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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1910
Page
8
The piece weighs occupations for a future husband, outlining farmers, business men, doctors, ministers, lawyers, and musicians. It notes farm life breeds faithfulness but loneliness, business men demand steadiness yet can be irritable, doctors bring long hours, and ministers lack leisure, while lawyers appear strong and stable.
A fragmented verse recalls a garden scene with a lady in blue, a lute, and soft steps through moss-grown aisles and summer breeze. The imagery shifts to flowers, forget-me-nots, and a remembered, dream-time meeting by a well-loved garden spot.
San Francisco figure tainted by Booth era recalled as she moved from stage to politics and Congress. A servant’s misread order triggers impatience and hunger while a waitress ignores a breakfast break, revealing social friction in a chaotic scene. The tale blends theater history with public life and personal snubs. The narrator contrasts humor with public service amid a wartime era atmosphere.
A Missouri newspaper notes a new circular clothes brush shaped like a long bottle brush with bristles around its circumference. Ends join to form a ring on a short wooden handle, claimed to surpass ordinary brushes in cleaning efficiency and lifting dirt.
Dorothy Dix reports on a small Indiana town where a “Bachelor girls’ club” campaigns for independence from what it calls cheap or insincere suitors. The piece blasts flirtatious tactics, praises self respect, and notes a few insurgents vow to demand honest effort and fair dating.
A shop feature presents practical and affordable home furnishings. A bed couch with storage, leather covered mission items, umbrella and music stands, early English chairs, a flat open writing desk, the Hungry Joe desk, a nickel percolator, and related accessories priced from five to forty dollars.
The article argues the married woman who runs the home is the greatest unsalaried wage earner. She works beyond sixty hours weekly, at no pay, yet she earns love and appreciation as recognition. It urges society to grant her eight-hour days, union-like privileges, and proper acknowledgment of her labor.
The piece argues strict loving discipline builds respect and confidence in children. It advises against indulgence, offers home care tips for inflamed eyes with boracic lotion, cautions on early fruit, and suggests resting an hour daily to prevent overexertion and illness.
A reflective monologue traces two people maturing over years from childhood to adulthood. The speaker recalls encounters from ages ten and eight to twenty four, noting shifting feelings and the discrepancy between perceived ages and reality, laments time passing. The poem centers on memory, aging, and unsteady romance.
A young wife Helen revels in homemaking details from the Infants' Department to plain fabrics, while observing worn mothers and colorless workers. Her husband Warren's tenderness grows as she fills evenings with sewing lessons, lace, ribbons, and shared domestic crafts.
Frances Wiley's column argues husbands misread wives on guests and routines. It urges wives to prewarn before visits, respect the wife’s taste, and understand child care and personal upkeep, noting happiness rises when husbands acknowledge these truths.
A tenant resolves to leave a tumbledown shack over unpaid rent and poor repairs. The speaker vows to move despite lingering fears, seeking a fresh start and new credit in a better place.
A humor column features a series of brief jests and quips. It includes a rabbit tale about keeping the dog on the outside, a pun about commencement and graduate ego, Adirondack life with tin cup champagne, a name change petition for Mr Waters to enter milk business, remarks on working girls in advertising, and a joke about painting the town with a mystery.
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