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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
7
Beatrice Fairfax counsels women to value love over money but notes money aids comfort. A loveless marriage brings tragedy while modest earnings can sustain happiness with love. Do not marry for wealth yet do not spurn money. true joy comes from a warm heart and shared effort.
In a bustling shop, The Manicure Lady laments a slowing trade as customers drift away. Dialogues reveal workers’ humor and grit, with talk of bourgeois clubs, shorthand careers, and a hopeful tip toward practical skills amid shifting times.
Forecast for a child born on this day promises a checked year for business gains losses and changes. Do not travel or start new ventures. Focus on health and family. A child born this day should remain employed by others and avoid solo business ventures. It will seek company and spend money socially.
A cynic muses on women and relationships noting men lose head for love while women harp on rivals. He jests that flattery harms only the self flattering and guesses men drink to drown sorrow or celebrate escape.
A collection of witty sayings about love, proposals, and marriage from Carolyn Wells. Familiar maxims compare romance choices to props of social life and courtship with playful humor.
In a bleak garret a desperate family braces for a visitor from the church charity. The father, cold and calculating, plans a dramatic welcome while the mother and children bear wounds of poverty. A daughter’s shoe misfitty and a pane broken in a bid for aid set the scene for a tense, fatal approach to relief.
In an essay by Ella Wheeler Wilcox the risks of pursuing psychic guidance are warned. A high standing man was jailed for embezzlement after trusting mediums for business tips, proving disembodied spirits offer no help with material matters. True spiritual advisers lift us to higher aims, not profit, and one should develop personal faculties to receive true illumination directly.
An elder daughter consoles her father with a chilly claim while the mother contends with harsh remarks. The scene shifts to a tense den as the younger sister cries and the mother gently kisses her, leading to a pause before a continuation.
An old advertisement lists cotton Huck Towels and Turkish Bath Towels with various sizes and prices. Items include 18 by 36 inch Huck Towels at 10 and 17 cents, Turkish Bath Towels in bleached or unbleached at multiple prices, and All Linen Crash in natural flax color priced per yard.
Vintage listing details multiple bedding items including bleached sheets 72 by 90 inches heavy center seam and 14c pillow cases muslin standard size. Also notes early fall blankets 98 value pair cotton blankets 1.25 white baby blankets pink or blue borders Lisette couch covers jacquard woven 80 inches and comforters silk lined cot filled double size.
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