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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1893
Page
3
Fragmentary verse recalls a grandmother in a frame and a vanished groom. The speaker questions memories of a Christmas kiss, courtly romance, and faded hopes, ending with a spectral mistletoe remembrance above a headboard.
In Paris and London the widow Miss Wilhelmina Perks schemes to win Frank Fraser. Mrs Waldershare pressures Fraser with a whispered confession in the hotel reading room as Wilhelmina confronts a risky love triangle while heading toward an expedition.
Miss Wilhelmina Perks abandons her Arctic expedition on doctor’s advice. Her boat and supplies are sold to a Swedish explorer by telegram. A wedding to Dr Fraser, a leading young physician, is planned soon at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street.
Miss Neville the American equestrienne performs serpentine dances on horseback in Varian winter circuit. Our Mary Anderson-Navarro is praised after Geneva meetings as charming and contented. A London West End clique forms a Five-foot vine club for tall young women who ride in the Park and meet biweekly at members’ houses.
A classic baked Indian pudding recipe uses two quarts of milk, flour, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Mix warm and cold milks with the dry ingredients, bake in a buttered dish for four to five hours, basting with cold milk, and serve hot with butter, no sauce needed.
A Chicago Post quips that laughter helps cope with life’s messes from broken clothes lines to missing housemaids and empty purses. It urges keeping a brave, sunny spirit and a ready laugh despite mishaps and betrayals.
The Washington christmas market attracts fashionable women at 10 am with Mrs. Carlisle and Mrs. Sheridan among noted attendees. Mrs. Dahlgren visits for flowers while many senator wives like Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Stockbridge frequent the stalls, highlighting society interest in market days.
Sections 2 and 5 of the 1891 Indiana General Assembly act restrict any connection or reconnection to gas mains or service pipes without a written permit. Violators on conviction face fines from five to one hundred dollars for lack of legal service.
A Rust Belt snapshot with scattered items: Wildwood Florida ends a race scare, Allegheny City idle workers demand jobs, a Chicago faro dealer loses 2200 to robbers, and a Chicago Fort Sheridan spook scare. Senator Teller discusses Colorado prosperity post silver repeal. A series of arrests and public figures surface including J H Louis accused of embezzlement, and a deadly Stabol vs Wendel duel over a woman's hand leading to fatal injury and Wendel’s imprisonment.
Markets steady with broad price ranges for meats dried beef lard and pork products. A lengthy catalog lists hams sugar cured beef bacon sausage pickled meats lard and various produce including potatoes, citrus fruits, berries and canned goods with per unit or per case prices from Morgan & Gray and Empire brands.
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