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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
8
An essay extols prohibition as a cure for alcoholism and social misery. It cites personal suffering of wives and children, calls for state custody of alcoholics, divorce rights for habitual drinkers, and stronger education to end reliance on spirits. The piece advocates closing saloons and broader moral reform led by communities and schools.
The speaker argues information alone is not education. Colleges overfill minds with irrelevant data, neglecting the inner grasp of a single fact and the relationships between truths. Emphasis is placed on discipline, simplification, and focusing on foundational subjects rather than broad, unfocused study.
James Bryce argues in Pall Mall Magazine that history shows great men often arise when needed yet sometimes fail to appear. He notes some figures seem fortunate with favorable conditions, while others, though brilliant, fail to match their era’s tempo or are ahead of their time.
A Massachusetts clergyman resigns after nine years as pastor to focus on golf. He says he has done more work in thirty years than many do in six and notes he collapsed twice under strain. The item reflects a trend of golf enthusiasm in sports journalism.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for distress after eating belching and nausea between meals. It claims the tonic strengthens the stomach and other four digestive organs to restore proper function. Take Hood's.
Mme Anna Gould and Prince De Sagan of France reportedly altered, after an altercation with Boni de Castellane, and she tenderly dressed the prince’s wounds. Paris society awaits potential renewed clashes as Boni seethes over the prince’s attentions to Gould.
A Washington Star passage recalls a farmer describing a peculiar visitor who wore a high hat and a Prince Albert coat on weekdays, noting how such garb tired them when seen about.
The piece applauds a frugal woman who saved money during Christmas shopping, promising store names on request. It lists cut price items such as gloves 49c, infants mittens 10c, linen handkerchiefs 12c, muslin skirts 2c, silk muffler 1.00, stockings 93c, women’s Oxfords 59c, towels 18c, linen toweling 10c, face powder discounts, rice powder sets, and cheap challies for dresses and kimonos, highlighting savings and value.
A lyrical meditation praising older women as a serene sisterhood. It celebrates aged mothers as honored, compassionate beings who bear strength and patience, tending memory with tears and blessing others with quiet, steadfast presence. The piece imagines poetry venerating their lifelong grace.
John R Bradley, a famed hunter, argues the rhinoceros is the world’s most dangerous animal. In equatorial Africa he roams everywhere, a 3000 pound armored menace whose charges require precise brain neck or heart shots or a swift sidestep.
Styles for coats feature wrist length sleeves across fabrics from cloth to fur and velvet. Conventional two piece coats stay untrimmed except for a turn back cuff or braid to resemble a second cuff. Military style suits have coat shaped sleeves with velvet cuffs and matching high band collars. Long tweed coats keep plain sleeves larger than wraps while dressier long coats show fuller sleeves plaited to fit wrists. Braid and buttons dominate decoration with poutache popular this season.
A Washington Star excerpt records a senator asserting Indians resist adaptation to “our ideas of civilization” while noting they are eager to take government money without working. The remark frames a debate on assimilation and welfare.
A Baltimore American quote ponders which plant of the arboreal kingdom would cling to humans if given a choice, with dogwood singled out in a witty exchange.
Princetos Tiger recalls a lecture on nihilism as mostly bombast, describing the talk as heavy on rhetoric with limited substantive insight. The remark captures a skeptical take from a student observer on the session’s core ideas.
Beatrice Fairfax criticizes spoiled youth who ignore elders on a Sixth Avenue car. She argues the mother and daughter share blame for lack of courtesy, urges thoughtful conduct, and insists young people should treat elders as they wish to be treated when aged.
Duck recounts a social evening with Ireen and Treen at a show. He describes nervous tension, lingering jealousy over Tracy De Villiers and Maybelle Fitzroy, and a shift from romance to discomfort as onlookers and performances distract Irene. The episode ends with him realizing plans go awry and misgivings about the next meeting.
Rev Dr Fourthly declares divine service will resume next Sunday morning at 11 o clock. Parishioner Doctor and Mr Highsworthy attend, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
A witty exchange cited from the Houston Post features a wife remarking she doubts her husband. He replies that marriage transformed him, exposing the difference between promises before marriage and his current behavior. The quip underscores marriage’s impact on character.
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