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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1901
Page
5
A collage of clipped dialogue from 19th and early 20th century newspapers. Characters murmur destinies, moody friends, family quarrels, and social snobbery as villagers tease and judge. The snippets capture tone, humor, and small-town life without full context.
The article describes Crowninshield’s rig plan for the Lawson yacht Independence built for Thomas W. Lawson of Boston to defend the America’s Cup against the New York Yacht Club’s Constitution. It notes a massive 14 611 square foot sail area and a master club topsail with a head 172 feet above deck, among other rig dimensions shown in the diagram.
A reflective verse praising patience through waiting days and winter. The speaker thanks the Lord for calm seas and blue skies, finds joy in nature’s signs, and vows faith and patience as life’s tasks unfold.
Bert Walters returns after five years abroad to win the heart of Miss May Edwards while Grace Elroy schemes to keep him. May’s betrothal is revealed in a moonlit moment as Walters declares love with an engagement ring, leaving Grace to confront her own heartbreak and a future she cannot win.
Grace Elroy cruelly spurns Bert Walters after a year of chasing hearts, flaunting wealth with Mark Trevelyan at Aunt Sef ton's ball. Bert, heartbroken, shifts attention to Goldy as Grace summers in Jeona and returns unmoved, the flirt’s fate looming over his devoted, betrayed love.
A nostalgic domestic vignette celebrates a couple’s wedding day and shared life. The speaker vows everlasting affection and happiness in a cozy parlor setting with tea, toast, and intimate moonlit strolls as they begin married life. The tone is affectionate and celebratory.
The article surveys summer wear trends including white organdie and mousseline blouses with narrow ribbons and bishop sleeves, white serge gowns, thin white wool dresses, silk skirts with black taffeta accents, and chameleon tinted silks with lace and velvet trims. It notes bolefos trending shorter with detached yokes over girdles and corselets, often in white mousseline de soie with lace decorations.
The new wicker furniture features enhanced shape and wear, with green as the favored color. A three fold standing screen, about four feet high, showcases delicate tapestry squares in lighter tones set into each panel, making an inviting dining room or library display.
Collections of maxims discuss envy fools discoveries and memory. They compare mind and body traits and note rules of behavior for men and women. Dancing as poetry of motion is linked to feet and effort in marriage and life.
Miss Lillian Thomas completes a portrait of President McKinley after painting in Columbus. She recalls a formal White House sitting where the President engaged warmly, noting aides and messengers moving quietly as state affairs waited on her brush.
The article spotlights Erika Paulas a 25 year old Budapest trained architect who joined Bistritz Board of Works and earned a master mason diploma after years of effort. It also profiles Dr. Rina Monti first Italian privat docent of anatomy born in Como who studied in Pavia and earned a golden medal, joining major scientific societies.
The guide describes salting orange peels, boiling to soften, then soaking in a sugar syrup. After a week the peel is simmered again with the syrup until transparent, dried on a dish, dusted with sugar, and stored in air tight tins.
The method instructs dampening hair with alcohol then drying, brushing with scented brush, curling each strand with heated irons or wavers while still damp, and holding until dry. Repeating across all hair yields waves that last several days in normal weather.
Ruffled curtains, though overtaken by heavy Arabian lace edged drapes, remain favored for summer windows in pure white. Winter prefers deep ecru, but summer heat calls for cool white. Ornamental organdie designs with large blossom motifs are popular, often with white ruffles matching the backs, and hemstitched or printed bordered options are stylish.
The bottoms of the most desired screens are rubber tipped to prevent floor scratches and to keep them quiet if pushed accidentally.
A Philadelphia Bulletin item ponders personal pride and fault in social and political spats. It mocks self admiration and shifts blame through a series of pointed questions about vanity finances romantic history and dressmaking. The piece frames self reflection as a humorous measure of character.
An old Brook lyn Heights resident, famed for books not generosity, entertained guests at dinner. After coffee he invited them to the library and placed a box of matches on a table remarking there are matches for anyone who has a cigar to smoke.
A long feature extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a miracle for women, claiming it regularizes cycles, cures weakness and inflammation, aids maternity, and recounts Mrs. Ella Reynolds of Kentucky who credits three bottles for a smooth pregnancy and quick recovery. It mentions Dr. Pierce's Pellets for biliousness.
Wholesale prices for poultry cheese butter eggs and produce with extensive itemized figures. Hens ducks turkeys and geese meat prices, dairy goods, nuts, coffee rice sugars and curb market staples listed by grade and region. Also includes hardware coal oils and various packaged goods in a dense catalog format.
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