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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
7
A humorous exhortation warns readers not to bog down a guest with endless domestic woes in the New England Farmer column. It lampoons endless chatter about servants, illnesses, and quarrels, urging respite from tiresome household tales during visits.
In a tense drawing room scene Georgie declares she will devote her life to music, rejecting Rex's offer of marriage for a comfortable domestic future. Rex pleads, toys with charm, and tries to probe whether she already loves him, while Georgie stands firm and the conflict edges toward bittersweet resignation.
Georgie, nineteen, navigates a love triangle with Rex and Madge as she pretends indifference. Rex confesses he and Madge simulated lovers to test Georgie while she endures inner conflict, choosing art over affection. In the end she reveals she did love Rex and forgives the truth, shaping her path forward.
Beholding loyalty and courage, May Evy from Keyser West Virginia testified in Cumberland to an alibi for James Willard McNemar. She proved he was with her from 8 to 11 pm and again at 9 am, convincing the jury and leading to the acquittal of her sweetheart and his teenage co-defendant Alonzo Evy.
Mr Nation avoids direct confrontation but supports his wife's campaign and accompanies her on their destructive tours, sharing sympathy with the cause.
A narrator recalls a 16 or 17 year old son who helps clear tables and wash dishes, and a sister with a headache noticing his bed is already made. The piece argues mothers should teach boys housekeeping, noting trained habits aid success in life and suggesting boys learn basics like cooking, cleaning, and airing rooms daily. The tone urges practical, neat, hygienic routines as essential to character.
Dust furniture with a soft brush before washing to avoid scratches. Salt helps brighten carpets and deter moths. Wash chamois in tepid water, dry partly, then rub to smooth. Straw matting cleans with weak salt water or bran-infused water. Best dustcloths are soft worn silk, French flannel, or cheesecloth. Do not dampen polished surfaces. Make china repair paste from gum arabic, plaster, and water. Soak lamp-wicks in vinegar. Wash smoke stained chimneys with warm soapy water and vinegar or dry salt. rinse with soda, then ammonia.
Burlap stands as a highly adaptable wall covering option with the added bonus of fashion appeal. It can be painted to match any color, with reds yielding a softer, prettier tone than traditional dyed burlap.
An Indianapolis reader testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her year long back pain and sleepless nights. She notes quick relief from subsequent attacks and praises the product for kidney issues. Sold by dealers at 5 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Cleaning and repair service offers pants pressed at 10 cents. Work done while you wait with satisfaction guaranteed. Prompt attention promised to Indies wear Delawarest.
Miss Fanny Seabride, once a Chicago governess, rode to repair a fence break and became cattle guard at Horseshoe XX ranch. For four years she has killed and scalped numerous coyotes, wolves, wildcats, jaguars and bears, saved her wages, and built a herd of over 1000 cattle. She plans to own a ranch and has aided in capturing cattle thieves with gifts from neighboring ranchers.
Grace White plans a New York newspaper named the Reasoner to challenge William Jennings Bryan's Commoner. She aims to appeal to rational voters and says she will pulverize Bryan's money philosophy while backing the Republican party and its principles.
A Chicago Times-Herald verse notes a discerning woman who vows against smokers and swore men, rejects shorter suitors, and seeks a man with leadership over others. The poem follows a suitor who arrives, wins her, but their honeymoon ends in tears due to his snoring. The ad section mentions trunks telescopes harness and cash payments, plus California wines at Schuller’s store on Meridian and Washington streets.
Tickets are sold for all regular trains on Saturday February 16 with return by train No 6 not later than February 18. Tickets available at city ticket office corner Washington and Illinois streets Union Station or Massachusetts Avenue for tickets.
Special low rate colonist tickets to California offered every Tuesday from Feb 12 to April 30 via Ogden and Sunset routes. Chicago to California nine dollars. from St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans twenty seven forty. from Omaha and Kansas City and other points at reduced rates. Details available from W Neimyer and W H Connor at specified offices in Chicago and Cincinnati.
Quotations from Harper's Bazar Detroit Journal Detroit Free Press and Chicago Post reveal witty banter about shopping marriage advertising and doctors views. The snippets show playful social dialogue and cross publication humor highlighting couplet dynamics and gentle social satire.
Lace boleros in heavy white black or ecru over velvet silk or satin waists form theater wear with gold edged outlines or full gold braid designs in renaissance patterns. All gold jackets pair best with deep colored velvets or ivory white satin waists, showcasing opulent contrasts.
A recipe lists ingredients for a custard cake including one cup flour one cup sugar three eggs two tablespoons sweet milk two teaspoons baking powder baked in jelly tins and layered with cream made from one pint sweet milk half a cup butter and two thirds cup sugar. The mixture is thickened with two well beaten eggs two tablespoons cornstarch and lemon flavoring.
Purporting to strengthen blood and digestion, the ad claims Hood's Sarparilla gives health and keeps it, and Hood's Pills cure sick headache. It also notes sleeping and chair cars between Indianapolis and Quincy and advertises Clark’s photographic services at 116 North Illinois Street as the best value.
The subscriber G. G. Schmidt gives notice to Seventh ward voters in Center township Indiana that he will apply to the Marion county Board of Commissioners at the March 1901 term for a license to sell intoxicating malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. The business is at No. 127 East Court Street on Court Street first floor in a two story brick building part of lot 10 square d7 ward 7 Indianapolis Center township Marion County Indiana and he also seeks pool table and restaurant privileges in the same room.
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