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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
6
Shop window displays across stores feature inventive layouts with dainty linens, embroidered embellishments, and themed backdrops. Saks & Co and others showcase leather travel goods, underwear, hosiery, and white apparel while Lilly & Stalnaker’s skate display peeks from slushy streets.
An 80 year old woman reveals a cruel case of child abduction from nine years ago. A white baby was entrusted to Lucy, a former enslaved person, who protected the boy Leroy Mam as guardians seek his real mother. The boy knows his lineage but no reply comes. The boy’s guardians report a $2 monthly payment for his upkeep. The child once heartbroken, now asks if he has a white mother, while the mammy guards the truth.
A large oil painting of Bess the horse, owned by Rev. E W Webber of Mechanic Falls, drew praise at a Maine church fair. The tale follows Bess’s antics from Rumford Falls to Richmond, the parson’s reluctance to race, Capt Theobald’s Sunday sprint, and a long afterglow in the minister’s study with Bess’s portrait admired by parishioners.
The wire item notes a meeting of the National Building Trades Council in Chicago on Monday. Also listed are estimates of 30 000 people expected in Cape Nome by April and a government plan to send additional troops. A poisoning attempt in Belpre Ohio is reported as the third such incident against the Wilcoxen family. Puerto Rico agriculturists seek relief and a Washington committee plans to press free trade and a ten billion loan.
Washington notes a bill by Congressman Hemenway to fund a statue of Robert Dale Owen at the Smithsonian. The article recalls Owen born in Scotland in 1801, his Indiana career, service as diplomat, and advocacy for education and emancipation, culminating in his 1846 congressional bill establishing the Smithsonian from James Smithson’s bequest.
Olivia's quest to reclaim Broxton hall intersects with Tom Broxton's heroism and a web of secrets. A Morning News paragraph sparks Olivia to reevaluate love, duty, and inheritance as she plots to return to Tom while Miss Malvina counsels and Clarence Westover complicates emotions.
Etta Thomas, 22, niece of Gen Joseph Wheeler, sues William H. Fahrney for 100000 damages claiming breach of promise to marry after years of attention and introductions as a prospective wife. Fahrney reportedly worth 500000. Thomas alleges family pressure forced an eastern bride. He plays well that wins.
A compact listing of services and ads notes that Ormonds offers a 10 cent full meal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m with a ladies lunch on the second floor. It promotes Progress Laundry with free neckbanding for shirts and its phone number 1121. Other items include Van Derpool Old Nurse for Children and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The Kits cafe and sample room at 127 E Court St advertises a business lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Cane-style Chi Cane attire.
An Alen county farmer reports prehistoric fossils 30 feet underground on his farm near Neosho Falls Kansas. He describes massive erect buffalo skeletons found with a four foot walnut tree above them and notes human image fragments that seem concrete or carved from unknown stone. Indians occupied the area until about 35 years ago and the prairie has been unused since.
A physician urges that vigorous old age comes from good digestion and ample wholesome food, not bran crackers. He extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe aid, noting travelers rely on them and druggists sell full size packages for 8 cents, with free booklet from Stuart Co. Marshall, Michigan.
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