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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1893
Page
3
A nostalgic poem recalls childhood Bell rings and schoolhouse paths. The narrator praises a female teacher, now in charge, admitting lifelong lessons from her guidance amid memories of youth and a boyish lack of focus. Walter Buell Detroit Free Press.
In a London drawing room at 6:30 Tom Wentworth asks Molly to marry him while Mina and Daisy Murchison loom in the social orbit. Mary reveals a four year engagement to an unavailable suitor abroad, and Tom recalls Maitland’s rushed engagement.
In a dramatic exchange from London Black and White, Mina shares news of a three day engagement to a handsome Mr. Maitland and a planned cafe flower box. Mary and Tom react with surprise and tension as they discuss meeting the fiancé and his wife.
A Vermont cemetery bears a stone inscribed Sacred to the memory of three twins. Springfield reports a servant told the druggist he was not in it but meant out of it. A southern Georgia town boasts the meanest man for hiring theft to recover wood. Moldy apples linked to diphtheria cases alarm physicians. Mrs Mary Clay, a colored laundress, often had pay in groceries, and a note with clothes pleads coffee sugar and snuff, signed Mrs Mary Clay. Exchanges.
This column surveys beauty advice and fashion folly from Mary Seymour Howell and others. It covers laughing as a wrinkle fighter, the rest cure, gossip as mischief, and the craft of dress with emphasis on natural taste, plain over flashy, and matching gown color to eye color.
A correspondent advises vinegar and salt remove black crust from sheet iron pans, followed by thorough washing with soap or a stout scouring soap. Spilled grease on a kitchen floor hardens with cold water, then scrapes up when firm, else stakes in. An oiled floor conceals grease well.
Black roses are novelties in millinery. Light gray gloves with broad black stitching are fashionable. Hair arrangements should show the dressing beneath the hat. New sunshade handles imitate natural flowers of various kinds.
A New York World description details a refined method for making potatoes a la Duchesse. It advises mixing mashed potatoes with flour, butter, salt, pepper, and cream to form a thick paste. Shape into small balls, coat with egg yolk, and fry in hot fat until golden brown.
A Tuesday quake hit Frisco while Spokane banks failed and a string of incidents crossed the nation. Cincinnati mourned the death of Julius Balke, and Jacob Simon of Bloomington faced a poisoning conviction. A Rampur nawab visited Frisco as labor and church matters stirred in Pittsburg Philadelphia and Reading.
The Inland Printer hails the DIANAVOLIS Sun for its fifth birthday with a double number produced on a Scott Webb press. It praises the paper as bright, piquant, and uniquely focused on local matters, noting booming circulation and influence in the city.
Whon Espay reports a market day with 3 markets steady and varied changes in sugars. Prices listed for meats, lard, vegetables, fruits, canned goods, dairy, eggs, and flour reflect Indiana, California, and local suppliers with entities Morgan & Gray, Steckham, and Wise dozen featured among others.
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