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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
5
Evelyn Westland and Severance Caulder share a tense evening as he confesses love. She guides him to tell his beloved, risking heartbreak, and then accepts her own fate as their romance deepens, blending friendship with a hopeful commitment.
The article offers guidance on healthful quilts, cleaning leather belts with flour, skirt lengths, feather trims, tucks and ostrich plumes, bonnets tied with chiffon, kimono fabrics, aigalettes, back plaits, and bodice flounces, describing current fashion details and preferences.
Industry report notes an American cereal firm has sought entry into cereal specialties for years and recently offered 1.5 million dollars for the Postum Cereal business, marking its third bid.
Auction notice lists Schulles's at 29 N Meri Gianat offering fine California wines brandies and bottled goods for sale to the public.
Amelia Burr in the Examiner presents a reflective poem about autumn and aging trees. The piece contrasts parched sod and falling leaves with images of harvest and renewal. It evokes loss of youth, scars on branches, and a hopeful note of new growth in spring.
Advice on avoiding eye irritation from belladonna use and brightening eyes with hot salt water. Recommends protective skin oils for face ears and neck and powdering with talc in extreme cold. Warns that lip biting causes cracked lips and suggests bitter aloestin lip salve as a reminder to stop the habit.
The passage advises valuing politeness, showing respect to all, and avoiding flattery or cowardice. It urges kindness to the helpless, compassionate treatment of animals, and authenticity, warning against sham and egoism while encouraging personal growth without copying others.
Cleveland D has a thriving medical library in the old Childs mansion. It began with a $5 200 donation from a local woman whose name remains secret. Librarian Mrs S M Harding leads growth providing 10 000 volumes plus a nurses directory and access to Washingtons office of the surgeon general.
A string of humorous exchanges from several papers shows couples and would be suitors trading sly lines. An elderly man doles out a sly bid for influence with a daughter, while a rival bride mocks a long engagement. Golf talk and a playful kiss anecdote close the round.
A collection of short maxims and quotes from Napoleon Quarles Hazlitt Wordsworth Whately Ainiel Bruyere Spurgeon Matthew Prior about perseverance civility friendship and restraint. The items urge forbearance prudent living and mindful action in daily conduct.
A recipe for escalloped oysters features a white sauce with milk butter oyster liquor and flour plus browned bread crumbs and celery. Layer oysters with sauce and celery in a dish, top with crumbs, and bake about 15 minutes. The ad copy then notes Hood's Sarsaparilla benefits and promotes Ponder's photo studio at 29 Massachusetts Ave.
The death of Samuel Lew brings to light his widow Fanny Ward the burlesque actress. Lew leaves eighty five million dollars to his widow making her one of the richest women. Ward once dated Duke Brown son of Commodore Brown in New York and later rumor claimed she married Shylock Sam Lewis.
A compact assemblage of era quotes on women from authors including Howells Sand Moore Shakespeare and Ouida. The lines praise affection wit charm and social roles. Each quote reflects 19th century attitudes toward women and gendered expectations.
Buyers of ready-made gowns priced at half their original cost should resew or replace collars and cuffs and adjust girdles on bolero or eton styles. Subtle signs reveal ready-made origin, while clever alterations can hide them. Lace collars are predicted to become fashionable accessories next summer for all bodices.
The article explains a waist finishing girdle without velvet, attached to the skirt and wrapping around the front, crossing behind the waist. It notes the skirt rising above the waist at the back creating a semi watteau silhouette.
Peel and slice raw sweet potatoes to three quarters of a quart pudding dish. Pour boiling water one cup sugar half cup butter and a little grated lemon peel over them. Bake covered for thirty minutes then uncover to brown.
Exquisitely dainty gray gowns attract attention at fashion events. Designers use every fabric and trim in countless ways, making no single gray gown style prevail. The piece notes no color pairing proves superior to gray.
Viac announces weekly trains from Indianapolis to St Augustine every Monday and Thursday leaving 5 15 p m and arriving Jacksonville 7 20 p m St Augustine 8 30 p m with one night out. Reservations and details from ticket agents. R P Algeo DP A
An advertisement touts Mrs Winsilow s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to ease pain soften gums cure wind colic and diarrhoea with a price of twenty five cents a bottle.
Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell of Helena Montana becomes the first woman to serve as a U S assistant attorney general and receives a 10000 fee for legal work on copper and silver mine cases in Butte City. She appeared before land office officials saving Montana school lands valued at about 200000.
Combine six tablespoons cream with six of melted butter and two of butter to boil. Add one tablespoon salt one tablespoon mustard one half tablespoon pepper one cup vinegar and three eggs. Beat egg yolks and sugar, add vinegar mix, return to boil, then pour over beaten egg whites.
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