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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
8
Dorothy Dix argues a wife should weigh summer absence and its effect on marriage noting that separations can refresh relationships. The piece cites sailors and travelers as examples and emphasizes that intermittent matrimony often yields happier outcomes than uninterrupted marriage, with humor about mutual faults and renewed attraction.
In a rambling chat between the Manicure Lady and the Head Barber, themes of gender, marriage, and legal fairness are teased. The Lady laments modern men and judges, contrasting past knights and senators with present alimony fears, praising steadfast old-time honor and the idea a husband should protect his wife.
In a parlour gathering, Margaretta Bolsover astonishes Mr. Starpen with a tempersome hoarse voice and a powerful range singing Oh Promise Me The Holy City Dernie and Love Me and the World Is Mine. He praises her talent and hints at a public debut while Bolsover reveals Starpen is a pine turpentine promoter seeking investment.
A tribute to Alessando Manzoni and his mother, noting his rise from early works to Promessi Sposi, praised by Goethe and Scott. The piece highlights his patriotism, private virtue, and the mother’s pivotal role in shaping his literary and national service, ending with a call to honor mothers.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox presents a paradoxical scene where bleak skies and stalled cattle contrast with an optimistic willow that sways in the wintry blast. The poem juxtaposes grim, dreary imagery with a hint of resilience and hidden springtime hope.
A wife writes that her husband, a businessman in frequent contact with doctors, risks leaving their children unprotected if he dies without a will. She urges him to provide for education and future needs, arguing death is always possible and urging common sense planning. She stresses a loving husband should secure his family's future while alive.
For Tuesday June 2 1908 the forecast advises marriage and asking favors before 10 30 a m. The day includes doubtful outcomes for other purposes and notes a forecast for court proceedings on that day.
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