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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
4
Entered at the post office as second class matter communications of a business nature to the business manager editor publication. Delivered by carrier in the city six cents per week. Advertising rates available by contacting advertising department management. Sun offers forward rates to responsible agents in any town News dealers can obtain terms at the office.
A column denounces plans to erect a temporary pesthouse in ward 4 as a false emergency measure. It praises Eppert and Sourbier for keeping promises, blasts Mayor Bookwalter for broken pledges, and attacks political hypocrisy, the Journal, and current county justice while critiquing Indianapolis concerns and streetcar fare issues.
Prince Henry will arrive in Indianapolis at 10 55 PM and stay about twenty minutes. The late hour limits the visit but confirms a brief engagement in the city.
The field already holds fifty or more candidates seeking the Republican nomination for justice of the peace. Charlie Elliott will enjoy arranging a long horizontal ballot line with all those names on the ticket.
The report notes DeWet was captured again Friday and Miss Stone released Thursday, with surrounding chatter on smoke filled air and shifting public talk. Voters discuss campaign factors as Beveridge recalls old adages and candidates quip on cigars, streetcar conditions, and undertaker jokes.
A fragmentary poetry piece recalls dead roses offered to love, winter loneliness, and memories of courtships. It blends Helen Hay style motifs with a nostalgic voice about rainy days, memory lanes, and the plan for four in youth, ending with Rov Farrell Greene.
A poem imagines a home bound ship returning loved ones safely. The speaker contrasts ships laden with riches with the single hopeful vessel making a homeward passage, awaiting reunion and a cherished flag flying.
Humors are vitiated morbid fluids in the veins affecting tissues. They arise mainly from defective digestion or inheritance and show as skin eruptions like eczema pimples and boils plus weakness and debility. Hood s Sarsaparilla expels humors and strengthens the system, touted as the best medicine for humors.
A fragment notes help columns and a phone contact in Ohio. The text appears to be an OCR fragment with stray characters and no clear event or formal notice.
Camden Messenger praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as one of the best cures for coughs colds and croup. The letter asserts its long use in their family and urges readers with children to keep it at home as a safeguard against croup. Sold by all druggists.
A collection of quotes from residents and officials in Indianapolis expressing views on The Sun newspaper, local politics, bridges, the state house, labor, elections, and social issues. Notable names include Purdue, miners delegates, and city administrators.
The article argues that a black lace back dress skirt remains essential this season, replacing earlier black satin and black taffeta options. It notes its versatility for many occasions and emphasizes limited material variety, with chic styling to avoid a uniform look. It highlights the challenge of making the skirt feel unique despite its enduring popularity.
The new season favors lighter neckwear with satin largely displaced by liberty and mousseline. Double-effect stock with metal buckle returns, while neckbands in shades silk feature a black velvet knot as a chic detail. Persian influences fade as delicate touches dominate the fashion note.
The article advises starting summer garment production in winter to obtain better trimmings. It suggests mothers prepare undergarments and skirts, have dressmakers finish later, and older girls sew shirt waists and pique skirts. It warns to shrink new material before sewing and to test shrinkage with muslin strips to prevent later shrinking.
An essay argues that plain chenille dotted tulle and soft net veils suit American women better than extravagant figured nets with large designs. The author says soft veils flatter faces, while mathematical figures and giant motifs distract from a woman’s good points and are merely startling.
A compact set of maxims advises restraint in speech and ambition. Do not pose or seek lofty praise. Value wisdom over wealth, avoid excess emotion, and respect parents while avoiding preachy behavior. Communication should be concise and purposeful, not grandiose or intrusive.
Poem laments humble lamps and flowers brightening small space yet argues meaningful effort toward a higher goal helps uplift others and counters vanity. The speaker Emma C. Dowd expresses that personal labor bears value when aiding a better path or comforting a sorrowing soul.
A decorative hat described as very useful and inconspicuous features chiffon folds across the crown and brim. Variations include mousseline and marines materials, Spanish turban inspired lines, and horsehair braid stripes. A typical hat priced at 4.25 dollars requires minimal trimming and could gain with a broad velvet bow.
A collage of humorous vignettes from early 20th century papers. The scenes feature telegram news about a football injury without a winner given, a theater couplet about hats in church, a skeptical remark on a theatre audience, a quip about a hoaxing car owner, a purse snatching mockery, and a skater’s boyish sob story.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the remedy, offering one hundred dollars for any catarrh due deafness it cannot cure, and promotes Ball's Family Pills as the best.
A Grand Rapids item derides a veiled woman, claiming a black veil hides a tooth grin, labeling the scene a moral spectacle. It mocks racial appearance and dental misfortune as a warning about veil wearing.
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