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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
10
A narrative from Ella Wheeler Wilcox portrays a man tired of club life seeking a home and a domestic wife while wives fear loss of vitality and face harsh judgments. The tale traces his flirtations, a wife’s confession, and rumors of infidelity ending in divorce.
A husband seeks control and a luxurious home but faces a wife who rebels against the confinement. She agrees to travel in Europe after enduring distaste for a life boxed by duties and a demanding routine, leading to a strained marriage and eventual departure.
A fragmentary OCR passage hints at a teacher inspector questioning students about a hero named George and a top boy. The dialogue suggests classroom dynamics and a moment of quiet before a reaction, with references to a master and a heart of the teacher. The garbled text implies historical schoolroom scenes.
A poem by Richard Monckton Milnes on secret love and restrained affection. Two casual friends meet in public while deep feeling grows but remains hidden due to maiden pride and social shame. Years pass with tears and delayed mutual joy as truth would bring remorse.
A reader essay discusses how names carry meaning and how certain old fashioned names suit their owners. It lists many names with their meanings from Ann to Winifred, noting themes of nobility virtue and beauty behind each given name.
A dated guide discusses birthstone lore for girls including February garnet and April diamond, noting names, years, and the romance of stamping a birthstone in an engagement ring. It ends with the nursery rhyme about Monday to Sabbath children and their fates.
Sary Janes plaintive observations on people and weather reveal a sharp, humorous voice. She laments dreary days, complains about men and fools, and notes her own wit and weatherbound clothes awaiting rain.
In a road story tone, a con man recounts pursuing Elkannah Jones in a Hartford ledger scam. The tale follows a calculated ruse to claim the Hemingway millions through forged kinship, a staged sale, and a staged promise of payment, with delays and mounting pressure as the con tightens.
An exchange unfolds as a duke consoles a young woman claiming only her youth and seventeen millions in wealth. He reassures her that love transcends social status, wrapping her in a tender embrace.
A New York telegram poem recounts a man and woman fishing together by a babbling mountain brook. He uses minnows. she relies on a saucy look. They quit the stream with him still empty handed while she has the sole catch, a sucker.
Mrs Mangle greets her son Tom who returns with astonishing tales from an aviary meet. The son reports incredulous flights details that leave Mrs Mangle 80 percent surprised and sensing a disturbing state of affairs.
In a dialog between Steena and a narrator, Steena defends Doctor Wiley as a great man and food expert for the U.S. government while arguing that whiskey dulls the brain. The exchange includes Steena recounting a brother in Sweden who drinks heavily and a discourse on Maester Yenkins and a police officer, all framed in a humorous, dialect-rich debate about Wiley’s reputation.
A humorous slice shows a family listening to a sea tale while the oldest brother frets over a back button. Jokes touch on tipping, renovations, a Kentuckian claim to fame, a suitor’s father’s settlement, religious ministers and the Johnson-Jeffries fight as a moral tableau.
A terse dialogue shows he fails to persuade her and provokes anger. She remains unmoved by his argument while he claims clarity in explanation. He contends the flaw was calling it plainly obvious.
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