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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
4
Mrs. Albertine Abrahams will wed her son-in-law Louis Hirsch in Milwaukee per the New York World. The couple plan a swift wedding after Hirsch, once heartily aided by his mother-in-law, faced bereavement when his wife died after years together. Hirsch is 30 and Mrs. Abrahams 50.
A newly admitted lawyer grows idle until a dying man hires him to draft a will. The man leaves his vast estate to his friend Martin Brown, who pockets a beggarly fee and a chilling smile. A grieving niece arrives, unveiling a deathbed will that contradicts prior wishes.
Angel Fosburg, famed as a beauty of the New York Massachusetts border, vows to reform Marty Kipp the outlaw. She risked her life by leaping before a farmer posse to shield him and pledges to join him after he begins a new life. He, though only 22, has terrorized the countryside for 15 years and now promises to reform for her love.
A lawyer recalls unraveling a murder misled by a forged will. Andrew Thurber’s body yielded poison in the stomach, exposing Martin Brown as the killer. Brown killed himself before trial. The client, Miss Thurber, reclaimed her rights and the narrator married the “beautiful girl,” gaining fame and fortune in the process.
Retail offers entice women with price cuts on table linen napkins and dress fabrics. Embroidered Swisses drop to 39 cents, Indias and foulards to 85 cents, organdies to 10 cents, and dimities to 10 15 cents. Silk remnants and bed linens also heavily reduced, with robes and spreads sold at notably lower prices.
A collage of snatches from Detroit Journal and Tid Bits humor pages portrays tense banter a tenement story and a barber chat. Characters edge toward melodrama and comic relief as voices volley sharp phrases about love bets and rye.
A Georgia tale of strife ends with Annie Raines marrying Dudley Gleaton after a rapid sequence of tragedy. Dudley and his brother Columbus flee to marry despite a fatal confrontation with Annie’s father that leaves the elder dead and Columbus killed. Relatives and community ignore the bloodshed as a church wedding follows the funerals.
A Chicago Post anecdote has a gos sip apologizing to Mrs. Brown for repeating confidential remarks. The wise woman responds that the disclosure was intentional to aid understanding, and she offers forgiveness, praising the disclosure as purposeful.
Uncle Allen Sparks quips that the trouble with onions is needing to take many people into one’s confidence when you eat them. The remark appears in the Chicago Tribune caricature of everyday humor.
A Washington Star poem praising a restless active figure who faces ridicule yet persists in striving to change the nation. It notes his ideas, public scrutiny, and the value he brings by urging reform, despite cycles of praise and banishment. It evokes Fox's reformers and the martyr motif.
The Washington Star cites hot water as an effective fix for headaches by applying it to the feet and neck. A hot towel over the stomach eases colic, and a heated wrap over the pain site relieves toothache and neuralgia. For croup a hot towel on the neck helps within ten minutes, and hot water before bed aids severe constipation and soothes the stomach and bowels.
The Copenhagen servants union with 1,00 members seeks nine hours for women in household work, extra pay for overtime, one room per servant, equal food to the family, and leisure time at will with no duties if staying in the house. Many wealthy families reportedly refused to join. The union was organized by Marie Christiansen, noted for its executive management.
A collection of wry maxims on love and male vanity from a New York Press column. It riffs on heaven as a saloon, forgiveness in love, and vanity in behavior, urging pragmatism over grand self-presentation.
Mrs Stonewall Jackson rests in Saratoga after moving from Charlotte N C Amelie Rives denies being a wreck claiming seclusion in the Blue Ridge to finish a new novel George W Catt husband of Carrie Chapman Catt maintains quiet public profile while managing family politics amid his wife’s suffrage leadership
Otto Frenzel and family head to Elk Hart Lake on Wednesday for a social outing. Miss Theodosia Hadley hosts a porch party Wednesday afternoon. St Johns social club to meet Thursday on church lawn. Invitations issued for Miss Mary Griffin and Henry Churchman marriage on July 25. Miss Laura Schulz and Charles E Maipas wed Wednesday night at the bride’s parents home Rev J C Peters presiding. The bride wore a gown of organdie. Mr and Mrs Malpas to reside at 1920 N Meridian St Richmond. Miss Amy Francisco and Homer Hackett of Dayton O wed Wednesday at the Francisco home with over 100 guests. both are Earlham College graduates.
A collection of short maxims on generosity justice and temper. Observations on pride eloquence and debt note how people respond to pressure and failure. The piece likens eloquence to a river and diamonds to wins in love and hints at historical figures not infallible. It closes praising perseverance over reluctance to try.
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