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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
4
Essay contrasts college brilliance with later life outcomes, noting many top students fade into obscurity while average peers adapt, gain practical skills, and succeed. It argues life demands civic tact, self-confidence, and enterprise beyond scholastic prowess, citing examples of misaligned expectations and real-world prowess.
The piece attacks the Citizens' League and a dark-lantern crowd for seeking to investigate John W. Holtzman, calling them bushwhackers. It accuses Dr. George E. Hunt and indicted figures of trying to regulate city morals while praising Mayor Bookwalter’s administration and condemning a Kentucky murder case linked to Curtis Jett.
A fragmented column recalls old farms and changing times as folks joke about balloon weddings and manners. A stray verse evokes Wilking and Pratt farms replaced by Angora cats and odd dialects while Ed Ogle, a painter, is injured by a streetcar in Newark and sent home with bruises.
Practical shopping tips for meat quality and poultry, with notes on silver care and notable brief items. Highlights include how to select beef mutton and chicken, a method for rich broth, warnings about rubber contact with silver, and short notices about Mrs Parker, Miss Richman, a motor car joke, Lord Salisbury’s household methods, a Budapest theft confession, and related anecdotes.
A long candid letter from Susan Farnleigh complains Valerie Farnleigh ignores guardian guidance and pursues Richard Fenton. She mocks suitors, boasts wealth and looks, and urges a guardian to visit Valerie and manage her marriage prospects amid villa and mountain settings.
In letters from Allen Duncan to Susan and remarks on Valerie a gifted ward, a mountain visit and a request for a life size portrait arise. He praises Valerie as remarkable and independence contrasted with warnings about an artist friend. The terrace scene hints at a developing romance amid mountain scenery and fading light.
Valerie accepts artist Richard Fenton in a scene of deep happiness as Allen Duncan approves the match. A letter from Rhett Roman in the New Orleans Times-Democrat notes the couple will likely be celebrity and urges congratulations. An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household remedy.
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