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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1902
Page
19
Uncle Frank narrates a rustic fable about Mr Hedgehog challenging a boastful Mr Rabbit to a field race. The Hedgehog exploits clever pace tricks to continually appear ahead, while the Rabbit exhausts himself. after seventy three trips, the Hedgehog wins and pockets ten dollars, leaving the Rabbit defeated and chastened.
Public QandA style snippets discuss Canada’s per head debt, ship displacement, the Derby race origins, Queen Marie Antoinette details, Hercules pillars, stain removal on marble, keel hydrodynamics, ant species, river flow, and notable explorers G A Henry and Chippendale furniture. Includes dates, places, and figures from early inquiries.
The article wanders through late summer and early autumn reveries, highlighting dittany of Crete as a prized herb of September. It traces dittany’s mountain habitat on Mount Ida, its scent and symbolic meanings, and recalls Old Man Joe’s dittany tea. It also notes other autumn flora like bergamot, pennyroyal, goldenrod, tansy, butter and eggs, primrose, and dandelion, linking them to memory, place, and rustic traditions.
An ironic tale follows an Indian man who imitates virtue and restraint then seeks a prudent reward. Entangled in drinking, social satire, and a cascade of misadventures, he encounters parlor rooms, political delegates, and a shifting moral current as fortunes tilt.
An offbeat narration follows a man who seeks membership and endures a fogbound journey. He awakens with blue badges and a towel for a tongue, recalls strange tribal addresses, battles cravings, and gradually shifts toward sobriety. He recalls Morgan’s and compares the allure of respectability to drinking.
A reflective piece blends natural imagery with notes on pokeweed, its berries and ink, and rustic scenes. It weaves in authors like John Burroughs and Alice Lounsberry while tracing village lore, abstinence tales, and September’s mood, ending with Kipling’s verse and a local insurance line. The voice evokes Albany, Ind., and old-time rural life through fragmented reminiscences and literary allusions.
A Boston social column laments the rift between traditional conservative Bostonians and newer Westerners who arrive seeking villas and luxury. Tensions rise as valuations spike, exclusivity fragments the colony, and blackmail at a country club surfaces. New York interests intrude as cottagers align with metropolitan social pressures.
In the London Globe reflection, the rise of women seeking colonist roles is linked to new freedoms from bicycles to broader female emancipation. The piece notes teachers and colonial recruitment trends, mentioning Mil forty places and further colonies, highlighting a shift in social roles and imperial opportunities.
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