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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1910
Page
8
The column humorously critiques fashion and behavior, noting pink attire and a white enamel pin bearing If you love me erin. It questions impressions, gendered expectations, and signals women send, urging readers to avoid giving the wrong sign in dress and demeanor.
Household repairs rely on gauze wrapped mending and adhesive plaster for fabric, gloves, shoes, rubber overshoes, and leather items. The New Orleans Picayune notes plaster seals tears, waterproofs hoses, and extends item life, sometimes warmed slightly for firmer grip.
An old physician quips after a rambling operation account, questioning a patient's knowledge of her appendix. The patient retorts the appendix is “in a bottle at Berkeley,” delivering a sharp, humorous punchline.
A fragment shows the Stuunydler girl joking about engagement. She quips that she is engaged to seven of the fellows, prompting playful banter about a possible raffle style match. The line reflects lighthearted gossip tone.
Dorothy Dix presents a humorous debate on a French bill offering men a choice between twenty five years in active military service or a lifetime of marriage. The piece imagines a twenty ninth birthday figure weighing personal liberty, discipline, and domestic life versus army routine, with satirical portraits of married life and military glory. The question echoes the era's anxieties about conscription and marriage as social contracts.
Chicago Tribune notes the blood’s mileage, estimating 69 heartbeats per minute yields 206 yards per minute, about nine miles per hour, 227 miles daily, 80,000 miles yearly, and nearly 7,000,000 miles over an 84 year life for a single blood corpuscle.
An elderly physician entrusts his practice to his medical graduate son while away. Upon return, the son recounts curing Miss Ferguson, a wealthy spinster, of chronic indigestion. The father replies that the indigestion funded the son's education.
An epic poem praising and mourning the mule as the army shifts to motor cars. General Wood advocates replacing mules with machines, arguing it will lift morals and modernize logistics, while the mule’s storied past is recalled with humor and pathos as airplanes take the spotlight.
A speaker riffs on Edgar Allan Poe while drinking to excess and arguing with a raven. The scene shifts to a hospital setting at Bellevue as law enforcement interrupts a drunken episode. The narrator vows not to drink again.
A humorous dialogue contrasts a father and mother with a boy named Little Bobbie about writing letters of love. They joke about the composing room, printers, and samples of sentimental missives, including mock letters filled with melodrama and marital complications.
A feminist polemic argues for women to vote and demands practical reforms. It urges female editions of railway timetables, lower streetcar steps to prevent spills, and lower subway straps to avoid garbing mishaps. The piece contends women will vote thoughtfully, balance public needs with childcare, and improve society without losing femininity.
In Brooklyn last week a rubber plant was abandoned by a heartless actor. Authorities note such cases of child abandonment are common in large cities.
In a fragmentary exchange, a speaker claims a woman wishes to become a sister to another, while a second voice suggests a simple way to remove her from the situation. The remarks hint at a strained family dynamic and possible coercive undertones.
Cider jelly uses pint cider two tablespoons dissolved gelatin and water with sugar to taste. Fish hash uses leftovers bake with potatoes fried like an omelet then served on salad. Tuna? No, but egg breaded fish croquettes made from cold fish meat, shaped, breaded and fried with tar tare sauce.
Fragmented lyric exploring heavenly vision and loved one gaze. Refrains of God knows and prays anchor questions of reading eyes hands and mouths in a timeless sky. The verse mingles faith, eternal light, and longing with vivid religious imagery and romantic yearning.
In a sensational breach of promise trial a lawyer for the plaintiff argues for a higher law of twentieth century chivalry while the defendant’s attorney contends the proceedings invite sensational disclosures. The judge allows the plaintiff to tell his story with limits on the defendant’s cross examination as further witnesses are delayed. The day ends with a dispute between attorneys over alleged blackmail and the value of damages.
A moral guide on prenatal influence stressing parental mindset diet and exercise. It argues mothers should rest, read uplifting books, enjoy art and nature, and maintain hopeful thoughts to shape a healthier, nobler child, while fathers supply love and support.
A lyric fragment imagines a toy ship salvaged and drifted along an indifferent tide. The cargo scatters, yet a child may discover it. A repaired hull and patched sails convey hope of voyages to shores never dared before through renewed purpose and affection.
A boastful Scot and a Yankee trade bragging echoes on a Scottish peak and in the Rockies. The Scot claims a grand echo lasts four minutes, while the Yankee retorts that his lodge echo wakes him every morning after eight hours.
A critique argues drawing should be taught to all to sharpen perception and reduce excess in art. It compares craftsmanship to painting and emphasizes clarity of form, cautioning against pretentious style and overblown genius while echoing Ruskin that all art serves to praise and convey ideas.
A collection of quips and dialogues opens with jokes about trains and drink. The piece shifts to a discussion on art, its grammar, and the importance of visual literacy, arguing drawing in schools would help future generations read pictorial messages and appreciate painting and music.
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