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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1910
Page
4
An assortment of brief quotes from newspapers include a call to resign Ballinger, a note that reading a newspaper does not disqualify a juror, and a satirical suggestion about Walter Wellman attempting a balloon voyage across the Atlantic. The items reflect press tone and humorous takes on current events.
The term of Senator Paynter of Kentucky expires next March and he is a candidate for re election. Whitewashers, however, are more in demand at the national capital Esatimore News.
The Boston Journal comments on the tension in public discourse urging prudence and restraint. It notes that both sides risk impractically overblown rhetoric and calls for conserving parts of speech to preserve clarity and civility in heated debates.
A Durham North Carolina Sun editorial asserts a man may hold Republican or Democrat views but cannot belong to both parties simultaneously, urging clear political allegiance amid partisan times.
Ballinger and his followers feel the country’s attention shifting to New York, giving a chance to ease pressure and regain footing as national scrutiny moves away from them.
A business doctor counsels a young stenographer on temper control and poise as the key to advancement. He argues strong will must be governed, warning that outbursts ruin both the individual and colleagues, and urges positive deeds over negative restraint in the modern era.
Indiana readers confront a national issue as advocates press for direct popular election of U S senators. The piece critiques constitutional controls, links big business to Senate power, and cites Oregon and Gerry as historical anchors while urging initiative and recall to curb aristocratic governance.
A compact meditation on mortality by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The speaker ponders crossing the border to an invisible realm and whether loved ones linger beyond the celestial night. The poem questions if there is any sign beyond the narrow night confirming an afterlife or oblivion.
A quotation attributes to Plato a critique of believing a single person who claims universal knowledge. It warns that such a person may confuse science with ignorance and imitation, mistaking a skilled deceiver for a sage. The remark underscores discernment between true knowledge and showy, hollow expertise.
The narrator muses that the day’s beginning is unseen and varies with season, noting morning charm beyond sunrise. In the city, the milkman and a Bewsboy become odd early figures amid garbled country imagery and fragmented phrases.
A reflective note from the Milwaukee Journal urges leaving yesterday behind and embracing a fresh start each day. It speaks of weathering past storms and carrying only the good into tomorrow, inviting a morning of renewal and natural simplicity.
A compact reflective passage quoting Emerson on sight and truth. It asserts that true insight comes with living with God, making the strong seem strong and the weak feel weak, and that new perception frees old memories. The voice likens divine living to a brook’s murmur and rustling corn.
The passage argues fear lacks a real object, unlike envy or love, and thus can generate endless mischief. Fear arises from imagined harms and cannot be limited by life conditions. It cites Owen Feiltham on how a fearful heart defies defense.
A Milwaukee Journal piece argues that fear is the deadly force negating life and success. It asserts that ability or skill arise from attitude, not fate, and that mental discipline aligns with immutable life laws to steer destiny toward courage, health, and kindness.
Henry J. Waters argues for fixing rural life to keep young people on farms. He cites rising land values, migration to Oklahoma and Texas, and city overestimation of country life. Solutions include better rural schools and roads, stronger churches, targeted immigration policies, and selective placement of immigrants to fit regional farming needs.
A reflection on how choices define character. The author argues decisions hinge on two future selves, one aligned with virtue, the other with vice, with the forward step revealing the shadow of the self we become. Henry Van Dyke frames character as eternal destiny shaping every action.
A concise reflection on how contentment yields effects similar to the philosopher's steps, banishing desire even if it does not produce wealth, attributed to Addison.
A vigorous ode extols the living man as the active force for service and progress. It celebrates vitality, clear knowledge, and bold action toward lofty ideals, clashing with faded memories of the dead and urging courage, faith, and trust to reach the highest goals.
A New York Evening Sun account describes fall roundup rituals on great western cattle ranches. It covers outfits with wagons and cooks, roping, branding, pen work, and guarding the herd, plus night watches and singing to soothe cattle. It ends with the stampede during storms and the cowboy’s skillful endurance.
London Globe describes Turkish baths as a ritual of cleanliness and social equality. It details domed pink roofs, glass bull’s-eyes, and the sequence from cooling room to inner bath where bathmen knead and scrub patrons with a palm fiber lather, then rinse, wrap, and clothe, noting class differences and the shared loin cloth.
Mary Ann ties the knot in a quiet ceremony reported by the Los Angeles Express. The note says her wedding marks the completion of a long personal mission.
The dialogue notes a reader’s emotional reaction to a poem by a young writer. Critics claim creative effort matters even if the verse lacks polish, comparing it to Shakespeare and highlighting the value of earnest work over flawless technique.
A Washington Star quote laments that the world could not hold Mens fears of grief if all campaign time stories were strictly true, suggesting skepticism about political storytelling.
A playful jab from Fliegende Blaetter quips that the speaker refuses to walk in a modern skirt and quashes the idea of movement without a suitable automobile, poking fun at fashion and progress in a lighthearted line.
A quirky exchange from the Smart Set references Hewitt and Jewitt discussing whether climate agrees with a wife. The brief dialogue hints at marital wit and social banter without broader context or consequence.
In a conversational exchange, Enicker asks about having a hired girl while Becker replies that they do not and notes an impediment or "inad-" suggesting a recording cutoff. The snippet hints at social norm discussion regarding domestic help.
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