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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
7
Gen Warren learns the Union plot used his daughter Agatha to trap Lieut Burton. Burton admits no error as Agatha accuses him while Warren contemplates duty and loss. The scene ends with the family torn and the general resolved to wake Gen Lee.
Burton faces Gen Warren and family in Agatha's room as Arthur and Warren threaten. The argument centers on a supposed trick and dispatches, while Burton remains silent. The old general questions whether the orders were false and if Burton acted as a pawn in a larger game.
A collection of quips on human nature and behavior with lines about jokes, idle minds, beliefs, grievances, temptation, churchgoing, self knowledge, and aging. The tone skewers pretentiousness and self deception while noting the value of social ease over grave self analysis.
A courtroom exchange features a medical student asking what operation was performed on a man and an eminent surgeon replying with a price of two hundred dollars. The judge presides over the scene as the quip underlines the tension between procedure and profit.
Rev Thomas B Gregory extols Delphi as the ancient oracle site and cultural center. He describes the temple, its history, Delphic practices, and the decline of belief as reason triumphed over superstition.
A Washington Star cartoon dialogue jokes about the holiday season. A man urges a woman to let a bull pup bite her to earn the pet’s gratitude, highlighting mischievous generosity during the festive period.
An inexpensive five minute remedy combines granulated sugar syrup with Pinex to treat coughs and colds. A pint bottle lasts a family long time and costs about 54 cents. Take a teaspoonful every one to three hours as needed. Pinex, a pine extract, is highlighted as superior to other pine preparations.
A preserved home recipe describes making a ginger cake with molasses cream butter lard and hot water, with soda ginger salt cinnamon eggs and flour, baked in a moderate oven and served with whipped cream. It adds a tip on brittle icing using vinegar to keep frosting moist and resilient for a week.
A narrator recalls a captain fleeing a cannibal fate when the chief's wife mislaid her cock book, causing the would be eater to miss the mark. The remark lands in Nagel's Lustige Welt as a comic aside.
Beatrice Fairfax counsels young girls on infatuation with older men. A sixteen year old narrator recalls falling for a much older violinist and the shift when he reveals engagement. The piece warns to avoid marrying much older men and to seek a partner close in age who shares youth and vitality.
Poetic verse contrasts the sea s beauty and terror. It speaks of gleaming waves and hidden caves where a black heart of terror lies. The speaker resists the siren call, choosing fear and fate over seductive flood and its deadly undertow.
The Washington Star reports a humorous exchange where Plodding Pete asks a woman if she ate the pie she gave him last year. He boasts about a digestion record while she acknowledges eating some of it.
A humorous preview of courtship and proposals contrasts a man’s awkward starts with ease after marriage. The piece notes a man’s belief he understands the world, fears of sympathetic understandings, and dangers women face from widows and chorus girls.
The note explains that lumber uses over half the remaining supply and bill items like sashes doors blinds floors roofs and fixtures. It argues shingles and laths add about thirty million yearly and rent and building costs rise 2 to 50 percent, far beyond five or ten years ago, excluding labor.
Auction catalog style notice describes silk sale items including plain colored taffeta silks and evening shades. Prices range 76c 85c and $1.00 with warranted to wear grade and rough oriental silks offered in extra width by the yard.
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