Public dance halls cited as city shame by Sun editor
The Sun calls for cleaning out Indianapolis public dance halls after Matron Gregoire reports many jailed girls trace their downfall to first visits there. It urges ministers and all citizens to join in cleansing the city of what it calls pernicious immoral influence.
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Cartier
SUN
Indianapolis
Gregoire
THE
Konna
Andrew Carnegie
Bant
Claus
Atchison Globe
Indiana Gop Senatorship Plot Deepens With McCulloch Hint
A fragmented Indiana political scene centers on Senator Fairbanks succession rumors. McCulloch may back Charles L. Henry, while Durbin and Hemenway vie for the vice presidency and senate seat. A possibility remains that Fairbanks may decline the VP path and keep the senate post. The fly subplot offers comic relief amid the real partisan jockeying.
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Fairbanks
Tar Simpson
Senate
Durbin
Hemenway
George FL. McCulloch
Parks For the People and Public Park Rights
A columnist advocates strong public access to city parks arguing parks belong to all citizens and must not be restricted by the park board. The piece condemns limiting use, notes grass trampling will heal, and criticizes contemporary papers and political chatter with satire about organs and typhoid metaphors.
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Clyde Power
Power
Indianapolis
Fairview
Broad Wipple Parka
City Park Board
Oldest Love Letter Found In Brick Inscription
A brick bearing a 3600 year old love proposal from a Egyptian princess to a Gyptian prince draws fascination. The note, written on brick with no envelope, is reportedly the oldest love letter in the world and hints at a marriage proposal preserved through centuries.
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British Museum
Gond
Trong
Arman
Why Korean Women Wear Cloaks Over Their Heads
A historical tale explains Korean women in long white dress and green cloaks. Loyal women warned the king of a palace coup during a banquet, seizing cloaks to pinion conspirators and save the monarch. The ruler then decreed women wear the military cloak as an honor.
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Korea
Beaul
Hla
Lita
Seoul
Ahemaelyon
Dginm
The Patient Lover
A dated guide urges women to be ready on a man’s arrival and to avoid keeping him waiting in any scenario from appointments to theater outings and dances. It emphasizes punctuality as a small return for a man’s courtesies and patience.
The Wilderness as Paradise in a Distant Conversation
A scene unfolds with social intrigue and longing as characters debate exile and paradise. The Beauty and Hertha navigate expectations, seeing old friends, shifting loyalties, and a revelation about the Smith family while a train arrival interrupts the moment.
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Arras
Paradise Enen
Deartah
Jorgnétte
Mund
Aelot
Dias Smith
Aunt Marthy and kin roam for days in cheerful tales
A fragmentary vignette describes Aunt Marthy visiting relatives Henry’s Collie Firkin’ Bell and Uncle Lute, with aunt’s fussing, scripture reading, and playful quips about medicine, foods, and entertainment, ending with a child’s misread dialect and scattered dialogue.
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Marthy
Henry
Jan'e
Bart
Firkin’ Bell
Lute
Furnishing a Summer Cottage on a Budget
A guide to simple cottage setup focusing on white and green colors, essential furnishings, and cheap upgrades. It covers cleansing old spaces, repairing leaks, bed comfort, rustic yard furniture, porch dining with mosquito netting, and using vines and greenery to create a welcoming, affordable country retreat.
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Nearsby
The Beauty and her Aunt at the Hotel Tower
The Beauty, amid an estate of suitors and a vain aunt, weighs a marriage proposal from an invalid artist as she recalls past kindnesses and a hidden romance. A love letter she cannot fully reject prompts inward conflict and a dramatic pivot at the veranda desk.
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Corone
Volgar
Chicago
Marrige
Okicoma City
Reading Lamps And Artificial Lighting Debate
A discussion from Jewelers' Weekly Courier on reading lamps argues against low, direct lamps. It says optimal artificial lighting should come from above, illuminating the page by reflected light for daylight-like reading, while keeping surroundings dim.
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Bethfeld
Weekly Courier
Large Medical Fees and Graft in Medicine
The World Today discusses the range of medical charges, comparing honest, agreed fees for exceptional service to extortionate demands. It cites Dr Forenz and Dr Onler as examples of fair pricing, and condemns a Chicago doctor who demanded $1,000 in advance to see a puerperal fever case as an act of graft.
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Forenz
Dr. Onler
Chicago
Thin City
Loba
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Fragmented Globe Text on Communication and Language
The text appears as garbled notes about correctness, perception of error, and talk on telephone use. It lacks clear events or entities to identify people, places, or organizations. The readable portions suggest general remarks rather than a discrete news item or notice.
Prince Praises American Wines in New York Visit
During a New York visit Princé Hahentono praised American wines, especially California red wine for its purity. He cited a Berlin court case where a Bertin vintner was fined for selling chemically made wine, noting the absence of bitartrate of potash as proof of adulteration.
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Princé Hahentono
New York
America
California
Berlin
Bertin
Billy
Nix
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