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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
18
An essay celebrates travel with a child, contrasting dull scenes with vibrant life seen through a child’s eyes. The narrator urges pity for the childless, praising motherhood and the enriching joy children bring to life and perception.
The speaker reflects how sorrow deepens understanding with each passing year and how hardship enhances gratitude. Freedom’s sadness tempers perception, and lonely hearts learn to hear music in friendship. Sorrow, embraced, grows into wiser companionship.
A 1930s article argues that mental power renders the term incurable obsolete, urging readers to embrace hopeful progress and belief in healing through positive thought. The piece emphasizes resilience, personal agency, and the transformative potential of mindset.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox discusses Christian D. Larson's call to rename “homes for Incurables” and other institutions. She cites cures by Osteopathy and other methods, arguing the term curable or incurable harms patients and urging petitions to remove the word from doors. She praises mental therapeutics, Bible aid, and accessible hopeful reading, urging action and self-help.
A Western city story recalls a Sisters of St John the Baptist inquiry at a post office where a clerk doubted the sister’s existence until a child’s illness reveals a missed reward a decade old. Marjorie, nine, aims to earn a dollar by getting a hundred in anything as her father’s patience wears thin.
A brief exchange unfolds as a speaker declares the oak their favorite tree and another counters with the yew as their favorite. The lighthearted dialogue mirrors genteel humor typical of Harper’s Weekly fashion.
The forecast warns of heavy trials and disappointments for a child born on this day with anxiety in business and possible financial and health woes. Those employed may fare better while the child is quick and clever yet not financially successful. keeping to employment is advised.
Thank God for eyes that smile and eyes that weep they brighten bleak days and ease pain. The eyes lift hearts with light and hope and catch a glimpse of rest and joy beyond. They comfort the sorrowing and bless with angellike mercy even in deepest grief.
The Bastille, its history, and the 1789 French Revolution are recalled. The piece contrasts royal oppression with the rise of truth and rights, ending with the Bastille’s demolition symbolizing progress and human dignity.
A woman files for divorce from Richard W. Murtagh a wealthy Albany brewer. The case names the husband and cites marital breakdown asking the court to dissolve the marriage.
The article notes a humorous line in the Edmonton Opera House rules from Manager Brandon. It states that “Any old ladies afraid of taking cold may keep on their hats or bonnets.” The line appears as a light, wry aside reflecting period decorum.
A raspy aside recalls a shipyard boy Kipling on a yardarm and a brave joke about drowning. The note extends to Jim Fisk Horace Walpole Napoleon Bonaparte Dick Turpin Elias Caesar and the poet Byron in a playful Washington Herald style.
Beatrice Fairfax asserts the modern woman matches or exceeds past standards, argues she advances civilization, balances homemaking with public progress, and should have voting rights without losing her womanly charms, noting diverse examples of capable women and their duties.
College boys are the most attractive lovers as they truly mean what they say with practiced ideals. A clever man avoids marrying a flirted woman, while a married man flirts with someone else. A man’s honor lives in his head while a woman’s heart acts on what she feels she should do. Marriage would be more popular if it were harder to obtain, since there is no real excitement in getting what you can have.
The late Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, described as benevolent in appearance, is cited making a biting jab about Vermont voting rules. He claimed Vermont voters must have beaten Massachusetts buyers out of $5,000 in horse trading, a quip met with a hearty retort from Senator Proctor of Vermont.
In Chicago News style, report that three years after leaving town, suitors Jigsmith and Higgins competed for Miss Peachley's hand. Higgins confesses he won. Peachley ultimately marries Jigsmith, concluding the rival romance.
In a Punch humor sketch an aunt apologizes for not visiting and dreading the dull afternoon. The niece humbly reassures the aunt that they expected nothing else, preserving a light, satirical tone.
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