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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
8
The Indianapolis Sun analyzes the 1910 mayoral race between Shank and Gauss. It urges voters to weigh business qualifications and board selection ability over party lines, noting the campaign will be short and active with positions leaning on practical fitness rather than past office.
The piece argues that park and boulevard expansion benefits wage earners and small homeowners who bear taxes, urging supporters to back a robust, funded park program. It praises Indianapolis for steady growth, calls for maintaining annual park spending, and frames the effort as a civic business booster.
A batch of light quips about engagements hotels and guests. Jokes reference a proposed marriage someone named Whyry and a hotel palm none present. The dialogue pokes at waiters moving pictures of cheese and playful quarrels among Grace Jack and Whyry.
In a fog bound harbor a captain and the Pilot recount a long tale of the Gretchen later called the Dree Eyes. The ship supposedly rode a storm with hens on deck laying eggs atop the masts as proof of its steadiness.
An article by Paul Armstrong in Success Magazine argues that the average girl seeks stage fame without formal training. It notes she imitates press narratives, lacks makeup technique, yearns to be herself on stage, and believes she can become a star after learning from every performance.
A bright student argues that English lacks enough analogy by proposing "How and fellow" to pair with male and female. The practical professor counters that the suggestion would fail to distinguish since both terms refer to felines.
A job applicant for a chauffeur position discusses references, saying none are available yet because the previous employer is in the hospital and could provide them in about a month.
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