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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
5
Society notes Miss Margaret McKinley a relative of the president travels from Oklahoma to stay at the White House. She prefers the boomer life and Indian reverence crowns her as a distant daughter of the Great White Father while Washington tea parties hear breezy hunting tales.
In a sunlit London afternoon Mrs Varney and a former suitor discuss life after travel and youth as they tour the Academy galleries. Lord Farehaven revisits Brentwell church and recalls Pleasance Greenacre while a later meeting in Kensington rekindles old feelings.
Snippets from 19th century papers show family banter over turkey carving in Chicago, a Nome City beggar joke from Leslie's Weekly, a flippant remark about marriage hesitance from the Chicago Evening Post, and a tailor price joke from the Philadelphia Press.
An ad praising unbreakable celluloid dolls highlights their durability and uniform appearance. It compares a small five inch doll priced at $1 with a larger ten inch doll marked at $4, noting their beauty even as more fragile dolls fail.
Nancy Leak born in 1781 near Blacksburg South Carolina rose to become a centenarian who died near Rutherford North Carolina. She recalled witnessing Washington’s inauguration and meeting several early U S leaders while performing daily chores into old age.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes the phrase quiet wedding hides implied drama. The poet questions editors use of the term and hopes for fresher wording rather than a worn phrase.
A compact verse fragment notes cheerful ness as a charm and content as soothing, converting all it touches to gold. The lines invoke missionaries of cheer and the power to rear a garden in desert waste.
A poem notes the burden and dignity of the poor, calling them God’s poor and noting their endurance. It reflects on how suffering shapes virtue and how heroes arise from those who bear hardship with patient eyes, tracing a lineage from Christ through this enduring class.
The new shopping bag features woven links and tiny gilt balls in a lead like weight. It costs $6.50 and uses a row of tings around the top with chains drawn through them. Madame's wrist bears the chains as the bag lives up to its lead weight comparison.
Red dominates this season with gowns, wraps, hats, and house trimmings. The New York Evening Telegram notes many shades suiting most wearers, from smart long red coats to lace trimmed circulars lined in white satin. Velvet hats with matching or darker flowers crown the look, emphasizing vivid color.
A motherly exchange centers on a child reciting a prayer and asking for daily bread with a request for butter. The dialogue captures a tender scene of catechism and domestic wonder as the child speaks to God and mother.
A compact assemblage of aphorisms on idleness ignorance vanity and curiosity. Various authors note that industry prevents misery that knowledge brings humility and that impulse often drives conduct more than principle.
The article notes fashion shifts in plaster cast art with a move away from plain busts to preferred works. It lists acceptable pieces from vendors including Barye Lion, Venus of Milo, Winged Victory, and Thorvaldsen’s Diver, while highlighting higher prices for copyrighted pieces like Andromeda by Bauer and Tanagra figurines.
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