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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
The Sun reports Rev Robb Zaring of Irvington M E Church challenged Mayor Bookwalters temperate claim of a moral administration. It mocks Zaring as endorsing a dangerous method of investigating crime and accuses him of moral perversion and hypocrisy.
The text critiques testimony by Lawyer Noel before a city investigation into street sweeping and sprinkling contracts. It notes Noel claimed authority to probe official corruption yet denied reading key mayoral documents. Local Republicans defend John W. Holtzman amid accusations, while broader satire questions virtue and credibility. A second item reports a Kokomo missing man search for Lee Forkner by the Modern Woodmen lodge.
Ostrich feathers remain popular in Paris hats with diverse decorations. Couteaux dyed in glace tones gain favor over natural quills while underfeathers of the patrich fall out of fashion. A new paper millinery trend offers easy to make hats and quick trims using tissue braid on wire frames. In Ohio a cooperative dining room plan for ten couples proves successful, offering affordable, good meals with shared kitchen facilities.
A fragmented advice piece argues candy belongs as a meal dessert for children above a certain age and warns against giving sweets to babies. It then shifts to claims about breathable air and feminine ailments, suggesting uncirculated air harms blood, liver, kidneys, nerves, and health with a focus on aging women and gesturing at nerves and vitality.
A collage of humorous scraps and quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes about weddings, engagements, attire, politics, and social faux pas feature witty exchanges among Miss Ascom Miss Wryvell and other unnamed humorists.
A New York Press excerpt ponders spending habits that trap the poor and questions loyalty in engagement. It notes a fickle view of women and hints at social behavior around summer resorts, bargains, and pawed articles.
A middle aged woman on a ferry reads a German weekly with a melodramatic love story. Her plain appearance contrasts with imaginations stirred by the story and a sense of missed romance. A bystander notes the scene from the paper’s perspective.
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