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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
4
Poetic reminiscence from the Chicago Record about childhood memories, love, and enduring vows. A speaker recalls streams and birds, dreams of youth, and awaiting a loved one, with a final wish for a tender voice heard when life ends.
Fannie McLane, a young widow, is invited to Fort Sedgwick to visit the Graftons. Randolph Merriam, previously jilted by Fannie, reappears with his bride as Merriam’s past and Florence Tremaine’s engagement unfold. A dying message, a shooting in San Francisco, and arrivals at the fort drive the interwoven family tensions toward renewed closeness.
Mrs. McLane, recently widowed, engages in courtship amid garrison life as Minturn and Whittaker vie for her favor. Tensions rise with Merriam, Grafton, and Mrs. Grafton watching social shifts, while a shocking telegram about Chicago uncle triggers a crisis and secret anxieties.
Three days after a dinner the McLanes assess Fanny’s true purpose in Sedgwick. Mrs. McLane realizes the former schoolmate is not as frank as imagined and may be concealing a vital, thrilling circumstance.
Mrs. McLane pleads for guidance as she hides from telegrams and seeks counsel from Captain Grafton. He offers to send letters and arrange a lawyer, but she insists on seeing Mr. Merriam alone, fearing disclosure to his wife. The scene ends with Grafton departing to arrange next steps.
A middle aged speaker questions why people waste time in worry arguing life offers only a short span. He contemplates 20 years left and resolves not to fret, though small events still grind on him in frustration.
A fashion note introduces the four pieced skirt, now in style this winter. It uses light materials like Henrietta and cashmere for graceful draping. The design requires about six yards of material double width to achieve fullness when fully executed.
The article explains a four piece skirt crafted in two methods, either four small skirts on one band or a silk foundation with miniature skirts sewn atop. Each style features an abbreviated train, even ground sweep, side opening, and no back gathers. Suitable with various bodices and the fashionable silk waists of the moment.
In November flocks of robins invade San Francisco Bay Area gardens parks and orchards where many are killed for sport. The piece cites futility of hunting in the name of piety noting hundreds slain on Saturdays and wounded birds left to die and questions Christian ethics amid general slaughter.
The article argues nuts are nutritious but indigestible when not properly prepared. Thorough chewing helps. baking and grinding into meal could make them more usable as a diet component when combined with other foods. Emphasizes careful processing and balanced usage for health benefits.
In a playful exchange, a maiden warns against sharing a whispered tale, while Puck teases by insisting the confidant may skip hearing it if uninterested. The teasing delves into secrecy and social flirtation.
The Chicago Post reports a veteran bachelor’s scornful critique of women who board, railing at their pursuits, dress, and social life. He attacks landladies, matinees, society columns, and charity as signs of degeneracy, claiming boarding-house life erodes virtue, duty, and family.
A home craft note describes making a stocking lag for the housewife with todarned stockings. It details materials including cretone or cretonne fabric satin rib bon white flannel pasteboard and silk. It instructs cutting four circular pasteboard pieces each seven inches in size.
Instructions detail making a stocking bag with a 12 by 61 inch eretonne strip. Assemble circular fronts with stitched leaves for a needle book, attach embroidered cover, and add a pocket with elastic casing and ribbon drawstrings. The interior holds stockings.
A quart of oysters yields nearly the same nutritive content as a quart of milk or a pound of lean beef on average. The statement summarizes oyster nutrition relative to common animal foods.
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