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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1900
Page
5
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, at a New York Unitarian Women’s League meeting in All Souls Church, criticizes current manners, faulting high society for imitation of foreign tastes and the decline of native civility. She contrasts present behavior with her youth and uses Aesop’s fable to illustrate Americans adopting European airs.
Mrs Robinson disciplines Susan via relentless truth chasing in a tale where lies unravel through careful method. Susan’s honesty wavers from playful alibis to a grand diamond ring hoax that ends with guilt and tears as the pair confront a missing treasure.
Elizabeth Rinker Dodge born March 23 1818 lives in Santa Monica California. She served as a nurse in the Civil War enlisting in 1863 at Chester hospital and led Ward C with 72 beds. After the war she became a matron for the U S sanitary commission and aided widows orphans and soldiers for seven months. In 1891 Congress granted her a pension of 12 2 a month.
In a London scene a somnambulist husband, Mr John, is suspected in a missing ring. The sister Mrs Robinson and Susan uncover a hidden wall box containing diamonds. The ring is recovered, with Mrs Robinson promising Susan a legal reward and ongoing rent support for her mother.
Poem contrasts Ireland and America as a speaker in steerage looks back on old Erin. The narrator reflects on the green grass of old Ireland, seeks home, and blesses America while longing for homeland. He remembers poverty, graves, and waves of sea spray, expressing enduring affection for Ireland.
A recipe describes soaking gelatin in milk then melting it in hot water. Whip cream, fold in gelatin, sugar, egg white, vanilla, and chopped hickory and walnut nuts. Chill in small cups and garnish with remaining whipped cream and nuts for serving.
Harpers Bazaar touts the Just Alsbau torpedo as the latest engine of destruction backed by US British and Austrian authorities. New York physician Dr M J Alsbau and Capt W Just developed an automatic gravity balance system enabling the torpedo to be set to three feet underwater or at greater depths before surfacing. Alsbau, under forty, has a practice in New York and now leads a company capitalized at one million dollars to manufacture the projectile.
A vaudeville actress nicknamed Drean fractured her nose in San Francisco during a high kicking exhibition when a misjudged kick caused her knee to hit her face. Doctors expect a quick return, with plans to resume kicking in a few days.
A collection of quips and reflections on manners and society from a Chicago News column. The snippets touch on eyes, writers, etiquette, drivers, poets, hydrants, love and friendship, Jersey lightning, wealth from knowledge, and a bachelor’s view of a woman’s heart as a hotel bed.
In a whimsical exchange a boy questions a horn of plenty as his mother confirms the name. Clara, four, enters a drug store asks how much chewing gum a cent would buy for a girl without money, prompting a playful retail moment.
Grease stains vanish with weak ammonia and water. Lay soft paper, iron with a hot iron. If baked goods stick, rub pans with salt. A tablespoon of brandy in each bottle of tomato catsup aids preservation and flavor. Raw onions absorb diphtheria poison. bury daily and replace with fresh onions.
A restaurant advertises a full meal for 100 people with daily business lunches from 10 to 2 and a ladies lunch on the second floor. Location listed as Ormonde at 16 W Pearl.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the remedy soothes the child softens the gums and relieves wind colic. The price listed is twenty five cents a bottle.
The Philadelphia Record recalls tight corset lacing from 1716 to 19th century fashions. It describes stiff waists, short sleeves and two pointed waists on ball gowns, with stories of failed lacing by colonels wives and debutantes. A barber supplied silk lacing when shops closed.
The article recalls a time when fashionable women in Philadelphia used paint and powder openly, consulting beaux on complexion styles during visits. It notes a verse describing a heroine who charms her husband by changing her appearance across Europe, and recalls men once wearing powdered hair or wigs with a hint of rouge.
An Indianapolis user testifies that Morrow's Kidneyoids eased chronic back pain and fatigue after starting treatment. Mrs. L. B. Milan of 1120 Shelby Street credits renewed health to the two week course sold for fifty cents per box, with a descriptive booklet available from John Morrow & Co. Springfield Ohio.
A reader testimonial praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney pain and eczema cure, with Henry J. Huder Drug Store noted for sales. The page lists assorted prices for linen, oats, flour, lard, oils, salts, chemicals, dairy, cheese, butter, poultry, and coal, reflecting a general market price snapshot.
The Indianapolis market daily lists prices for meats vegetables fruits and groceries. Smoked hams bacon lard and fresh pork are quoted with varied weights and regional sources while vegetables include onions potatoes cabbage and tomatoes. Fruit prices cover apples oranges lemons and berries along with canned fruits and vegetables. fish game seeds and coffees are also enumerated with wholesale and retail tiers.
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