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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
8
In a humorous conversation Brer Jenkins Brer Johnsing Ike and Sis Mirandy debate the idea of wives earning wages for housework. They clash over gender roles and economics with sharp regional dialect and social satire reflecting early 20th century perspectives on marriage labor.
Kennett Harbeis reports a humorous scene where a cashier urges his bill clerk to keep smiling through every setback. The clerk resists yet nods as guidance covers mishaps and odd confrontations with cheerful restraint. The banter explores the social value of a smile.
Travelers admire a grand house and discuss its grim origin. Brown notes the owner used others pain to profit, prompting Jones to ask if he is a money lender. The twist reveals the builder is a dentist, sharpening the dark humor of the exchange.
A fragmentary poem by William Butler Yeats echoes moonlit scenes and withered boughs. It laments dreams spoken and nature’s winter, weaving references to peewit curlew dreams and Danaan lore amid a sleepy rural landscape.
A family hosts the Doctors of Doom a group of men led by Mister Tiddens and Mister Sparrow to discuss Mister Halley s comet predicted to strike Earth on May 16 with a grim tone. The scene centers on Bobbie the dying boy and the adults preparing for an impending end as they debate drinking and poker versus facing the coming catastrophe.
The piece mocks educated pretensions as Mame the graduate outpaces famous thinkers and experts in psychology philosophy and science. A humorous oration turns to social satire with family banter and a muddled party scene ending in a quarrel over a sour drink.
A wry exchange jokes about a man walking with his head high and nose in the air. The punchline reframes the idea of “taking in the good” as scouting for a motor garage rather than seeking pure ozone.
A disgruntled neighbor dismisses concern over a cut from an old maid like a minor incident. Miss Prim remains defensive, noting the neighbor’s character and proposed recovery. The exchange hints at social friction and personal injury within a small community.
A brief note questions whether King Menelik is truly alive after prior reports of his demise. The exchange suggests skepticism about any recent credible confirmation of his continued life.
A terse exchange notes illness linked to water from a specific Place. The remark highlights well water as the likely cause and reflects concern over local drinking sources and health. No additional names or dates are provided.
A witty exchange as a yachtsman explains naming his vessel The Wasp after a boat trip where he felt a sting, revealing a humorous origin for the nickname and the ship's moniker.
A guidance piece for mothers on shaping daughters reading habits. It argues reading is virtue not vice, urges parents to select worthwhile books, emphasize duty and work, and use reading to broaden a girl’s outlook, with history as a key path. It stresses parental sympathy, supervision, and structured study time to balance chores and reading.
A stir in English science centers on a railroad engineer who, after a strict color discernment exam, showed red green color blindness yet passed again. The piece discusses how color vision defects vary from single to triple color blindness, their dangers in railroading, and the need for reliable, non human based warning systems beyond colored lights. Electricity is proposed as a faster, surer safeguard against human perceptual limits.
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