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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
10
A Beacon column encourages optimism in daily life. The author urges not fretting over minor flaws and promotes gratitude, cheerful outlooks, and resilience. A sympathetic note acknowledges a sick friend, then advises embracing small joys and avoiding pessimism to brighten life.
Winifred Black riffs on courting myths and a modern marriage, arguing that engagement talks should cover finances, work, and daily life not just romance. He recalls how a practical approach might prevent divorce, urging couples to test compatibility before vows.
Dorothy Dix recounts a tragedy of a devoted wife who sacrifices for her family while her husband refuses to allow the wife’s elderly mother to live with them. The daughter faces bitterness and peril as the mother slips toward an asylum, highlighting the harsh effects of a self centered husband on family bonds.
Nell Brinkley advises that a husband who is hostile to his wife's family creates a rift between them. Loyalty to relatives builds lasting affection, while disrespect breeds distrust. A husband who treats her people well earns enduring devotion and mutual respect.
A gentle plea to men to consider women when smoking in public. The author urges restraint in cafes and cars, noting tobacco smoke sickens some women and harms children's lungs. Encourages polite behavior, choosing unselfish, considerate manners over offensiveness.
A column praising business colleges as ethical institutions that train for practical service. It argues graduates gain economic freedom, cites Packard's and Bryant and Stratton as examples, and commends correspondence courses and quick entry to work. It urges choosing a business college over idle university paths for future success.
A Kansas City Journal quip from February 22 recalls a senator joking about amending a bill as colleagues whisper and a playful exchange unfolds between Mary and Miss Mabel about social visits and stage dreams.
An aged Irishman travels to join his son in California and carries a single shamrock from Ireland. The son asks for a live shamrock dug fresh from his mother’s grave, a request the father fulfills amid tears and the fear the grave’s quiet might be broken. The poem, titled The Irish Messenger, blends longing, love, and homeland memories.
The milkman's horse bolted and the wagon’s contents scattered evenly over a territory two blocks long and one street wide. The driver, surveying the wreck, refused to cry over spilled milk and sat down on the curb while muttering profanities, witnessed by bystanders.
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