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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1899
Page
5
The article offers advice to women on how to pose for pictures in studio portraits. It praises Manon as a model example while noting ordinary women can look pretty with proper grooming, hair styling, and dress choices. It highlights draped ears, loose gowns, long flowing robes, and accessories to elongate the figure.
On the Omaha to Cheyenne train a charming mystery woman captivates male passengers including a cattle king who arrives with a profit laden past and a broad western display. A New York traveler and others comment on her allure and privacy.
Reports from Chicago tie London messenger William Thomas Jaggers to delivering a parcel for Richard Harding Davis to Miss Clark heiress daughter of a Chicago businessman. Jaggers returned home a week ago and received a promotion to sergeant. Engagement rumors with Miss Clark circulated last December during Davis illness at the Auditorium hotel.
In New York News a western cattle king teaches a woman poker during a train ride to Cheyenne. The pair bet up to hundreds, the woman wins a large sum and dismisses the game as innocent entertainment as she resumes reading Browning.
A garbled collage of cartoon captions and quips features mock ethnic lines and banter about manners, with snips about Germans, cats, and marriage. The snippet ends with an ad for Pine Syrup and a Grand Hotel Cafe claim of best meals in town.
Dorothy Drew, Gladstone’s favorite granddaughter, grew up near the statesman’s end of life and became a constant companion. She is a pet at court and visits Queen Victoria by special royal request, a cherished figure in the royal circle.
Miss Louise Closser of the Grand stock company is said to marry this summer. the St. Louis Chronicle notes her Indianap olis origins and literary attainments. The piece also lampoons stage legends, mistaken name requests at the Knickerbocker, and Patti’s Pacific coast visit and Salt Lake City airing.
A reflective meditation in verse contemplates whether joy and sorrow define existence. The speaker, at dusk by a window, muses on suffering, love, and the meaning of heaven, inspired by a bird’s sudden song in New Orleans. The piece ends with a quiet departure as dawn approaches.
A Dayton Kentucky woman reports a swarm of bees attacking a hat decorated with lilacs and artificial perfume. The incident warns women to beware hats with scented decorations. Aunt Deborah King, 103, walked to vote for school director in Young Hickory Ohio. Elizabeth Plankington of Milwaukee donated 100 dollars for a Young Woman's Christian Association home in memory of her father Plankington.
A 1920s style fashion blurb discusses the revival of a willow porch chair with adjustable back and denim as a durable summer floor cover. It cites Bureau covers with polka dots as practical, lines fabrics with silk or satin, and notes shifts from blue white stripes to striped textiles and denim for tapes, bolsters, and pillows.
The description notes white tulle veils with three tucks and a novelty arrangement. It mentions host bouquet ideas using greenhouse flowers carried by the bride, replacing traditional vows with a floral touch. The piece critiques muff design, favoring small blossoms and white violets over orange blossoms for grace and stiffness.
An endorsement from Mrs. H A Tyner of Four Oaks North Carolina about her daughter Mrs L Keene claims Peruna medicine restored her strength and stamina after severe tuberculosis symptoms and night sweats. The letter describes rapid improvement from weak condition to walking two hundred yards and lasting recovery within a year.
Boiled linseed oil makes a simple furniture polish and can be bought ready to use. Onion halves clean gilt frames and stain-free ivory handles respond to pumice stone or whiting with lemon juice. A strip of hot water dipped flannel eases child croup in ten minutes. Enamel a shabby tub in three thin coats after cleaning and sanding the old paint.
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