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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
4
An obituary tribute to Pope Leo as the Workingman's pope and a critique of slavery in Alabama. The piece denounces reestablishment of bondage, notes police reports claiming streets are now safe, and previews upcoming political conventions with idle remarks on a candidate's campaign shouts and domestic weather chatter.
The Topeka State Journal notes Gen. Nelson A Milen is somewhat a rough rider type. The Pittsburg Press mocks stopping lynching with two hanged lynchers. The Boston Herald argues Russia could be kept in Manchuria with a door towed shut for six years, a phrase reflecting debate on security and policy.
A Ray County item reports a song man attempting a bold kiss after Sunday talk. The woman balked and threatened to tell her father. He fled, smashing four window panes, then ran barefoot from the house toward Kansas City.
A fragment from the Washington Evening Post contemplates the polar bear on its snow bed as cold winds blow across the Arctic expanse. The verse describes a solitary, luxurious, dreamless sleep beneath a softly gleaming Borealis light.
Speech-like fragments describe personal relationships and a domestic scene with menage references. The text mentions managing a son and a woman, with unclear actions and shifting phrases. No clear event or identifiable names emerge.
A mosaic of child mishearings and malapropisms from classroom chatter. Teachers prompt witty mistakes as Johnny and others respond with humorous misquotes and puzzled interpretations. The snippets include Christopher Columbus, condensed milk, and a riddle about a cherry in a woodpecker, reflecting playful, era-typical schoolroom humor.
Chief Justice Melville W. Puller, noted for kindness to children, visited an orphan asylum in a city. A Presbyterian clergyman hosted the party and the Justice spoke to applause. A partisan aide praised the speech, then mused on why the orphans do not grow taller over ten years.
A terse admonition warns against yielding to sick or lazy thoughts. It cautions that allowing moods to govern actions opens doors to enemies of health and happiness and stresses maintaining discipline to avoid mental fatigue.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and parlor advice from a range of voices. Hypnotism notes from Mr Silas F Nef mingle with shopfront tales of a penniless shopper and comic street scenes. Edward Singer warns on style health and thrift while a New York Tribune reprint laments urban poverty.
In a New York Times memory, Senator Sibley and his family visited a county fair where a child begged for a toy balloon. The reply about a nickel led to a toy balloon being swallowed and then retrieved, illustrating a humorous episode amid the family outing.
Gifte for tin weddings are now regularly stocked in stores with a department dedicated to them. Tin bouquets imitate real flowers, tin hampers, belts, cigars jars, and various tin ornaments are offered, alongside practical items. Also notes on composed women, hot lamp chimney remedies, and a bread based dessert recipe.
A garbled local items page reports Tipton pioneers, Mishawaka and Greenfeld events. It notes individuals, marriages, accidents, awards, reunions, arrests, and farm incidents across Indiana towns including Bedford, Goshen, Kokomo, Greenfield, and Fort Wayne with a mix of nomes like Nra Overman, Mra Ry Overman, Elward Ostine, John Slivers, and Miss Mars Baret McNaught.
An old-fashioned testimonial ad offers a remedy for catarrh with a money back guarantee. It cites F J Cheney of Toledo as a trusted party and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a price and pharmacy details.
Classified notice invites free help wanted and situation wanted ads. It mentions female help, rental rooms, plus contact details for THE SUN office with old and new phone numbers.
Humorous vignettes from a Missouri town and Philadelphia report a deacon who tells a boy heaven’s joys to curb swearing, a physician’s diagnostic eye in art, and a young conductor humorously mistaken for a child on an Amsterdam Avenue car, showcasing curious encounters and wit from urban life.
Guardian Henry J. Kissel, acting administrator of Elizabeth Gomenciner's estate, offers by private sale two parcels totaling about 94.1 acres in Mandupolta, Indiana, at 10 a.m. on July 1, 1900, with terms one-third cash and two deferred payments secured by mortgage, subject to court approval.
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