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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1910
Page
8
A philosophic hobo vents that police lack etiquette and abuse power. He jokes a club tempts officers to strike, recounting a boxcar arrest and a bank cash heist chase. He argues law enforcement targets the powerless, noting generals of history misused weapons and predicting women policemen would turn equally harsh.
A stern civic moral urging wives to drop petty tyranny in the home. The author, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, warns that constant self congratulation for sacrifices and nagging behaviors ruin family happiness. She counsels cheerful, unselfish support and stresses tone over task, noting stark consequences for domineering conduct.
A rural mother, Mrs Curfew, vents frustration with persistent sales agents selling useless wares. She recounts buying poultry powder that killed hens, toys leading to illness, and a belligerent distrust of agents while her daughter aids in country schooling and fears a director's son. The visitor seeks property as she rails against marketing schemes.
A tailor, defendant in court, shows distress as trial opens and asks his lawyer to seek to dismiss the jury, claiming the jurors all owe him money for clothes. The exchange hints at a potential irregularity or bias in the panel.
A dated recipe describes preparing peach puree by sieving canned or fresh peaches, measuring equal parts puree and water per pint, adding lemon juice and bitter almond. Boil, thicken with arrowroot moistened in a cup of water, cool with cold water, stir, and serve over cracked ice or in saucers of ice.
An excerpted column transfers German and Italian marriage commandments to American husbands. It lists ten rules covering choosing a wife, readiness, finances, family expansion, partnership, allowances, attention, daily affirmations, work balance, and avoiding on-site in-laws to prevent domestic strife.
A home kitchen guide suggests preparing raw oyster salad by washing and draining oysters, cutting large ones into quarters, shredding lettuce to balance volume, and tossing with olive oil vinegar salt and pepper. If raw oysters are not relished, boil them, cool, and mix with the greens for a ready dish.
A playful Beatrice Fairfax piece on how two lovers from distant worlds end up paired by Cupid. It traces the whispered destinies of a east-and-west couple, the mother’s dreams, patient waiting, and the unseen hand guiding their meeting to marriage. Cupid smiles at mortals’ bemused surprise.
A father recounts returning home hatless after a broker smashed his straw hat in a rainy September. He jokes about the incident, notes the broker’s head advantage, and reflects on money, public places, and family chatter as his wife teases him about spending and their son Bobbie.
A column suggests using kerosene as a cleaning aid for nickel on ranges silver polish paint fingerprints and dirt on walls or mopboards. It recommends adding drops to washing water for windows and wiping rusty sinks or zinc areas under stoves, noting it cleans without scratching or disfiguring surfaces.
A starving tramp asks for food at a California home. The Chinese cook offers saltfish and invites him to return on Friday, prompting a brief cultural exchange portrayed in old newspaper language.
Out of St Paul a passenger recalls two sobbing women bidding farewell to a man called Willie. A stranger’s pity grows as he hears a wife laugh through her tears, confessing two weeks apart will not end her love. He then pins seven wet handkerchiefs and resolves to moralize.
Two methods for preparing rice are described. The first combines cold boiled rice with tomatoes onion butter and salt baked in an earthen casse role for half an hour as a vegetable or meat substitute. The second dessert method cooks rice until tender then blends gelatin with hot rice, folds in whipped cream sugar vanilla and preserved ginger, molds and serves ice cold with cream.
In a BaltimoreAmerican item a reader laments the great forest fires caused by carelessness or incendiarism. The exchange notes the widespread ruin and calls the situation a burning shame. The brief reflects public concern over destructive western blazes.
A humorous vignette shows a man commenting on a crate with a dog, joking about a trained animal not yet ready for shipping. Various quips follow about angels, drugs, and a hotel, ending with a misheard cue about a caller and a playful line about impersonating hoofbeats in a melodrama.
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