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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
5
In a stormy Somersetshire hall a defiant Ruth clashes with a professor guardian. Years later Ruth finds purpose in his den. the professor forgives her and discovers a heartfelt transformation as their bond becomes sisterly and intimate.
A Denver Times poem expresses affection for two women and a mother, plus a grandson, combining devotion to a wife, a mother figure, and a grandchild. The speaker asks for divine guidance to unite them in the afterlife at the gates of pearl.
Mrs. P. Ti. Cleary known as Molly O Neill organized a national Italian festival in Chicago on Sunday. Thousands of Italians marched with banners and flowers as she arranged to bring a Madonna Coronade from Venice for the flower and fruit fete of the Madonna. She has spent thousands of dollars and years in missionary work for Italians.
Charles Dudley Warner muses on vegetables as social characters. Beans lack dignity while corn earns lyric regard, cucumbers prove low comedians and melons stand as minor gentlemen. Lettuce embodies refined conversation and social polish with Attic salt and pepper.
A reflective poem notes that life is edged by a persistent missing element. It contrasts joys and blessings with a small cloud or lack, from thinness to a room, a street, or a missing feature, affecting happiness for all social ranks.
A fairy helps a maiden flee a battlemented tower by using her hair as attire. The idea echoes a rainy day costume and is treated as a clever solution. The excerpt also notes a modern quip about perpetual learning and teaching from famous papers and magazines.
The article discusses fashioning delicate collars and bows from lisle and lace, noting women craft talent in matching turnover collars with fine borders from old kerchiefs. It also mentions price trends as lingerie stocks rise and promotes Head's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for blood issues.
$1.25-Cincinnati and Return- $1.25. Via C., H. & D., Sunday, August 26. Two special fast trains, the first will leave at 6:50 a. m., making no local stops, the second will leave at 7:15 a. m., stopping at Rushville, Connersville and Hamilton.
Mrs Jennie Downe accompanies her husband on a European tour to recruit followers for his wealthy religious sect. The couple travels in luxury as Mrs Downe speaks of her husband’s perceived supernatural attributes and influence.
The Detroit Sleeper via the C. H. D. departs Indianapolis at 7:07 p m on August 23 and 26, listing schedule details for passengers.
An advertisement offers a model farm of 160 acres with 40 acres pasture located two miles from the city. Possible contact through P. Pfisterer at 26 Virginia Avenue. Also notes about neckbands, Progress laundry, telephone 1121 and Menninger's in Ohio and Illinois. The piece mentions a Dutch Lunch and sandwiches served to order.
Tickets on sale August 25 to 28 with a return limit September 30. Fest time and service details available from ticket agents at 25 West Washington Street and Union Station. Final return date September 14. Time of trains to be confirmed by agents.
Instructions on sealing jars describe filling to overflowing, applying metal tops tightly, and testing by standing jars on their ends to reveal leaks. Old methods note pound for pound fruit preservation yielded sweetness but limited flavor after storage.
The guide advises washing grapes while still on the stems before serving. Rinse under running water by holding the clusters, or use a sieve in a pan of water if running water is unavailable, shaking to clean.
A vintage recipe lists corn meal flour sugar salt baking powder a beaten egg milk and melted butter to mix and bake in a biscuit tin or muffins. The note adds farm accidents such as cuts bruises stings and sprains and promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as an instant relief for pain.
A fragment recalls a young man declining a dance with the line I would like to dance but the music and girl upset me. The note suggests many life failures stem from such excuses and hints at a humorous moral about effort and social participation.
Advertisement for a pocket map of China issued by W. B. Kniskern of Chicago. The card markets a latest indexed empire map with an enlarged section showing the area of current difficulties and information related to the present crisis. Postage four cents.
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