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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1910
Page
12
Eight bells by the clock in the hallway signal a bedtime voyage for children. A seaside lullaby poem by S W Gillilan, read in Baltimore San. The piece invites little shipmates to dream ports of sleep as mothers hum and the fairy tale ends with comfort.
The article endorses turning Winona Technical Institute into a free trades school for Indianapolis boys and advocates inclusive access for girls as well. It highlights the 79 acre Winona campus joining the park system, cites C A Bookwalter as principal advocate, and argues vocational public schools reduce idleness, against street gangs, and improve self reliance. It notes space on Arsenal grounds for a large trades program and potential relief for crowded public schools.
Senate privileges and elections committee chair Burrows reports a substitute for the McCall campaign contributions bill. It delays publication until after elections, sparking charge that the move serves special interests and fails to inform voters about financiers behind trusts and corporations.
A pre election battle unfolds as lawmakers fear a concerted party effort. Senator Burrows' substitute seeks to curb corporate funding of candidates. Backers of the Burrows amendment would expose predatory wealth backing Republicans in fall contests.
The senator weighs quitting the Senate to shed the insurgent anti trade mark battle or to stay and fight, facing Cummins and Iowa farmers as Gene Hale and Uncle Joe loom in the skirmish. The piece blends political pressure with personal doubt, echoing a satirical soliloquy on power and loyalty in a tense party clash.
Discussion notes Democratic voting split amid party rivals and plutocratic influence. A Payne tariff anecdote recounts Senator Piles trading a vote for $24,000 lighting of the Seattle exposition building, illustrating political bargaining and the era's reform battles.
The Lodge inquiry into the cost of living is dropped as Congress will not appropriate 65000 more for expenses. The Boston Traveler notes the saving benefits to the people and that a national joke ends. The Louisville Courier-Journal and Kansas City Star comment on political rail bill rhetoric and administration biases amid GOP critique.
A trade paper foresees rapid gains until fall with many hoteon tests brewing. the Day ton News predicts easy money the first week in November. The Detroit News notes rising birth costs and living expenses while warning against church business talk. the Des Moines Register quotes Joe Cannon calling critics a small but loud minority.
The Washington dispatch notes Aldrich can control 43 Republican senators, four shy of a majority, but hopes for some Democratic backing. The Kansas City Star suggests greed is bipartisan and the guess may be accurate.
In a harsh economic note the Atchigson Globe states that hardware stores reap a large share of profits from town garden goods amid an unjust market. The remark highlights tension between retailers and gardeners over pricing and access.
A foreign applicant puzzled an official during a naturalization interview. An interpreter urged the man to talk English, prompting a triumphant but humorous shout, Hello Teddy, as the scene ended in Chicago.
Milo Hastings argues city youths should attend agricultural colleges after a farm season to gain practical knowledge. He notes urban- rural shifts in prestige and predicts city growth, warning against passive aspirations, urging city boys to gain skills and return to the land with urban insight.
The text argues fear shortens life by weakening the brain and body, blaming fear for criminality and poor health. It attributes fear to theology medicine and law, citing historical figures, and advocates moving toward an Enlightenment that rejects fear and embraces natural life.
A humorous Victorian quip from The Delineator features Edith, aged 214, being taken from the table to be washed. She declares you can wash me and rock me but don’t bend me, signaling a playful warning embedded in domestic lore.
A Buffalo Express humorous line features a boy asking if he is descended from a monkey and his father quipping that he is not on his side. The exchange captures a light classroom city newspaper joke tone from an era.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a dialogue with clipped phrases about honesty and youth. It appears to be an exchange between a master and a pupil, mentioning worry, pat, and fathers, but lacks coherent narrative structure or clear actions.
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