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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
5
An Atlanta Constitution reader ventriloquizes a neighborly love dilemma. The speaker laments unreciprocated affection despite giving flowers and heed to the maxim of loving one’s neighbor. The verse feigns a personal plea and questions whether kindness is returned in kind.
Mrs Basset’s boarding house faces upheaval when Miss Jean Wallace arrives as a prospective housemaid and sparks a romance with Alexander Freer. Freer plans to leave for a new life but falls for Jean, who is the first woman allowed to board, and they end up deciding to stay together.
A beloved elder explains her charm by saying she strives to make everyone she meets as happy as she was unhappy. The ad copy then shifts to endorsing Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine money can buy backed by experience.
Travel notice urging reservations on Atlantic Steamship agency services for Paris passage. Includes contact hint via telephonic means and location clue Virginia Avenue, with no full address or agent name provided.
The article notes fashion trends with Pongee in vogue and dark muslins gaining popularity. It highlights button sizes for gloves, machine-stitched ribbons on linen and pique costumes, black hats with white frocks, and black and white checks with shepherd’s plaids for taffeta gowns. It emphasizes simple construction with minimal trimming and bold color contrasts for impact.
The passage counsels seeking advice from friends, strangers for charity, and relatives for nothing. It notes the average man values favors given more than received and warns against taunting a wife about ignorance. It observes many unsuccessful people claim to have started successful men.
The article extols tomatoes as healthful and medicinal, urging inclusion in breakfast lunch and dinner. It prescribes serving methods for each meal, recommending skinning for breakfast with salt pepper and juice, and suggests cooked or salad preparations for other meals. It adds a fried tomato method: thick slices rolled in flour seasoned with salt pepper and sugar and fried to a rich brown.
Mrs James Brown-Potter claims fame as designer of a small pocket handkerchief for tight-fitting sleeves. Linen lawn fabric five inches square with lace edge and Cora embroidered in a corner, ordered by many friends and spurring a new fashion.
The article notes a shift from long shoulder seams to straight military style shoulders. Sleeves move higher and appear more structured, with a fuller sleeve top and a cut that is higher and wider than the lining. The result presents a neater, less droopy silhouette.
In poor Washington quarters a league of colored women opens day nurseries. Mothers pay five cents per child per day. Sixty to seventy children are kept from street life as mothers work long hours, with arrivals starting at five and often the last child staying until midnight.
A collage of quotations from The Washington Star, Brooklyn Life, and Detroit Journal highlights women’s fortitude and social perception. Debaters face gender norms, relationships, and the value of reputation, with remarks on engagement, femininity, and moral character.
The column reports society events in Kokomo including Mrs Geddes hosting next Monday and Mrs S Runnels hosting a luncheon Thursday. It notes YWCA conference attendee Mrs F F McCrea at Lake Geneva and Circle 6 at Central Ave church hostessing. Marriage news covers John M Leach and Emma Dean in Detroit and Viola C Tibbet and Gee C Cottman wedding at Irvin Ja with a northward honeymoon.
Cleaning tips for wash silks advise using lukewarm suds with white soap and gentle dabbing to remove spots. Rinse in cold water, air dry, then press on the wrong side with a warm iron. Pongee and similar silks may need firmer rubbing but should be rinsed cold and ironed hot on the reverse. DeWitt's Vidlle Early Risers are advertised as non-gripe laxatives.
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