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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1910
Page
5
Beatrice Fairfax argues against kissing babies to prevent disease spread from germs in mouths. She cites the World Health Organization style club and urges adults to kiss the back of the neck or top of the head instead. The piece mixes a moral stance with a Punch magazine style anecdote about mothers and babies.
Poem fragment reflecting on love's persistence and pain as lovers part. Imagery shifts between hills, distant shores, and remembered kisses. The speaker recalls love arriving with joy and the eventual sorrow of parting across the distance.
A seedy man in the camping grounds of the famed show asks to see Mistah Bahnam. He presents a thousand dollars to the treasurer Bailey claiming to be Mr. Bailey, but is told Barnum is not available. The dialogue hints at impersonation and a tense encounter on the circus grounds.
A self help piece by Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges unwavering belief and action to achieve goals. It compares life to tennis and sailing, encouraging readers to look up look out and sail toward new horizons with hope courage patience faith and perseverance. It emphasizes that it is never too late to begin.
A Chicago physician who marries at 72 argues marriage must be delayed until adulthood. Proponents of early marriage are dismissed as reckless. The piece warns twenty year olds lack self control, finances, and maturity to form lasting homes, while mature couples avoid soul-deadening unions and tragic, lifelong regrets.
Uncle 5geke declines further political involvement after a bruising campaign. He recalls waves of false accusations and biased reporting that damaged trust in citizens and politics, including coins in hands, false teeth, pirate ancestry, and odd habits. He ran for the office of coroner.
Poem urges labor as divine and love as the supreme force binding all beings. It contrasts toil with divine creation and argues that true kingship rests on loving, not wealth or status. It envisions unity across class lines and sees death as a doorway to rebirth through love.
A string of quips unfolds about memory and hospitality. A joke about a scoundrel’s fate prompts a witty exchange. Another pun contrasts olives and watermelons. A final bit jokes about a broken engagement tied to sock hoarding.
Attorney General Wickersham in Washington criticizes a wrong-headed financier as deplorable and notes his defense crumbles. He parallels the financier to Jethro before a county judge, who jokes about stealing Gen Johnson's chickens without witnesses.
A terse exchange shows one person planning to light a cigar to gain trust or bluff another, suggesting a tense moment of deception or testing loyalty as they discuss how to appear credible while away from home.
Quote fragment reflects a sobering exchange about a departed individual. A character asks if others knew the deceased, reply notes the knowledge came from his tombstone. The terse exchange hints at memory, guilt, and mortality in a concise archival voice.
Aunt Lucretia Ann laments women’s heavy labor cleaning up men’s messes and the endless cycle of chores. The speaker mocks male complacency and insists women bear the burden, noting fatigue and frustration with domestic toil.
A witty exchange unfolds with a talkative boarder questioning why steel traps are called smart. An elderly resident explains in a suavely ironic tone that a steel trap is smart because it knows when to shut up, a line left hanging in delicate circumstance.
A brief not entirely clear note mentions Mrs Froat and a basin in a fragmentary item. Readable elements show a personal reference and unspecified activity surrounding a basin. No concrete event or date is established in the legible text.
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