intelligent selection by sheep dogs and other wildlife.
A courtroom exchange centers on a witness who insists he was born in 188 and remains born today, prompting a sharp lawyer remark about a supposed discrepancy. The quirky defense line underscores the odd humor in the case.
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