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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
6
Narrator recalls a doomed affair with Ralston as the countess and Lulu schemes unfold. The beloved violin remains a counterpoint to a broken heart, ending in madness and a mother’s death, as reported by the New York News.
A hideous first narrator recalls a life of love with a blind master violinist and his devoted maid. After marriage to the master, the countess arranges an oculist visit to restore sight, risking the singer’s voice and their bond as the husband anticipates seeing her after twenty years.
The five generation family enjoys perfect health and a flawless set of teeth. The grandmother also made a remarkable quilt last winter that astonished the neighborhood.
Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, wife of Gen. Isaac P. Sherwood of Toledo, is noted in literary and Grand Army circles and linked with the Ohio centennial commission. Gen. Sherwood, editor, soldier, statesman, and politician, sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio.
Miss Ethel Golding of Bath Beach is hailed as the champion woman swimmer around New York. She has won 24 races and never suffered defeat, building a flawless record in local and regional meets.
Wr. Junks writes a memorial poem for his departed wife. Conversation recalls Mabel Meadows from school days and cucumber pickles at lunch. The exchange mentions a bronze Beethoven sculpture and a humorous remark about a plaster Mozart.
Mrs Callie French wife of Capt A B French is the only licensed woman pilot allowed to steer on the Mississippi river. She is a captain vaudeville performer theatrical manager and housewife with 21 years on the river and a wish to leave for a farm with a garden and chickens.
A humorous reminiscence by Joe Lincoln in Puck recounts Matilda’s debut as a young woman loved by a suitor. The narrator, Matilda’s mother’s former beau, recalls flirtatious courtship through prayer meetings and gate whispers. He marvels at aging while noting Matilda’s secret romance and the town’s chatter.
A collection of curious facts and anecdotes includes a claim about Yamen as the first fabric, observations about bald men and consumption, vegetarian skin tones, U S merchandise imports in 1898 and 1899, a vast wine cistern in Asti California, a five horned sheep in Cedar Rapids Kentucky, a puzzling note on a blackbird attacking a wasp nest, and Benjamin Franklin in 1748 using electricity to ignite a fire across the Schuylkill River with water as a conductor.
Advice on selecting canned fruit cabbage beef mutton pork veal asparagus fowls and fish. Look for bulged cans avoid aged poultry long spurs fresh bright red beef and pink pork keep fish cold rinse lightly to preserve flavor.
A New York Tribune note describes children seeking soldiers and generals in toy form as war stories rise. A Roosevelt figure doll in khaki wins favor while a set of paper dolls prompts a child to wish for male figures, prompting gentle humor about widow dolls and a child’s preference for men.
During the Civil War and the late Spanish American conflict diarrhoea was a major army problem. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene County Pa says Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave rapid relief after trying other treatments. Sold by all druggists.
In a neighboring town a church member collects larme sized crayon portraits of the pastor his wife and their four children. The first donation included two portraits and the total now reaches six figures in a growing portrait gallery reflecting differing tastes among congregants.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea. The note lists a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Our selection includes Ladies' White YP Skirts priced at 1.00 and 1.50. All Summer Wash Goods on sale from 12 1/4c to 25c per yard. Finest Madras Zephyr and Silk Ginghams offered from 29c to 49c per yard.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Felix Gouraud’s Oriental Dream as a harmless skin beautifier removing tan pimples freckles moth patches and blemishes. The copy claims 61 years of use and cites Dr L A Sayre endorsing its safety. Sold by druggists and fancy goods dealers in the United States Canada and Europe. Ferd T Hopkins proprietor 37 Great Jones Street New York.
A collection of wry maxims about judgment, honesty, marriage, wealth, and human behavior. The tone critiques cynicism and self deception with aphorisms on insanity acquittals, cranks, ambition, and the limits of instruction. Concluding line from the Chicago Daily News riffs on parental influence and a child’s discernment.
Grackers with cream cheese melt with cayenne then bake until warm. Serve hot and to use leftover crumbs, cover with milk and extra cheese and bake to create a luncheon dish.
Promotions claim evidence from locals supports Morrow’s Kidne-odds as the best cure for backache kidney and urinary disorders sleeplessness and nervousness. Mrs J Rinkle of 127 S Noblest reports relief after use and a booklet is mailed from John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio. Boxes priced at fifty cents available at druggists and Sloan Drug Co.
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