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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1899
Page
5
In the house a confrontation led Mrs. Coffey to seize a pistol. After warning the intruder she fired, wounding him. He limped away, then Mrs. Coffey, still armed, waited through the night ready to repel a second attack and protect the home.
A snowbound Christmas tale on a Sag Harbor train. Peter Van Tassel helps a mother and child as a passenger fainting and a conductor warns of delays. The man imagines a grand Christmas tree at home while the storm traps them, and a child asks when to hang her stocking amid the cold and fear.
Lady Francis Cook plans to open Alexandra House in New York for young women to study art and live in congenial surroundings with access to London museums libraries and ateliers. The proposed institution would charge six dollars a week including washing and medical care and would admit only applicants with clearly demonstrated talent and strong records.
Peter Van Tassel reconciles with Lillian Waterford after seven years apart via a Christmas Eve train encounter. She reveals her hardships and hid truths about Aunt Kate, her late husband Samuel Waterford, and her child Gladys. He asks forgiveness, they marry the next day at Trinity Church, and return home to a festive reunion with family.
The museum opening evokes the pivotal role of Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson Yorks in the project. Her leadership and contributions helped shape the effort to establish the Free Museum of Archaeology in Pennsylvania.
A brief verse from Fail Mall Magazine contrasts past and present Christmas cheer. It laments crowded streets and lost neighborly air while noting the festive mince pies, holly, and beer carried by tradesfolk. The poem ends with a yearly toast amid modern crowds.
A collection of quips and jokes as readers compare a portrait and joke about manners, fire insurance, and family chatter. The items lampoon social pretensions and city life with wit from Detroit Journal Chicago Tribune and Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram.
A Bowling Green reader reports a painful leg sore healed by Dean's Ointment. The product relieved burning and itching instantly and produced a lasting cure, according to C. W. Lenhart.
Daily meals offered from 10:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. at Ormonds 16 W. Pearlst with a ladies’ lunch on the second floor. The notice also advertises Union Co cooperative laundry phone 1269 and children’s remedies including Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Neckbands advertised with shirts pressed free by a Brogress Laundry.
Ars Stevenson has been busy establishing a new institution by installing the Eyspuan and Mediterranean sections. Her influence and suggestion were pivotal to the erection of the museum building itself.
An assortment of clipped phrases and odd spellings describes social rejection, a diet plan, shoe fashion notes, and a testimonial for One Minute Cough Cure. The piece weaves health claims with product hype, noting lung trouble relief and immediate results, urging readers to buy from druggists.
E Kitz advertises a business lunch in Chicago style from 1 a.m. to 2 p.m at 127 E Courts. Faint references to The Kitz appear in the sample-room listing.
A survey of prominent lawmakers notes Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott’s library habit in New York and George B. McClellan as a top storyteller when Congress has little on the agenda. It profile Joseph R. McFee planning a Baltimore poor man’s hotel, Maine’s Littlefield and Allen as a Damon and Pythias pair, and Julius Kahn’s past stage career with Booth, Jefferson, Salvini, and others.
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