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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
27
The Indianapolis Sun editorial page dated Monday December 7 1908 notes publication details in the Bun Building at 183 and 1% East Ohio Street. It indicates postal entry as second class mail and lists staff or structural notes for the paper.
A New Jersey charitable home for girls uses corporal punishment under a calm but brutal matron. The piece condemns flogging as inexcusable, urges removal of cruel staff, and calls for governor intervention to stop injustices in such institutions. It contrasts past flogging with modern calls for self control and humane treatment.
A police court hearing exposes a woman’s tale of financial surrender to her unfaithful husband. The piece argues men seek superiority through dependence, noting a woman who earns money and then avoids debt found happier when her partner feels he is a better financier. It counsels women to let husbands believe they cannot live without them.
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger item a playhouse audience observes a quick exit by a fire insurance man who believed an alarm sounded amid the first act. He returns before the second act, noting there was no fire or water, and his wife, a keen guesser, teases his misperception.
In a lively salon exchange, the Manicure Lady extols Edgar Allan Poe noting tales like The Black Cat and The Fall of the House of Usher. The Head Barber cautions against gloom and urges lighter reading as Wilfred praises Poe for broadening education. The speakers mention Bertha Clay poems and a Fatigue-era cultural scene. The tale ends with a mention of a female impersonator arriving for nails.
The Youth’s Companion recounts William Penn's use of a peep hole at his London home to monitor visitors during 1707. The practice arose from fear of arrest under harsh laws, a plight shared by many nobles, though few employed such expedients. A creditor faced with delay was told by the servant that the master “has seen thee” and disliked the look of the man.
A Yale Record excerpt shows a posse leader stringing a Black man with a bloodhound keeper asking if he will be killed. The leader answers no, says they are only stringing him, while placing the noose around his neck.
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