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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
5
A farm story centers on an old clock that dictates daily life. Mrs. Pimlott recalls how the clock’s fast time and winding rituals structured work, meals, and family routines, including the tender memory of her master’s death and the moment the clock stopped and then revived their world.
Blanche Le claire Sloane, sister of jockey Ted Sloane, rose to fame in vaudeville after starting at 17 with Orrin Barber in 1888. She toured with Chicago shows for six seasons and later performed in major eastern houses before debuting in the west, while her brother avoids the circus life.
The passage cites folk beliefs on health and beauty from Ladies World claiming simple massages prevent baldness palm oil cures for corn dental floss protects teeth lavender oil stops insect bites orris root and soap make toothpaste lemon juice and salt remove ink stains small wounds need warm water and carbolic acid five minutes rest wards off nervous collapse.
The Springfield era tale recalls Mary Love Joplin later Mrs Mary Love Lawless of Lexington Kentucky who drew Abraham Lincoln at a Mount Vernon wedding as the prettiest girl in Kentucky. Lincoln lingered in Kentucky a week visiting La Rue county then pursued Mary Todd after the event. Miss Joplin married James Richard Lawless at age 20.
Mrs A B Renehan of Santa Fe New Mexico is praised as the territories most beautiful woman for her purity of expression sweetness and simplicity of character. Born in Santa Fe she never left New Mexico prior to marriage at eighteen her husband a Washington DC native and prominent lawyer is described as companionable and Irish.
The Dutch bathing cap worn by Miss Lena Morton at Newport garners strong attention for its novelty and style, drawing comments from onlookers and fashion watchers.
Bert showcases shoulder trimming for lingerie with jabots bows and seasonal dress accessories. Venise lace gowns feature chiffon rube edged sashes while menswear style coat sleeves predict cool weather wear. Long Persian ties and bold midsummer color mixes captivate throngs. black velvet belts and ribbons define the era.
Annual Niagara Falls excursion from Indianapolis on August 22 with $7 round trip and $6.50 to Thousand Islands and Alexandria Bay. Tickets valid 15 days. Special train of sleepers and coaches departs Indianapolis 7:45 p.m. arrives Niagara Falls 9 next morning. Inquiries at Big Four offices.
A collection of witty aphorisms from The Chicago News noting fashionable lawns, soda fountain success, bicycle race attire, drum sounds, sewing machine puns, differing views between women, procrastination, doughnut holes, multilingual 능력 comparisons, musicians preferring lower pitch, and opera patrons favoring lower admission.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes a couple facing hardship and impending sensational coverage. Lawyers plead as tomorrow's papers promise racy reading about their weariness and resolve to face whatever comes with willing hearts for tomorrow.
A collection of sponge cake coffee cake and nut cake formulas list ingredients and steps. Sponge cake uses sugar eggs flour baking powder vanilla lemon water. Coffee cake combines flour butter molasses coffee raisins spices and soda. Nut cake blends sugar butter milk egg whites flour walnuts and vanilla with salt.
A collection of short humorous exchanges quoted from various papers. The snippets include a couple debating a church contribution and reform, a conversation about a Russian man with an unpronounceable name, and a joking exchange about aging and hair color.
An assortment of short maxims on honesty memory kindness wealth friendship and contentment from Rousseau Carlyle Fuller Goethe Vanven Shakespere. The collection presents timeless reflections on virtue fortune and social bonds in terse aphorisms.
A broad Indiana audience hears endorsements for Morrow's Kid-ne-oids claiming relief from backaches kidney disorders sleeplessness and nervousness. Mrs Sarah Miller of 1286 West South St testifies the remedy restored her health after suffering kidney related pain and extreme nervousness. Boxes priced fifty cents include two weeks of treatment with a descriptive booklet available from John Morrow & Co.
Fashion notes predict burnt-bread brown and yellow laces will trend in fall. Satin ribbon replaces linen collars this summer. Ecru pique skirts pair with white lawn shirt waists for stylish looks. Lace yokes feature chenille floral dots as tunic style rises. Neckbands on shirts offered by Progress Laundry. Tel. 1121.
The Southern Railway distributes free folders and map folders titled Southern Homes and Land of the Sky and supplies books Minerals and Mines and Southern Fields to any address. The Empire of the South, a 200 page illustrated volume, is available for 25 cents to cover delivery.
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