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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1902
Page
5
The article outlines a practical style outlook with plain calf shoes and minimal polish, tan and black color shoes, modest shirts, and modest furnishings. It notes wide trousers, four button sacks, new west pocket coats, and various collar and tie trends including wing collars, four in hand, and midget bows, with split straw hats and conservative outerwear returning.
A humorous sketch follows Maria a pretty but dismissive modern girl who scorns mush and rejects suitors with witty counter tricks. She toys with four admirers from necktie flattery to scholarly letters, and pines over John Grey who remains aloof despite her schemes and daydreams.
Modesty hinders women from seeking help for diseases. Doctor R V Pierce offers private free consultations in Buffalo New York. Favorite Prescription and Galen Medical Discovery advertised for female weakness inflammation and related issues. A testimonial from Mrs Mattie Long of Ohio praises the remedies and home treatment. Billousness is claimed cured by Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Attorney Foster C Shirley reports a comrade Lieut Ralph Miller of the Sixth Cavalry at Santa Cruz Laguna Philippines describes the cholera scourge among troops. Miller, a 27 year old Indianapolis native and former regimental sergeant major, recalls the deadly cases and strict sanitary response in the camp.
Mrs Sarah Jane Griffith of Vineland vows to live without men after her husband left. She builds a five room cottage unaided, doing foundation to roof including brick hauling five miles, furnace installation, and hot air heating. She is described as a first class architect and builder with floral crafts.
John and Maria ride at night and banter shifts from mush to pudding. Their mood brightens then soured, ending with a tentative agreement after a joke about the word mush.
Miss Annie Busby preserves a harvest with 387 quarts of spiced beets and 11 gallons of apple butter. A stranger buys land opposite Haw Creek merchants planning a cemetery, prompting new ads and growth as locals respond to the idea.
An advertisement promises quick relief for bunions with the product Rough on Bunions priced at 85 cents. It emphasizes ease and comfort and promotes it as the sole cure.
Next Monday matinee will feature fashionable vaude ville acts with box office opening Thursday. Russell brothers and Lizzie and Vinnie Daly billed as dance artists. Hubert Wilke leading baritone to solo at Fairbank. Ostendorf's band to perform popular concerts.
Herbert Wilke and Os tendorf's band perform at the Amusements Park with California at the Park theater starting Monday. The show promises big surprises after a Saturday trip to Anderson. Lead players include Mrs Bronson Miss Louise Dresser and Jack Norworth. The Elks have bought 300 seats for Monday night.
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