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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
5
Jim Peters defends moral rights over a rich abandoned mine won from a widow's husband. A visiting lawyer explains the widow's desperate condition and legal claim. Peters chooses honesty and agrees to transfer the mine, seeking to do what is right rather than exploit legal power.
Jim Peters shares a strange spell of thinking with Cobb and two companions in a Sierra cabin. He recalls plans tied to a mine, dreams of wealth, and a possible return home to marry the woman he loves, while his friends debate his condition and seek remedies. The tale blends frontier hardship with longing and risk.
Mrs Lyles of St Louis finds her son Chaude after a separation of twenty three years. The boy was six when parents split and taken to Canada where the father raised him in a school setting while the search went on.
A Chicago News excerpt recalls Jim Was answering questions about his actions under pressure with silence and sheepish looks. He returns alone on the third day except for a woman introduced as Mrs. Peters, who is said to be the mine owner and Jim’s long-lost love from back east, shocking the miners.
Miss Beatrice Goldie known as Beatrice Dunigan learns her Aberdeen aunt died leaving 2000000 dollars to be divided among five heirs. Goldie, formerly with the Geisha company, has spent seven years in leading road attractions and is one of the heirs.
The poem from the Atlanta Constitution paints longer days and warming fields as signs of spring. It evokes plowed sod, rivers, birds, and blossoms, urging renewal and the soul's lift as June nears. A country mood fills the season, with light shining through the soul.
The article debunks the claim that Mme Patti never uses water for face washing. It notes Patti and Mme Albani favor rose cold cream after washing and before makeup, while the Princess of Wales relies on face massage and daily distilled water. Empress Frederick uses eau-de-cologne each morning, and another source prescribes a simple regimen of hot soap at night and cold rain water in the morning.
The piece explains how table linen quality is judged, noting linen is hard and slippery not soft, and that moisture passes quickly through pure linen while mixed fabrics respond slowly. It also highlights the flax odor as a recognizable indicator to detect pure linen, urging readers to identify its presence or absence.
City readers report relief after using Morrow's Kidne olds for back and kidney pains sleeplessness and nervous restlessness. Mrs Sarah Miller of 126 W South Bt credits improved health to the remedy noting reduced back pain and better energy after two weeks. Morton’s Kid-ne olds sold in boxes for fifty cents at Sloan Drug, Woods on.
The report lists state weddings in Terre Haute with Rose Hirschler and ell Davis of Louisville, Winifred West and A Foster Klink of Chicago, plus Mr and Mrs Garstang families hosting a party. Arda Moschell and Dr Charles T Noble wed at the bride’s Kentucky avenue home. Marion club plans its annual ball in Tomlinson hall with elaborate decorations and a 9 PM grand march. A Propylaeum wedding anniversary event for W P Fishback H J Milligan and W P Kappes drew many invitations and guests here.
Simple kitchen guidance from the New York Evening Sun describes custards made with milk eggs and sugar cooked in a double boiler until thickened then cooled and enriched with egg whites. It includes an egg cordial with cream sugar brandy and egg white whipped to froth then mixed and served. Also given is a wine jelly using gelatine sherry lemon and cinnamon poured into molds.
The modern frames imitate colonial style using heavy pasteboard bases 13 inches long and oval in shape. Covered with wadding and brocade, they feature brass wreath segments and a top bow knot or wheat ornament. Brass pieces come from shops selling brass furnishings and frames. When hung, they showcase prints of famous beauties.
A New York Press piece notes actresses discard seventeenth century gowns and other special costumes after a season’s end. They become raglike remnants, barely usable for repairs or patchwork quilts, highlighting the high cost of stage wear and the hard wear it endures.
The guide warns against overbaking bread to bone hardness and outlines a method for good toast. Slice a small loaf thinly, dry slightly with the door open, then toast evenly on both sides over the fire.
A Century excerpt remarks on romance and wit, contrasting folly with logic. It praises tact as ultimate knowledge while noting lovers’ foibles and the cruelty sometimes found in passion, urging grace over rigid reason. Beatrice Hanscom frames the tension between desire and reason.
A mosaic of light humor from old newspapers shows a breakfast table exchange about ostrich feathers and biscuits, Mercy’s wit about the hat she wore, and Ezekiel and Mercy’s playful marital banter reflecting colonial tone, with a Sunday school joke about locking doors and the cat.
The article highlights numerous inventions credited to women across history. Silk weaving traces to a Chinese empress's wife, bronze work to a Japanese woman, cashmere shawl weaving to an Indian princess, and Venetian lace to an Italian woman. Harriet Hosmer modernized marble from limestone, while Mrs Strong progressed from a corget to dams and reservoirs. Other examples include a patent for a satchel bottom bag and a Texas woman's digging machine.
A humorous note on evenings spent with Jane who talks constantly. The speaker dismisses books as irrelevant, finding all conversation alike and tiresome, expressing a desire for silence amid chatter.
W A Roberts of 113% Fletcher avenue, superintendent of Globe Life and Accident Insurance, reports kidney pain and secretions, says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after minimal use. He warns readers to remember the name Dean's and to buy only from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C as sole U S agents.
Sunday at the Universalist church Rev Anna Howard Shaw delivered a moving plea for suffrage while on Tuesday Miss Anthony spoke in the senate. Dr Shaw, a pioneer in the movement, has long championed education industrial freedom and political enfranchisement.
Advertising fragment touts Hood's Pills as a spring medicine for clear head and pale complexion. Claims include purifying blood and easing colds and croup. Mentions a sample-room cafe on Court Street and a business lunch service.
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