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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
Dr Wheeler and his assistant at the New York Pasteur Institute inoculate bite victims amid a hydrophobia scare. The bustling scene follows a wave of dog bite cases as anxious Newark residents seek immediate treatment.
A wry guidance piece urges men to defer to their wives in daily choices and appearances. It jokes about obedience norms, from praise and color judgment to funeral tastes, hiring and firing servants, neckwear, and travel plans, ending with a caveat about ideals and discretion.
The Marion County Sunday school track and field meet will be held at Riverside Park on Saturday afternoon. More than 100 athletes from various Sunday schools enter 18 events, featuring noted high school and ex-school stars such as Hendrickson, Wright, Schomberg, Ogle, and Bates in the 440 yard dash and distance events.
Advice framed as humorous domestic tactics for the henpecked husband. Suggestions include avoiding conflict, entering boldly, smoking on the fire escape, feigning fatigue at dinner, and pleading sympathy for the wife’s hair and cooking. It also jokes about card play, social introductions, and listening to the wife’s storytelling.
Veteran referee George Siter suffered a heart failure attack while on State street in Chicago. He was en route to Milwaukee to report the Papke Ketchel glove contest last night when the incident occurred.
A Kentucky justice of the peace marries a runaway couple who arrived at his home. After the ceremony the groom hands the judge a single silver dollar, saying it is his last cash and saved for the honeymoon, a humorous note from Woman's Home Companion.
A brief excerpt contrasts a promoter’s claimed skill with real mining know how and criticizes northern writers using southern dialects in magazines. The Washington Star notes the promoter’s pretended expertise and a Galveston News jab targets magazine writers who imitate negro dialects.
The lantern fly of the Malay Peninsula leaps without wings. Arctic air carries sound well enough to allow two people to talk across a mile of space.
A physician father advised his 7 year old son to count up to 100 then another hundred to fall asleep. That night silence prevailed until a sleepy question arose as the boy whispered Papa what comes after trillions Bellman prompting a chuckle and a bedtime exchange.
A quoted exchange discusses hidden wealth and unpaid property. The line suggests “untold wealth” refers to assets kept off tax lists, reflecting concerns over tax evasion and fiscal fairness amid broader debates in Harper's Weekly. Names and dates are not provided.
A dialogue fragment shows a courtroom exchange where a daughter asks what brings comfort in a trial and the father replies that an acquittal would bring the most solace. The judge presiding over the scene remains silent or unspecified.
In Marion County Indiana a partition suit No 238 is filed by David F E Williams et al versus John R Williams and Williams. The defendants nonresidents are summoned to appear by September 7 1908 or default will be entered. Clerk Leonard M Quill Carson Thompson Dowden attorneys for plaintiffs.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis will auction the city’s sixteen ton Kelley Springfield steam road roller on June 10 1908 at 9 30 a m in Room 913 Majestic Building Indianapolis. Sale subject to mayoral approval and details available at the Board office.
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