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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
8
Beatrice Fairfax portrays a cautionary meeting where Jean confesses near-temptation with a married man. The Spinster Lady condemns such flings, warns of heartbreak and social consequences, and urges Jean to avoid all flirtations with married men to protect reputation and future suitors.
A humorous critique of shopping by the Female Human in a department store setting. It contrasts female and male shopping roles, describes department stores, shop girls, and delivery, and notes chaotic bargains and post shopping tensions in a satirical voice. The piece highlights the social theater of buying, returns, and domestic friction through exaggerated gendered behavior.
In Paris two great salons display fifteen thousand pictures covering about three acres of canvas. The total length of the pictures without frames would reach nearly ten miles. Even if one minute were spent on each work, it would take ten days and ten hours to view all without rest.
Forecast for a child born on this day predicts sickness and heavy troubles this year and an unfortunate next year. Advice warns avoiding speculation and not courting in youth. The child is said to be fond of pleasure, likely to be poor, and should keep in someone else’s employ.
A Philadelphia Ledger item reports a worker at a Race Street Chinese mission discovering two laundry owners, Sam and John. She learns John was struck in the head by a brick and is in hospital while Sam remains cheerful.
On a very hot Sunday morning James accompanies his father to church despite reluctance. He asks why go in such heat, only to be told Satan is around as much in hot weather. The boy retorts that Satin does not mind hot weather. Public Ledger.
In a barber shop chat, the Manicure Lady praises Lady Vere de Bunk for a book of poems, calling them tender and romantic. The Head Barber skeptically questions the verse but admits some lines are fine, while jokes about poetry and reading habits. The dialogue references society and Sunday supplements.
A dated essay on romance and marriage notes that men marry inferior partners to guard their hearts and that women would prefer constant lies rather than partial deception. It compares love to gambling, suggesting players stay to pay.
A Huntsville Texas Post Item notes the upside of poverty for the elderly. It claims poverty spares one from social calls, visitors, chores, and solicitations while avoiding debt, deception, flatterers, and polite solicitations, and suggests a true friend will stand by when others desert.
A Democratic paper telegraphed for opinions after Parker’s rout in 194. One county chairman replied that the county had gone for Roosevelt by 1 and that the people are in minority. Heaven preserve us.
Edwin, four, owned a picture book with a fierce cow chasing a boy. He studied it, closed the book, and later reopened it. He hit the page with his fist and declared triumphantly that the cow had not caught him yet.
In a Scots flavored quatrain the speaker laments why a small girl causes him trouble. He likens a girl to a "mite" that unsettles a traveled man, comparing the ache of longing to a sharp, tight feeling at the heart.
A meditation on enduring love as the center of humanity and the universe. Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects that love, termed God by many, underpins all creation and survives beyond decay, a shining drop from the Great Love Source that endures through ages and cosmic decay.
Mrs. Mullins and Mrs. Brock arrive at the Mullins home to find Irving's pup Tricksy causing chaos. The dog chases chickens, sparring with a cat, and disrupts the visit as families clash over responsibility. In the end Tricksy is lost on the front lawn, leaving Mrs. Brock muttering relief and Irving facing consequences.
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