This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1901
Page
5
Madame la Mode notes this season favors beaded chatelaine bags over leather chatelaines with suede backs to reduce rubbing. Purses range from 50 cents for imitation to ten dollars for real Russia stamped leather, with golf finger purses remaining popular and long narrow pockets still common.
A poem-like piece describes the annual housecleaning season with crowded scenes of stripping rooms, washing, dusting, and clutter. Neighbors watch, jokes about expenses, and the home fills with soap, dust, and oddities as families scrub and tidy.
A wife writes a note to her lover Bert revealing a betrayal and plans to return, while the husband secretly debates telling her the truth and whether he can atone. A hidden observer in the alcove absorbs the tension as fate isolates them.
In Philadelphia Item reportage, Dulcinea confronts a staged ruse by her husband as he confesses a planned departure after a staged farewell to a lovesick rival. He exits with a bag of oranges, while Dulcie reads a letter declaring the ruse and the deception behind the staged drama.
A Buffalo Express poem notes the U.S. Senate repealed the chewing gum tax. It celebrates joy across ages from Tampa to St. Paul, praising diverse girls and workers as voices rise in commemorative song. The tone remains playful and patriotic.
The Washington Star admires April with a vivid verse describing shifting skies and moods. The poet images rain and sunshine as jewelry on spring, praising the month’s changing tones from gentle to stormy while hoping it lingers longer.
A recipe describes serving whole oranges or orange squares at breakfast or dinner as a fruit course. It instructs peeling and dicing oranges, layering with sugar, grated coconut, banana slices, and repeated alternating layers, finishing with candied cherries around the edge for serving.
A memorial poem for Baby Helen Patterson recounts a westward arrival and a brief, cherished life of about five years. The verses honor her Indian lore style, family bonds, and the sorrow of her passing with prayers for divine light and comfort for her mother and father.
A collection of provocative maxims on gender roles and virtue. It notes how appetite influences behavior, questions what society calls morality, and mocks pretensions in love and marriage. It suggests prudent self-control and warns against deceitful motives in relationships.
A quirky excerpt shows a child Johnny denying conceit versus Willie Jones, Aunt Em defining fiction, and family chat. The piece then pivots to a dense price list covering groceries and staples from flour to spices, produce, meats, and coal, detailing units and per-item costs for a bustling 19th or early 20th century market.
An advertised claim promoting Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for eczema. It states the product works by supplying healthy blood to the skin and also mentions relief from itching humors scrofula boils scabes and scales.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm as a sure internal cure for eczema skin afflictions and aching joints. Claims 30 years tested with over 3000 testimonials, urging readers to write for free trial and medical advice, listing Atlanta and Indianapolis drug outlets.
Wealth and fashion of New York filled Wallack's theater for a benefit to aid Mme Janauschek. The event netted 4920 dollars with Theodore Moss adding 80 to even the total, all delivered to Daniel Frohman for long term support of the actress. Julia Marlowe Amelia Bingham and Blanche Bates led the effort, with Bingham lamenting Janauschek could not attend.
A guide to preparing escaloped codfish including selecting two to three pounds of cod, boiling with lemon and parsley, removing bones, seasoning with salt pepper lemon and butter, mixing with cream, forming scallop shells, topping with bread crumbs and butter, then baking until brown and serving hot with lemon slices and parsley.
An English walnut shell item acts as a miniature vanity with powder compartment a tiny puff and a perfume vial inside a beaded gold frame. A ring allows wearing as a charm and a hidden dime savings bank option is suggested. It is pitched as fashionable and likely to replace hearts and locket charms.
Jessie Free daughter of a wealthy Omaha plumber returns from an elopement as Mrs Merle Meyers and earns parental forgiveness. Her father and mother eloped earlier and three brothers and three sisters followed suit, marrying before informing their parents.
In Jefferson City Missouri on April 16 the Supreme Court overruled a motion for a rehearing in the beer inspection case. The ruling confirms the law requiring brewers to pay about 250000 in state taxes.
Veteran W H Hicks of 222 West New York street testifies of kidney pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid improvement and praises the remedy for wife’s similar back and loin pain. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. lester Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Wholesale price list detailing poultry and other commodities. Includes turkey hens, toms, ducks, geese, cheeses, butter, eggs, wool, hides, tallow, nuts, coffee, and various sugars with per pound or per dozen quotations and brand references.
The article discusses how black garments affect brunettes and blondes, advising on fabric choices. It suggests avoiding dull blacks like serge or crepe de chine for brunettes, and recommends satin faced cloth, satin, broche silk, or velvet for a better effect. It notes blondes can wear soft blacks, while darker women should opt for lighter or richer fabrics, and mentions heliotrope and mauve accents in velvet or satin.
A historic exhortation urges children to learn swimming running sewing punctuality neatness and respect. The text emphasizes self improvement, observance of study times, and obliging conduct for personal discipline and civic virtue.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.