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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
4
The column rails at trials and rights for defendants, blames Ed Thompson as a scapegoat in Indiana politics, and mocks election tactics and officials. It also mocks mosquitoes, chigger bites, and predicts political fallout from track elevation talk and Board of Works moves.
The Joss measure faces sharp criticism as deceitful and cowardly, designed to delay reform and fulfill a party promise. Sahm labels it useless and predicts the author will drift into political oblivion.
Congressman Littlefield voices a call for an independent mayoral candidate free of breweries and corporations. W S McMillen notes Megrew’s issues while a post office plan and a 1902 square clearance contract loom. The piece questions party unity and Indianapolisan political color with talk of an Independent ticket.
Dr. J. B. Smith, New Jersey entomologist, notes mosquito larvae persist in pitcher plant leaves in swamps. In January a bitter freeze thawed ice-filled leaves revealed active larvae revived and later developed slowly into pupae, yielding rare specimens of Culex pungens. The finding links Arctic mosquitoes’ summer swarms to hibernation in ice.
A New York Times anecdote recounts Colonel Burt of the Twenty Infantry who, in garrison, umpired and then played, declaring himself Col Burt after battering a three bagger. A Maryland congressman encounters a ten cent all you can eat sign and is reminded what that means. Missouri Marshal Lee shares a tale of a mule that brags when it meets a jackass in a small town.
Harper's Bazar advises on skirt finishing to suit different figures. Stout, short waisted women should wear large banded skirts worn over the waist with a narrow belt, often pointed in front. Slim figures may use broad belts with a front point, keeping a curved line from waist to front.
A Life poem fragment recounts Cupid's picnic with types of love named as characters. The gathering includes Big Love, Little Love, Love That Flies Away, Naughty Love, Haughty Love, and others, but fails as Constant Love and Tender Love abstain.
A reflective meditation on how beauty, virtue, and social opinion interact. It notes that even the most rigorous moralists are not immune to vanity and flattery, suggesting Dame Grundy embodies rigid virtue yet craves praise.
The piece guides gathering and drying Clover blooms on a shaded sheet, turning daily for air flow. It describes constructing a loose under cover of calico and a silk over cover, warning against overfull or too empty cushions, and notes the fashionable use of the term charming to describe a pleasant cushion.
Rich molasses and butter melt with sugar and ginger then sour milk and flour with salt and egg form a dough. The dough is folded with almonds half baked, poured into pans, topped with remaining almonds and baked about twenty minutes.
Venevill Bray offers a romantic lyric from the August Smart Set collection, praising the beloved’s beauty and enduring love. The poem blends dusk imagery with longing, noting night sounds and the unity of two hearts in a sleepy landscape.
A selection of editorials from Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Warsaw, Huntington, Kokomo, Bloomington, Franklin, Martinsville criticise Admiral Schley and Sampson, lament casualties, and discuss local services. The pieces note pay disparities, political bias, and civic improvements including gas, telegraph, fairs, and sewer projects, with regional color and satirical tone.
A collage of witty exchanges and social notes including Mr Hawkins praising his wife’s voice, a joke about alimony in a marriage proposal, hat compliments, two London girls recalling a country day with a pig and a burial, plus mentions of two small firms Concordia gas and oil of Muncie and Southern Pike county coal co with $10,000 capital each.
Names and events appear in a chorus of notices from Walker Wright and others. Engagements include Jessie Skinner and Frank Morrison with a October wedding. Socials feature an outing by the Knights of Columbus at Canoe Club and a supper in Broad Ripple. Other items list weddings in Anderson Notre Dame Exeter Cal Aurora Kokomo Indianapolis and more with multiple couples noted.
Postmaster Leist announces the city will purchase a large new safe after robbers cracked the old one and secured a substantial booty. The move aims to secure mail and valuables in the local post office.
A humorous note from Harper’s Bazaar on appetite and dining. It quips that a woman who orders a dinner may have eaten it already if she also cooks it, implying she may lack appetite for a third course.
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