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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1891
Page
3
A compact poem of quotes attributed to Ela Wheeler Wilcox contrasts joy and sorrow. It notes that laughter invites company while happiness cannot prevent loneliness in death. The verse ends with a meditation on life, fame, and the inevitability of suffering, urging balance between pleasure and privacy.
A parable set in a hidden garden where flowers live in harmony until a lord’s wish to transplant a tall rose leads to vanity. The queen of flowers seeks public admiration, is transplanted to a palace, fades, and is discarded. A violet warns against exposure and vanity. the tale ends with a moral for young women.
A fragmentary old clipping parades pithy phrases on luck happiness and fate. It riffs on grave diggers first voyages and a whiskey gin fizz line with playful wordplay and curious sentiments attributed to N. . News.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local column with gossip on newswomen a predicted wet cool summer and a dry hot spell. Mentions the duke of Edinburgh leading an orchestra a Maryland man marrying after burying his fourth spouse and scholars debating Adam and Eve housing with no clear conclusions.
Velvet ribbons with gold and small lace butterfly brooches decorate house dresses. The piece notes a Frenchy look and mentions London youths pushing hat brims back this year by half an inch.
A collage of notes covers Nellie Grant Sartoris visiting the United States and a 71 year old Mrs. Sartoris death, Queen Victoria's marriage age, and the prince of Wales betrothal. It cites a London dressmaker on American women, a Rosemont visit and a $100,000 token for Miss Elizabeth Sherman and Rachel, and the rise of lady factotums. Also warned are red stockings in Paris linked to skin eruptions and a health board finding aniline dyes in stockings.
A compact guide describes Yorkshire pudding for small roasts using a single egg, milk, flour, and pan drippings, baked briefly with gravy. It also outlines lemon marmalade making with thinly sliced lemons, water, sugar, and a 24 hour standing period before boiling to a jelly-like finish.
Figures show Apo Astor pays 25000 yearly for London house. Cholera toll in Japan last year reached 31500 deaths from 45000 ill. One eighth of 9000 Italians in New York are women. It costs 500 dollars for a woman to be presented at the court of St James. Fourteen young Turks sent to Greece to study agriculture. A bottle tossed from Cephalonia 1887 washed ashore on a Caribbean islet 6300 miles away. Texas spends 5000000 yearly on common schools and 500000 on higher instruction, while its school fund approaches 1000000.
Dr Gage’s Catarrh Remedy proprietors back a 500 reward to anyone cured of chronic Catarrh or forfeit the sum if not relieved. Save’s Remedy claims permanent cures for chronic catarrh in the head, with relief of cold in the head and related symptoms. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
The report lists executions and fatal incidents across multiple states. Details include James Craney hanged in Lexington Virginia for a September murder of Charles Oliver, Reverend George Bothwell in Brooklyn reacting to events, John Graham and his six year old son killed by a locomotive near Washington, Ludia Hudsons household attacked by two masked men in Cockville, A. J. Hunt in Walla Walla shooting Private Miller, 150 soldiers breaking into a jail and killing a prisoner, E. B. Soper of Archie murdering his wife and two children and then fleeing toward Kansas City, and sheriff discovering corpses with a poverty plea letter two days later.
Boston readers argue the cost of dressing well remains high despite cheap fabrics. A shop window critique notes that even inexpensive cotton gowns, skirts, and jackets incur substantial making charges, with dressmakers often pricing around $12 for a simple gown, and large sums for streetwear, casting doubt on the idea of affordable fashion.
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