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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
4
A fragment notes a harsh judgment about human vice especially when considering the dead, suggesting strong moral condemnation and a stark view of vice. The text reads like a moralizing aside from an older editorial voice.
The article warns that without bird protection laws in Louisiana the mockingbird faces extinction. It cites past slaughter since 1865, driven by slave era and subsequent fanciers, with 20,000 song birds shipped annually from New Orleans, mainly to Europe, while many more are caught. It links banana trade to broader regional commerce including ink from leaves and manila hemp products.
The article argues jumping from moving trains and streetcars causes nervous disorders from spinal injury and strain. It condemns the widespread habit, noting firmer nerves and reduced danger require patience and restraint, while osteopathy is the only field recognizing the risk. It also cites Jamaica’s fruit ripening and cautions on rapid life in cities.
Park theater crowds enjoy a lively night as Duke the lion arrives last, while the melodrama Railroad Jack follows a tramp hero Clare Evans who saves heroine Bess from a villain. Bonnie Arado plays the damsel and Ralph Grey the villain. Miss Hilda Thomas headlines vaudeville and will return to the stage next season.
Two new singers debuted at Fairbank on Monday night with Edith Helena thrilling Indianapolis audiences by hitting high notes and imitating a violin. George A Moore performed ballads including Dixie in German dialect. William Barnes led the concert band with Bert Brown taking the cornet role. Broad Ripple hosts a settlers picnic with din ner, prizes, singing and speeches. Hawthorne musical club of Boston slated concerts Friday to Sunday, while the Indianapolis military band of 25 pieces performs at Fairview Tuesday to Thursday led by J Russell Powell. Springlake park features a three act farce A truthful judge with a new vaudeville program running all week. Hypnotist H V Siedenburg plans to wake from a 240 hour sleep at Avondale Thursday night.
President Roosevelt appoints Oliver Wendell Holmes chief justice of Massachusetts to the U S Supreme Court as associate justice in place of the ailing Justice Gray. Holmes is son of the late Dr. Holmes famed poet and essayist.
Work on the Martindale avenue street car extension from sixteenth to twenty fifth streets will start immediately with cars in service within sixty days. Frank Ri Demmerly of 608 N Alabama Street has returned from St Louis Missouri.
A leading tailor notes silk straps will be used on wool gowns this autumn. Wool veiling features a dark stitched band trim on the skirt and sleeves. Batistes remain the rage with embroidered versions offered at low prices, and buyers mix embroidered trims with plains for inexpensive yet stylish dresses. Remnant boxes and bargain counters abound with white embroideries and undermuslin pieces. Green mattings, especially Prairie grass-inspired shades, dominate decor with 40 cent yardage and long-lasting appeal.
As the season advances readers favor various lace berths and delicate fichus. A fichu adds charm to high or low necklines while fichus in lace dotted net chiffon liberty silk mull mousseline de soie and other soft fabrics knot at the bust and fall into jabot effects, offering greater adaptability than boas.
The feature outlines inexpensive bath enhancements using borax ammonia sea salt and homemade bath bags filled with bran orris root and castile soap. It advises thorough rinsing and a finishing facial massage with cold cream and a soft cloth to improve skin texture.
Describes carpets with a deep blue background and figures in blue or green, outlined in black or indigo with touches of olive. The style is favored for its restful effect, suitable for a large center rug or carpet.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from era newspapers includes a farmer’s color scheme remark amid a Kan gas field metaphor, jokes about marriage and consent, phrases on the world owing a living, and light exchange between lovers and friends. It also features barbed lines about market protection, industry, and medical bills. The items showcase period humor and social wit.
Urges avoidance of mercury containing catarrh ointments and warns of harm when absorbed. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo as a safe internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Encourages buyers to ensure genuineness of the product.
Authorities claim only earthenware should be used for coffee to avoid the inky residue that forms inside tin pots due to a chemical reaction with metal. They cite the inside of metal coffee pots showing persistent staining as evidence.
A lemon flavored dessert set includes a lemon bread pudding and a plain lemon pudding. The bread version uses lemon juice, grated rind, butter, sugar, eggs, and brandy layered in buttered stale bread baked in a water bath. The plain pudding thickens cornstarch with boiling water, lemon rind, yolks, sugar, lemon juice, then a meringue topping baked to brown and served cold.
Useful hints cover cleaning tarnished silver with salt, and adjustments in freezing mixtures. Sugar is reduced by chilling, so add more sugar. Turpentine or borax with hot starch prevents frons from sticking. Egg whites beaten with a pinch of salt whip faster when placed near ice. Flavor ideas include marjoram, rosemary, basil, thyme, tarragon, or chervil in salads.
The Chicago and Northwestern published a highly valuable title, The Indian and the northwest, praised by librarians nationwide. The profusely illustrated volume includes reliable maps and serves as significant historical literature for students of American Indian history and western landscapes.
WM. B. BURFORD of Indianapolis advertises a Perfectly Mat opening line for a price book. The note mentions Karstadt's dye house successor to Brill & Co. and claims dry cleaning of ladies garments as a specialty with contact details.
Indiana Dental College at 8 W Cor Delaware and Christs serves patients from 9 am to 5 pm for all kinds of dental work. Train route to Detroit via Lake Erie and Western and Wabash Roads leaves Indianapolis at 12 20 pm and arrives Detroit at 8 10 pm. An Old Nurse for Children Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertised for teething pain and diarrhoea at twenty five cents per bottle.
Round trip fares listed include 25 dollars to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo 35 to Glenwood Springs 340 to Salt Lake Ogden via Chicago and North Western Railway with trains twice daily to Denver thrice daily to Geneva and Salt Lake 16 to St Paul and Minneapolis with four daily trains and luxury car features. Booklets and rates available from N M Breeze 435 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio.
A poem by Eugene Field recounts a midnight quarrel between the gingham dog and the calico cat. The old Dutch clock and a Chinese plate seem to foretell the clash. The pair misbehave until dawn reveals both have eaten each other, leaving readers to ponder the truth of the tale.
An Atchison Globe reflection ranges from the pitfalls of vanity to household economics. The piece muses on how appearances influence judgment, the futility of heat in curling irons, the realities of women seeking fortune, trust within couples, slot machine odds, political luck, and a joke about aging women and buggy rides.
Indianapolis leads a restored listing of office supplies as loose leaf ledgers return with self locking extension features. The item presents compact binding and is aimed at clerical and accounting use in small and mid sized offices.
Travel deals listed include Lake Erie and Western routes from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne Celina and Michigan City with returns, plus one way settlers tickets from Missouri River Ogden Salt Lake Butte Helena Snokarm Portland Ashland San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Also North Western Line scenic health resort trips from Chicago with 424.30 round trip and through train service, details via local agents Breeze and Conner in Cincinnati.
Rail and lake trips offered by the Chicago and Northwestern Combination line. Personal guided tours with all expenses paid. Four daily Chicago to Omaha trains, three daily to the Pacific Coast, two daily to Denver with through Pullman service to Iowa Nebraska Dakotas and Black Hills. Send for booklet to Breeze at 8 5 Vine Street Cincinnati.
To Colorado Utah Wisconsin Michigan and South Dakota resorts on sale daily. For particulars see agents or address K. P. Algeo, D. P. A.
In a scattered for sale column from The Sun, readers are invited to browse seventh Pase listings. The fragment hints at bargains and suggests shoppers may find desirable items among miscellaneous offerings.
Annual excursions listed with dates Tuesday September 2 Saturday September 6 Wednesday September 10. Round trip prices are 10.00 to Petoskey and Traverse City and 11.00 to Mackinac Island. Return limit three days. Details from ticket agents or W. W. Richardson D P A Indianapolis.
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