This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1910
Page
10
Nell Brinkley depicts Lenten days as Pan and two famed road agents plot coin flips for souls near a church. The rogues, bold and wary, prey on pretty women as the city folk linger on church steps and watch the gamblers hunt their marks.
A reflective essay opens with a photo of three sisters and contemplates their lives as they grow from childhood into womanhood. It urges mothers to guide daughters toward goodness, resist temptations, and show compassion for others facing struggles with beauty, dress, love, and self-control.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox extolls smiling as a remedy for despair. The piece urges laughing for 20 minutes daily, arguing posture and facial expression influence mood, and that optimism attracts opportunity and helps work and social life. It contrasts melancholy with proactive cheer in daily encounters.
A fragmented verse piece references the shoebill stork and Mrs. Grey's waterbuck in a humorous old letter. It mythologizes hunting trips and households, noting the bird's frequent flights and implications for costs amid labor disputes and daily business.
Dorothy Dix Brothers advise a girl to submit marriage candidates to her brother's scrutiny. They warn Percy Perkinson as a cad and tyrant, contrast Bill Graham as steady, and emphasize learning from male relatives to avoid poor choices in love and life.
Lothary speaks with a mysterious woman over the phone and is charmed by her haunting voice as she refuses to reveal who she is. He begs for another call and after days of waiting she returns, leaving him dazed and hopeful.
A lighthearted excerpt follows two strangers swapping jokes about a biscuit h erate poet laureate and a pun. A Boston newspaper overboard triggers a flirtatious pursuit between Jim Lothary and a mysterious woman. The plot thickens when his sister revealed in a drug store encounter, ending with a playful recognition.
In a surgeon's reception room a small man declares he waits to perform an operation as a bill collector, provoking astonishment from a bystander who asks if he is a surgeon. He answers no, and the exchange ends with the reveal of his true role.
Easter falls between March 22 and April 25 due to lunar rules. This year it is March 27 and 1886’s latest date would not recur until 1943. The festival began as a moon goddess rite before Christians linked it to Christ’s resurrection, with early churches aligning to Passover. In 825 A D the Nicean council settled Easter on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, ensuring a spring date.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.