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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
8
In a rural joking tale from Hoop Pole township Ed Billiter and Susie Truxton marry amid family skepticism. After a short honeymoon Ed travels, Susie toys with his comings and goings, testing the bond with practical jokes and playful separations while planning a farm life together.
Francis L. Garside and her daughter Daysey Mayme attend a lecture on mental influence. Lysander John Appleton endures a silent, accusing household ritual before vanishing, his wife and daughter insisting the fault lies with his mind.
A playful dialogue defines middle age as advancing toward middle life with grandparents weighing in on who belongs. The exchange frames aging as a moving target through witty banter about generations.
A man and his fiancée, newly engaged, confront each other with their pasts in a tender tribunal of honesty. She reveals a lingering past of flirtations and a first kiss from marriage age, while he reflects on his deeds and vows to be worthy, asking her to marry him.
Dorothy Dix critiques a Berlin advertisement boasting a woman of noble lineage beauty and wealth seeking a husband. She argues men prefer flawed, domestic partners and mocks the notion of a flawless wife while noting fashion and gossip temptresses, ending with a dig at heroic suitors who pursue perfection.
The piece describes festive arrangements with begonia American beauties white Chinese lilies and ferns in silver vases on display. It notes miniature frosted Christmas trees red candy berries orchids lilies of the valley and azaleas as luxurious touches and explains a Christmas pie craft using white paper holly ribbons and gifts.
A narrator laments being considered a low-brow as James J. Montague declares Howells Lodge and forty eight others, including Basil L. Gildersleeve Francis C. Jones Rashe Parker and William R. Meade, as immortalized in a roll of honor. The piece ponders fame versus obscurity and the public’s taste for literary giants.
The episode shows Claude Eclaire forcing Desperate Desmond into a desert standoff with the sole water pool nearby. A camel drink leaves the prisoner with no water as the villain schemes more torment. Tomorrow’s installments promise further peril.
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