Society Circus Opens In Grand Cyclorama
A society circus opens Monday at 8 PM in the Cyclorama building with home talent and imported acts from Chicago. The program features bareback riders, a gypsy scene led by M B Griffith, Demia Townley, and Steve Brock, a trained elephant Rajak, funny clowns, and a Briar-Root hunt finale. Proceeds aid the free kindergarten.
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Cyclorama Building
Society Circus
Robert Stickney
Madam Marentette
Chicago
Stickney
M. B. Griffith
Dick Merry
Demia Townley
Lena Rivers
H. van Wie
Steve Brock
BR. Seguin
B. B. Adams
H. C. Tuttle
Robert McCquat
George A. Beck
Tom Taggart
J. B. Cameron
Adolph Moses
Ed Seguin
Bromo-Seltzer
Rajak
Bert Feibleman
Bert Adams
Duke
Madam de Kacksack
Society
Bridal party entertained with pink roses and tea
The Maury-Reed bridal party was entertained Friday evening by Iv and Mrs Frederick Kleinschmidt with pink roses and pink shaded candles. 20 covers were laid. Mrs A N Wadley spoke on Iceland and Icelanders before the Clio club Friday afternoon. Mrs Jas H Stubbs led arctic explorations discussion. Over the teacups club heard a romantic western life tale Friday afternoon. Mrs John W Jones spoke on The Kingdom of romance. Mrs F G Darlington hosted a pink luncheon at her N Delaware home in honor of Mrs Jas R McKee with guests Augustus Mason and others. Mrs Samuel Morrison and Miss May Johnson went to Columbus Saturday for matinee musicale. Invitations announced the marriage of Anna Belle Baldwin to Holson T Wood at Second Presbyterian Church Saturday evening.
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Randly
Frederick Kleinschmidt
A. N. Wadley
Iceland
Clio Club
Jas. H. Stubbs
John W. Jones
N. Delaware
F. G. Darlington
Jas, R. McKee
Augustus Mason
Harry New
N. B. Wheelock
8. D. Miller
Samuel Morrison
May Johnson
Columbus
Anna Belle Baldwin
J. H. Baldwin
Holson T. Wood
Second Presbyterian Church
Four Ways to Boil Eggs from Old Recipe Note
A nineteenth century instruction lists four egg boiling methods. First simmer small eggs for three minutes and larger eggs for three and a half. Second place in cold water and bring to boil then cook. Third remove from heat after boil and cover for six minutes. Fourth steam in a potato steamer for four minutes.
Orchids and lilies dress Astor casket in future year
A long, pastiche column critiques social mores, noting Mrs. William Waldorf Astor’s wish to cover her casket with orchids and lilies of the valley daily. It parodies gender bias, hotel etiquette, and social expectations across ancient and modern norms with humorous anecdotes.
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William Waldorf Astor
Astor
Celestial Kingdom
New England
Philadelphia Record
Fads and Fancies in Wedding Attire This Season
Satin duchesse with ivory tinge leads wedding gowns while lace and chiffon trim. Petticoats feature silk brocade designs with lace. Black taffeta skirts for daily wear with ruffles, small elaborately decorated muffs, mink heads and satin ribbons in vogue. Velveteen binding advice and passementerie noted. Satin preferred for evening toilets. godet skirts with organ plaits and chiffon waist coverings.
Salt Rheum and Tonic Remedies in 19th Century Ad
The notice touts Salt Rheum appearing in cold weather on palms and skin. It promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and salves for salt rheum, along with Broop’s Presare heat-after-dinner pills claimed to aid digestion and cure headaches.
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Hood
Broop
Gossiping Misses and Fashion Notes From Local Society
A column of society miscellany describes a beautiful Indianapolis woman who shuns public life, praising her taste and wit while noting her disdain for town receptions. It panels current trends like box bread, large muffs with ribbons, the Trilby craze, and cheeky gifts like photographic hand paperweights.
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Indianapolis
Nudity and fashion spark countercultural chatter
A Somerville Journal excerpt recalls a Louisville scene where a girl skated barefoot, drawing a large crowd while skirts and hats push fashion boundaries. The piece links bare feet, sandals, and bicycle outfits to a provocative new style, then shifts to playful dated banter about attire and propriety.
Fragmentary wedding mood beats in a church scene
The passage glimpses a wedding mood with whispered lines about brides grooms and shared glances. It references a beam in the eye and a pews Bazar setting suggesting a limited, ceremonial moment captured inFragmentary OCR text.
Celery Sauce For Boiled Fowls Or Rabbit
Chop young white celery to fill a pint, boil in a pint salted water or broth until tender, strain, and use the cooking water to make a butter sauce. Stir flour with butter, add broth, season with mace or nutmeg, thicken with celery pieces, then serve hot over boiled fowl or rabbit.
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Vita
Paris fashion verdict on sleeves and skirts in vogue
The article notes that American women will take about six months to learn that Paris designers do not favor enormous sleeves and extreme flaring. Instead moderately large sleeves and gracefully flaring skirts are current and likely to remain in fashion in French ateliers for months.
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Paris
France
Silent Cannon Balls in British Navy Gun
A 2 ton Armstrong gun named saneree fires a solid shot twelve miles with a peak arc of seventeen thousand feet above the earth’s surface. The discharge cannot be heard where the ball strikes.
Ghosts at the Hearth and a Hermit's New House
A poem about forgiving departed children returning in spirit to bless the living and the hearth. It reflects on memory, loss, and the enduring bond between mother and children as the home glows with warmth and grace. The second piece narrates a Belfast hermit who secretly rebuilt his house inside the old frame, surprising neighbors with a new cottage rising from the ruin.
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Belfast
Lewistown Journal
Remarkable Recovery From Paralysis at Wilson Institute
In 1894 a nine year old boy with paralysis received six months of treatment at the Wilson Institute, 15 McCrea street, Indianapolis. The writer notes visible improvements in his son and observes many other success stories including Mrs. Wilkie of Iowa who regained leg use, hip disease cures, successful hairlips operations, spine curvature and Peti’a disease corrections, and a club foot straightened. The masseur Mr Hill Bassett is highly praised and the writer, Gro. W. Thomas of Homer, endorses the institute.
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Wilson Institute
McCrea Street
Indianapolis
Wison
Amon
Mre
Wilkie
Iowa
Ian
Hill Bassett
Gro
W. Thomas
Homer
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Robt. McOunt
Worman
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America
Lisse
Pennsylvania
U. P. Lee
Llarpews Bazar
Beceoh the
Har Aris
Harriet Prescots
Perford
Harper's Bazar
Mane Binies
Sauter
William Wilke
Webster City
BicCrea Street
Indiana
Keyser
Geo. W. Keyser
North Illinois Street
WM. H. Payne
Phism Block
Northwast
Pennsylvania and
Market Strests
Wdiakapolia
Diana
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