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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
16
A fragment reflecting on human strength and the role of work in defining power within the world. The text discusses how men should measure themselves by labor and achievement rather than other measures. The passage presents a philosophical, incomplete meditation on virtue and societal worth.
A meditation on actors and managers as vital public servants whose hard work supports culture and economy. It applauds performers for nourishing minds, notes pay rises in vaudeville and legitimate theater, and warns against critics and fashion parasitism eroding the profession. The piece praises managers for sustaining productions and cities, while highlighting the public owe them recognition and support.
A Christmas appeal urges readers to reconnect with missing family members. It recalls a mother and father at home, a expectant greeting by the hearth, and the ache of those long absent. The piece asks readers to mail a Christmastime postal to loved ones, offering hope and reminding wealthy gifts cannot match such personal bonds.
Frederic Isham highlights the Chinese lock-pickers guild, a secretive group hired to open locked doors. If a thief is caught, the thief punished, not the guild member, under local law. Isham cites a Tientsin report about a foreign lumber yard owner burned by a beggar he had stopped supporting.
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