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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1899
Page
5
A narrator recalls tracking Anson Tryson and his accomplices who robbed an express train and killed Tom Brown. He traveled to the country to witness the suspect’s execution, reflecting on the public vigilante pursuit and justice.
A Chicago Standard critique links humans to vegetables in a jesting verse about Boston politicians and social types. It lampoons ancestry from beets beans and potatoes while praising Phyllis as descended from a rose, using playful mock science and satire.
A telegraph operator recalls a decades long pursuit of a killer who murdered his best friend Tom Brown during a bullion train heist. After foiling an earlier crime he discovers the train robbery ties to Anson Tryson, president of the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph company, revealing a web of deceit and murder. The narrator vows to uncover the truth and seek justice.
Instructions describe making Johnny cake with buttermilk cornmeal batter salt egg and soda dissolved in boiling water. Mix, grease pans, and bake 40 minutes in a moderate oven.
A collage of fashion and health remarks touches on Vienna medicine and Ethiopians, English attire, andFrench footwear. It discusses summer wear, bathing caps, lace mitts, and the influence of mind on digestion, ending with a wry line on telling others how to spend money.
Actress Miss Burkhart shines amid vaudeville success at the Fountain theatre. She backed Harvard over Yale to win five lots at Bensonhurst, a $2,000 property as a theater colony grows around her, placing her in clover.
A physician warns against eating too little or too much during heat waves. He advises regular light nourishment with simple easily digested foods. He recommends milk and ivory milk? and a two hour cadence, with a hearty dinner at six.
When fruit preserves jelly marmalade or fruit butter are cool to store place a sheet of tissue paper slightly larger than the vessel over the surface press it against the sides and secure with a paper tie this prevents mould and drying out of the contents.
Fruit soups are made by cooking and mashing many well flavored fruits with sugar and spice. They are served as a first course or saved as a drink during meals, and are especially welcome in summer.
William Farrell and Wanda Petroske wed at St Pauls church in Dawson City with Bishop Bumpas officiating. The groom, a river pioneer with Eldorado Bonanza and Dominion creek claims, and the bride, from Buffalo, plan to visit outside after business matters are settled.
Old fashioned sale listing for fabrics and notions. Includes best of bleached muslins in various weights and finishes, prints, dress ginghams, wash lawns, prints, piques, and yardage priced by the yard or case. Also offers sewing notions like pins, hooks and eyes, safety pins, embroidery cotton, and curling irons with sale prices.
Comic exchanges reveal neighbors and relatives reacting to farewells fashion and theft. A boy contemplates returning goodbyes, Maud arrives in a new dress, and a judge questions a purse theft while a robber jokes about change. Mrs De Fadd notes a wall built piano and a widow wears her late husband as a pendant.
Miss L. C. Clendennin contracted yellow fever at Santiago and is held in quarantine in New York. She is the daughter of Dr. Clendennin, who died of the disease in Cuba while in charge of the Santiago infected district.
Practical tips cover cutting vegetables across the fibre to avoid waste. Salt removes black spots on dishes. A short-handled brush cleans window sills. Methods to flatten creases in drawings using damp paper and ironing. Ventilation without drafts and cautions on toilet vinegars with a safe recipe included.
A lyric vignette contrasts growth in plants with growth in children. It highlights sun and rain, dew, leaves, and tendrils as signs of growth, then parallels with work play rest cheerful hearts and orderly lessons shaping children. The tone is reflective and instructional.
The report notes 800000 half cent coins circulate with none returned to the treasury. In Newburg England appraisers found a mice nest in an old miser’s house built from $2000 in bank notes. A million three cent silver coins are said to exist though rarely seen today.
An advertisement touts a pillow filled with live geese feathers and horse hair carded by special machinery. It claims superior comfort, ventilation, and sanitary benefits, offering summer coolness and winter warmth at a low cost compared with feather or hair pillows.
The article highlights social clubs for farmers' wives offering rest rooms, tea, and magazines on Saturdays. Missouri club women advocate the idea, with Lapeer Michigan already renting court-house rooms where locals share lunch and discussions weekly. Westward groups travel long distances for monthly literary meetings while city clubs distribute materials to distant members.
A young widow and a female friend traveling in Chicago attract two well dressed suitors at their hotel dining room. The women ignore the attention, later receiving two cards from a bellboy read aloud as Mr. Whests and Mr. Wilson, prompting the widow to quip she has no need of sewing machines.
A columnist urges simple family picnics as rest that costs little. Dress plainly in ginghams, pack a light luncheon, and enjoy nature by a river or lake. No need for fancy outfits. the aim is rest, refreshment, and renewed energy for the week ahead.
A progressive euchre party in Lafayette, Pennsylvania offered a diamond ring as prize for the most original head-dress. A fair player wore a golden tiara lit by tiny incandescent lights, powered by a storage battery hidden among the tresses, crafted with help from a loving brother.
Ice water stays cold longer when the pitcher is covered rather than left exposed. Wrap the pitcher with a newspaper cap or cover the entire surface. For aged vessels, wash and wipe dry daily to remove impurities, as a rising film will not preserve purity.
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