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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
10
Public daily except Sunday in the San building at Ohio street. Foreign advertising representatives listed in New York Chicago St. Louis offices. Entered in the post office as second class mail.
Indianapolis letter from 1909 lauds women’s political action and campaigns for equal footing with men. It highlights Miss Nicholson’s school board bid, cites New York City and Chicago as progress examples, and praises organizer teams led by Amelia Keller and others. Indiana urged to move toward universal suffrage and officeholding.
A reader letter in The Sun mocks Fremont Alford for his anti party stance after a mayoral race. It argues the public punished him mildly, citing only 771 votes out of 54 608 and calls his actions a cautionary example to deter future self serving opposition within politics.
A witty exchange has a fairy offering youth with a wave. A woman replies she accepts only if youth can appear at her current age and rejects regressive fashion and past trends. A vicar’s wife asks for a message to the vicar. An old woman asks that Martha Diggins be buried at 2 PM tomorrow.
A mother trains a girl from childhood to put away toys, open doors, and offer comfort without being asked. It stresses balancing helpfulness with entertainment, virtue, and personal effort to attract favorable companionship, recognition, and happiness.
A husband’s drunken moment at a dinner reveals the fault lines in a marriage. Both spouses misread intention and feel slighted, risking emotional drift. The piece argues for tact and consideration as investments at home and abroad to prevent real trouble.
An advice column urges graceful aging highlighting inner youth and outer care. It notes many look older than their age, warns against artificial cosmetics, and stresses neatness, cheerful manners, and maintaining interest in life as age advances.
A humorous dispute over a woman's name prompts a Mantell dialogue. The exchange centers on Miss Etta Mann and the remark that her name is linked to a marriage choice. An older resident remarks she once could have married a fine young fellow but rejected him because of his surname Mitts Knox.
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