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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1910
Page
8
Desperate Desmond weaves a melodramatic tale of love and deceit as a girl rebuffs a sailor, a staged inferno plot, and a smoking Indian cue reveal unfolds. Claude uncovers Desmond’s tricks while Wade Satins’s boys close in, hinting at a dramatic yard arm execution to come tomorrow.
A Manicure Lady and a Head Barber discuss Milton, Cohan, and Adam and Eve in a humorous dialogue about poetry and art. The Lady defends genius over garlic as she recalls lines about Paradise Lost and a mock stage world, while the Barber questions literary merit.
Miss Laura Jean Libbey argues love grows like a hardy plant, not a mushroom. She warns that brief romances tempt rash betsrothals and unhappy marriages, urging women to know a man’s character, habits, and true intent before giving their hearts. Betrothals may end, but marriages on short acquaintance bring disenchantment.
A cheeky prose teaser for The Red Corpuscle by Wex Jones mocks sensational pulp fiction with metafictional notes. It lampoons violence and spectacle while claiming readers will be jolted by action and red blood imagery, ending with brief, zany facts.
Rural mail carrier Cartes Hilderbrandt of Woodville Ohio testifies that Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve neuralgia after illness. He claims the pills beat other remedies and invites others to try them, noting decades of proven cures.
Two debutantes argue over an invitation to a Cairo party, one declaring she will attend despite the other’s disbelief. The snippet shows snappy social chatter, hinting at a refined social scene and a misreading of plans among high society.
William F. Kirk chronicles a humorous home scene as Pa joins a Happy Home Society meeting. He extols kindness to wives and the virtue of a dutiful disposition, while audience women joke on strength, finances, and the balance of gentle chivalry with rough undercurrents.
A brief exchange features Goodley and Wise weighing voting behavior. Goodley argues that if men vot ed as they pray, the world would be happier. Wise counters that people rarely vote, noting some men go to the polls only once in ten years.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe honest remedy for women's weaknesses. It emphasizes known composition, no alcohol, no habit forming drugs, and roots only. The ad urges buyers to insist on the product and warns against secret substitutes, offering a free medical adviser with stamps.
Frances L. Garside reports Daysey Mayme Appleton addressing suffragists about using a hat pin as a weapon to fight men. The demonstration backfires as hats tear apart, leaving women unarmed and outpaced by the “enemy.” The speaker laments the crisis of hobble skirts and limited mobility.
An advertisement urges women to lose weight using Marmola Prescription Tablets or exercise and wetting. It claims 17 to 16 ounces daily loss and offers mail order from Marmola Co., Detroit, with tablets at 75 cents. The copy promotes pills as economical and harmless, citing the Marmola Prescription.
A local shop advertises liberal credit and stylish clothing for the coming fall and winter. It promises high quality goods and prices as low as cash stores, inviting families to visit before outfitting for the season.
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