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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
7
Miss Norman, bored with Richard Morton’s control, initiates a dating businesslike plan using daily telephone calls and gifts. She妖s sets a timer of times, orders violets and chocolates, and gradually wears down his possessiveness while jockeying toward independence and marriage. The story ends with Morton unaware of the silent strike.
Essay by Ella Wheeler Wilcox arguing jealousy as a root cause of social harm. It urges self analysis, confession of jealousy, and cultivating universal love to uproot the weed within the mind and improve relationships, communities, and nations. It warns against justifying jealousy as justice or sensitivity and uses gardening imagery to urge self-conquest.
A collage of social quips and exchanges. Characters tease each other about mumps and measles Adirondacks and champagne in tin cups. A witty note on reading and villainy and a punch line about a fountain pen and endorsement.
A dressmaker asks if she can succeed in small towns due to high New York living costs. The adviser urges leaving New York, visiting nearby towns, meeting club leaders, offering well-made, affordable dresses, and building honest, steady work to gain respect and success.
Poem by William Sharp depicts autumn as a menace with windless days and fading leaves. It laments the sudden frost and bare woods, foreseeing a stark, austere landscape as summer memories fade.
A well to do housekeeper sought a competent plumber by calling a nearby establishment. The exchange included careful assurances about not slipping on highly polished floors as the plumber promised safety with his nails and a wary smile. The brief encounter, recorded in the National Monthly, reflects a small domestic comedy of manners.
A humorous verse by Kennett Harris lampoons a tumble of mechanical woes in a gas engine. The speaker vents about failing check valves, leaky carburetor, weak compression, and poor workmanship amid high costs and spare parts shortages.
A fragmentary quote set contrasts a motogist enjoying the smooth tire hum with a pedestrian hearing the dull boot steps, portraying a humorous crossfire of road life and urban routines.
A tramp answers a refined lady asking why he begs. He says his is the only profession where a gentleman can address a beautiful woman without an introduction. The exchange blends humor with social observation on propriety and poverty.
Enid urges a balance of money and romance as Daisy-TI refuses a persistent suitor. The exchange hints at social pressure and hidden finances amid a fragile courtship.
A humorous dialogue where a child claims past lives and Pa jokes about famous figures. They discuss Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Troy, with asides about Paris, Achilles, Hector, and Robin Hood. The uncle narrates imagined identities, while the mother interjects and questions the stories.
A letter from a young, hardworking woman describes a wife trapped in a shopkeeper husband’s mistreatment. She endures insult and abuse while the husband spends profits on gambling and liquor. The piece argues wives have two rights: civil treatment and fair pay, and the option to leave if not honored. The author condemns the old rule that wives must suffer.
Fragmentary poem text with references to Brahma and the self. The speaker asserts elusive inner power and contrasts shadow with light, fame with shame, and divine presence with human doubt, concluding with a distorted, antique invocation.
A brief exchange shows Jones insulting a wife as an old ugly cat and a man replying that Jones is a mar. The older man’s witty retort ends the exchange with a sharp moral jab about honor and propriety.
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