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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
4
The article notes the beef trust establishes a 300 million capital but warns that ongoing beef price increases will cap its capacity to buy cattle at four head per purchase. Hog prices also rise again on the day the trust is announced.
The Detroit News warns about coal trust guard expenses while cautioning about meat prices. The Pittsburg Times questions currant jelly and peach canning prospects. The Grand Rapids Press condemns alarmists as dangerous everywhere. The Milwaukee News advises avoiding gambling and urges forming own oil or gold ventures to avoid losses.
A collection of quotes from the Terre Haute Express Shelbyville Democrat and Anderson Bulletin commenting on tariff protected trusts coal mining and consumer losses. The snippet ends with a Wisconsin man eating 50 ears of green corn.
A collection of political quips from editorials, contrasting speeches by David B Hill and a definition of agriculture with remarks from South Bend Tribune, Terre Haute Tribune, and Marion Chronicle on Democrat versus Republican prospects. It notes the Democrats predicting prosperity fading and a rare moment of accuracy in six years.
Social notes report returns from the east and Wisconsin, a cornet performance at Howard Place Methodist Church, a musicale hosted by Mr and Mrs J O Henderson for Miss Fraser of Pittsburgh, and several state weddings across Indiana. Notables include Miss Letita Thuemler marrying Alvin ScheliSchmidt at Christchurch and a disrupted wedding plans due to illness in the bride’s family.
The Marion County Construction Co. receives an order from the Board of Works to heighten street cleaning efforts. Authorities demand stricter maintenance to keep roadways clear and presentable.
A humorous Washington Post note recounts a voyage to the Columbia River where an ambassador tested salmon fishing legends. The report ends with the line the salmon will not rise to a fly, reflecting a satirical view of territorial talks. The piece includes a Dr Swallow joke about G A Townsend and a Philadelphia Times anecdote of a lawyer’s $3 fee case.
California showings at 2 and 8. Fairbanks Herbert Wilke and Os tendorf present at 8:15. Washington Park hosts the Indianapolis versus Columbus baseball game at 3 45 p m.
Miss Louise Dresser sister of songwriter Paul Dresser who wrote On the Wa bash and other songs performs a pretty little Indiana tune for the California company. In private life she is Mrs. Jack Norworth.
The Park crowd has filled the house for every performance as California concludes its run on Wednesday night. A Montana Outlaw follows on Thursday with the Russell brothers slated as headline at the Grand next week. Empire theater opens Monday matinee and Utopians are set as the attraction.
Hubert Wilke drew liberal applause at Fairbank Tuesday night as his cold improved. Beginning Wednesday night he will offer a change of program, signaling a new act lineup for audiences.
Gen Corbin returns to Washington from Yellowstone and recounts bears raiding the Fountain house kitchen. He says bears ruined supplies leaving guests without meals while the Chinese cook dramatizes the attack. Park officials claim a bull whip thrashing would deter bears for the season.
Velvet dominates winter wear with soft figures and luster for gowns and street suits. Liberty velvets, heavier velvets, ostrich feather hats, tassels on scarves and belts, and yoke-band skirts shape the season, with foulard and hand embroidery in pale biscuit and pale blue tones.
A historical note describes boiling macaroni, serving it in layers with gravy made from lima beans tomatoes and mushrooms. It contrasts proper Italian serving with careless mixing. It then lists lemon uses for cleaning breath teeth and stains along with cautions about enamel and headaches.
A mosaic of brief comic clips and social quips from multiple papers. A man laments college yells near his home while confusion over a barking dog is noted. A lawyer and witness exchange lines about age. A young woman recalls a military man shouting a number outside a theater. A boy jokes over a prior dental set. A senator praises oratory as a gift and a aunt argues about age in a streetcar.
At the Em manual Baptist church fair a smoke consuming furnace is exhibited by the Roblyn Hawkins Company. It is fired up daily to show its function. The fair uses acetylene gas for illumination and offers a Chinese village and a German lunch stand with free nightly entertainment.
Last season small purses moved from long neck chains to short chains and rings that slip over fingers. The latest designs feature rare old brocade mounted in gold or silver, echoing antique chatelaine bags and reticules. Old silk and Persian brocade provide the most elegant material while carrying sentimental echoes of ancestors.
This item lists three peach desserts with preparation steps. Frozen Peaches describes freezing sliced peaches with sugar and serving with whipped cream. Peach Float blends peach pulp with stiff egg white foam and sugar for a chilled dessert. Peach Batter Pudding provides a peach baked pudding using flour, baking powder, salt, butter, eggs, milk, and cream.
A poem depicts a once-proud man judged a failure as he drags worn clothes and a drooped head home. Despite neglect and fading pride, a loyal woman remains, sewing and singing, honoring him as her knight and rekindling his dignity in her eyes. The piece attributes enduring majesty to love amid hardship.
Central Passenger Association rate clerks are in session at Cleveland to fix fares for the Grand Army encampment in Washington in October. The executive committee plans for the encampment at Indianapolis September 2 23 and 24 with fourteen subcommittees and chairmen chosen Tuesday night.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Thomas Helectric Oil eases bodily pain from burns cuts sprains and accidents, offering instant relief to households.
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