Fashionable Devotion in a Fashionable Town
A Merchant Traveler recounts a scene of fashion and faith in a stylish town chapel. The piece contrasts ornate attire and ritual with a longing for God amid society’s display.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1890
Page
3
A Tramp's Wipe in a New Zealand Village Trial
A morning scene in a New Zealand village shows a red nosed tramp named Moss on trial before Maoris led by an old Maori chieftain. The case centers on a rumored greenstone theft, a chase, and a fatal tomahawk clash, ending in burial wakes and a marriage. Moss contemplates return to Wellington with the treasure, while lamenting his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antipodes
New Zealand
Harry Moss
Cambridge
Moss
Pairoa
Rauporoa
Kalmate
Hori
Horison
Kiamate
Wharenaki
Klamate
Rauporao
Pairon
Koimate
Pairos
Wellington
Whalebone Prices Skyrocket and Odd Local Notes
A collection of curious data from the era notes whale bone at 12500 per ton in London and rising fancy prices. It cites divorces for drunkenness in Kansas versus Texas, Paria Florida housing, lettuce size, mint production, and a cranberry crop failure in New Jersey. It also mentions Ohio’s male surplus, a talking canary in Birmingham, celluloid fires in Philadelphia, and shoeing methods in Helland with cross bar restraints and 3 guilders per set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kansas
Texas
Paria
Orange City
Fla
New Jersey
Ohio
Birmingham
Philadelphia
Helland
People We Read About In A Fragmented Gossip Page
Count Herbert Bismarck faces a romance setback as a handsome Irish woman rejects him. Mrs. Humphry Ward has a new novel about a mechanic exploring life, ending in the Elsmere circle. Max O Reil jokes about short dinners in America. Vice-president Morton shows debility while Blair’s three hour sessions drain others. A New York gossip column claims Mrs Snall McCrea wooed Herbert Kelcey with big money. Dom Pedro visits Cannes, an initial gate denial, later punishment for monarch roaming forts. The fashion beat notes plaid wool and wash fabrics, gray borders, checks, and stripes, with hats fixed by New York meetings and votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bismarck
Humphry Ward
Elsmere Brotherhood
Max O'Reil
Morton
Senator Blair
Jo Howard
New York Press
Snall- McCrea
Herbert Kelcey
Lyceum Theater
Dom Pedro
Cannes
Fashion and cuisine trends sweep early 20th century peers
Oxidized iron watches win fashion for ladies while Washington and Baltimore embrace roast oysters with duck over terrapin. Tailor made dresses feature a left hip pocket flapped like a man’s, coats priced around 50 dollars. Men shun jewelry, yet shirt fronts flash genuine sparkers. French luxury in cooking spreads and nickel utensils replace copper in rich kitchens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Dickel
England
About Women and Notable Literary Gossip
A compact roundup notes various social mentions including Jape Simmons a mulatto woman from Mil ledgeville Ga in the butchering trade for two decades. It cites Mrs Michael Higgins of Tiffin Ohio delivering her twenty second child on Washingtons birthday a boy named G W Higgins. It mentions a Racine Wisconsin woman undertaking a three week voluntary fast for dyspepsia and a case of Verena suspension. It also covers Mrs James G Blaine Jr sending her child to a friend near the countryside fearing the father would abduct him. Additional items include witty remarks by Mrs Shaw the pretty whistler on marriage to a lord, Julian Hawthorne story spies Caminard s secret, Edward Bellamy s novel Bix to one not about baseball, Prof Wood on Memory in the March Century, Macdonald Oxley finishing Up among the ice hoes, a false circulating paragraph about Gen Grants widow publishing dead warriors love letters, and Mrs Grant owning the original letters from her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jape Simmons
Milledgeville
Michael Higgins
Tiffin
Washington
G. W. Higgins
Racine
Wis
Verena
James G. Blaige, Jr
Blaine
Shaw the
Whistler
Julian Hawthorne
Camardin
Edward Bellamy
Prof. Wood
Philadelphia
Macdonald Oxley
Gen. Grant
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Hood
Hoffman
John Wocher
Ztna
Odds and
American Hat Manufacturers’ Association
New York
Evoery
Rogers’ Royal
Rogers’ Royal Remedies CO
Boston
Severon Obeakes Han
Ant
M. Abbett
ML. D
Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
NEW Books
Holtzman
Bludbilder
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River
Latarrt
Ian Revea
Ely
ELY Bros
St. N.Y
Grand Opera House
Arthur Rehan
Augustin Daly
Daly’s Theater
New York City
Vaudeville Theater
Paris
English’s Opera House
Chas. A. Gardner
Patherland
Tyrol
Sala
W. S. Cleveland
Consolidated Minstrels
Billy Emerson
Merry
Hughey Dougherty
Virginia-ave
Runkenness
Wall
Daniel Stewart
A. Kiefer & CO
James Pyle
Travelers’ Register
Indianapo Ilis Union Station
Nelson
Maine
South Illinois
Indianapolis Union Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Glusuu Pn
Columbus
Richmond
Chicago
Louisville
Vincennes
Cairo
Vandalita
ST. Louis
Tring
St. Loui
Arcercystis
Terre Haute
Greencastia Accom
S.cj' Ng
Ofty Company
H. B. Dering
Agen
CTU
Eugene M. Sturgies
Don Alvord Street
City
Gun Wa
Sturgies
Theng
Gun Wu
Gun Wi
Washington St
Indianapolis, Ind
NU Cata
Deou Mfg. Co
White St
F.G. Fowler
Moodus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ae Chicass
BIG Four
Prnlic
America
Southwestern
Indianapoli
Union Depot
Chicago & Cincinnati
Esa
Creden
Artrive
LOU
CATRO
J. H. Martin
Pulman
Connersville
Axminster
Wiltons
Velvets
Body Brussels
Brussels
W. H. Roll
South
Illnois-st
Kahn "Tailoring Co
East Washington Street
Paples
Lilly & Stalnaker
East Washington Stree
Edinburgh
Weegewood
SMIT
North
Ilinois Street
Telephone
SUN
GATES
Ledding Fracers
A. B. Gates & CO
Jon Mohl
SoleAn
P.S.C
Pennsylvania
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
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