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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
8
A humorous diary-like piece covers a morning of flirtation and baseball banter. The narrator, chasing a wedding plan, schemes with Martin Gilhooly and Bill about a matrimonial pennant while tracking love,luck, and shifts of fortune amid playful jests and rival suitors.
A compilation lists yearly and lifetime earnings of authors across eras. It cites Zola earning 60000 annually, Doudet 200000 from Saphoy, Lamartine 109000 from History, Milton 40 selling Paradise Lost, Dickens estate 400000, Trollope 500000 lifetime, Tennyson 25000 to 35000 yearly, and others including Hugo, Twain, Browning, Scott, Ohnet, and George Eliot with varied sums from novels, plays, and sales.
A Philadelphia North American of Mine writer details how Slodowska Curie and her husband boiled pitchblende waste with water and soda over a slow fire, settled mud into barrels, washed repeatedly, treated with soda and acid, and refined countless times to obtain infinitesimal radium flakes.
The report notes the discovery of polonium named for Mme Curie’s native land, alongside the elements actinium and radium. It emphasizes naming origins tied to places and individuals in early radioactivity research.
The piece debunks the Swiss origin of chamois and reveals its true source in Peabody New England tanneries. It portrays the chamois maker as a magician of leather, drawing sheepskins from Montana and other distant plains to craft refined leathers and chamois. Mary’s lamb is playfully referenced as a brave Swiss chamois.
A reader's letter about nagging as a fixed habit prompts Beatrice Fairfax to urge self-control. Mind one’s own business, prioritize others’ happiness, and practice restraint to foster harmony at home. The essay champions daily discipline, thoughtful consideration, and forbearance as the path to lasting peace.
A Nell Brinkley piece argues there are two kinds of men who flirt. The crude street flirt and the refined, dangerous parasite who uses charm to ruin lives. Women are urged to respond by punishing the grime and wary of the “man flirt” who hides intent behind smiles.
A noted authority warns 43 million suffer from rheumatism, kidney and bladder issues, urging prompt treatment to prevent complications. A simple home formula using Buchu extract Balm Wort and Sarsaparilla is promoted, with dosing guidance and note on bed-wetting relief for children.
Kennett Harris Billiter and Thornby recount a planned romantic approach with a widow in their building. Billiter seeks guidance on subtle courtship, Thornby warns against overstepping, and after a tense initial clash they reconcile. Billiter then reveals he followed Thornby's counsel and becomes engaged.
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