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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
7
Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects on a Greater New York divorce case and echoes a plea for loyalty and self reliance. She argues traveling husbands require wives to cultivate productive pursuits, warning temptations rise when women are unsupervised and offering Penelope as a model of resilience.
Beatrice Fairfax explains charm as a personal magnetism that defies definition. She notes charm combines tact, sympathetic manner, genuine interest in others, and cheerful behavior. Cultivate kindness, attentive listening, and never boast or insult. charm grows from consistent goodwill and respect for people.
Rev Thomas B Gregory recalls the life and influence of Mrs. Ann Hill Carter Lee. The article praises her intelligence faith and humanity and credits her with shaping Robert E Lee through self denial honor and unwavering faith in God. It notes his filial devotion and the lessons he absorbed from his mother during his youth and final illness.
In Boston a person identified as Johnn Beaconsfield Hill of Back Bay dismisses Santa Claus as imaginary and notes he would not suspend his clothing for tokens of affection, causing the inquirer to faint. The quote appears in Home Magazine.
A brief exchange shows a father urging focus on business over leisure and a son agreeing that business should come first. The line captures a wartime moral about responsibilities taking precedence over pleasure.
Two society girls Miss Constance Pratt and her sister Miss Beatrice Pratt helped entertain a large Bowery mission audience in New York. A number of other society men and women also participated in the concert.
In the January American Magazine Stewart Edward White explains that the forests service fields 1,200 protectors who patrol about 3 and a third percent of a square mile each, managing trails, permits, fires, and survival tasks across vast wilderness, while joking the job rivals Prussia’s 120 men for 206 square miles.
Charles YP Johnson argues against the third degree as police coercion. He contrasts English and American practices, noting constitutional protections against self incrimination and the difference between suspect questioning and case building. He cites Sherlock Holmes as illustrating the English approach.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox presents Azalia E Martin's poem from Kansas City Missouri praising racial pride and cosmic destiny. The piece frames a journey through time and space and contemplates fate, destiny, and the universe, with a call to celebrate Black achievement.
A quirky collection of brief notes references Jeremiah Meeker age 93 attending local baseball games Mrs Robert McGuire in Scranton Virginia 21st child Wire Washington Abbie Lathrop Granby Mass runs a mouse farm a Bucyrus Ohio child born to Mr and Mrs Kuendle is its own uncle father also grandfather Magistrate Alexander Bartlet Windsor Ontario age 8 will be 11 on the bench in 1868
Two Frenchmen who quarreled agree to settle via duel. They go to a railway station near Paris. One asks for a return ticket to F, the other buys single. The first mocks the second for not returning, while the second boasts he takes the return half from his victim.
Put contents of a fivecent packet of macaroni or spaghetti in two quarts of salted boiling water and boil 30 minutes. Drain, blanch with warm water, then simmer in milk with margarine, salt, and pepper. Cook 10 to 13 minutes until tender.
A playful exchange between a congressman and his sweetheart halts formal debate as she asks about a kiss and he replies it was his idea. She grants him permission to print his remarks, ending the standoff with a light moment.
A quotation from La Hire highlights a person who assigns value to tiny details. The ad notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for debility and endurance issues. Wulschner's advertises new pianos starting at 165 dollars.
editorial urges daily savings at start of year despite wage stagnation and widespread layoffs. notes prices adjust slowly, predicts coming stringency but eventual recovery, and encourages immediate action to start saving through a bank account before money flows.
Dr Julius Von Bernauer urges women to form Affinity Union No 1 to study fiances, learn house skills and marriage laws, claiming it would reform men. He cites masculine temperaments and offers guidance for husbands and wives focusing on harmony, youth, and ideal marriage ages.
An old Perth tale recalls Jamie a convivial local figure found at the foot of an outside stair after a night out. When asked if he fell, Jamie calmly says he fell the stair but was coming down whether or not, a resigned reply captured by Argonaut.
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