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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
5
In Lynn, Molly Miller, heiress and fleet owner, resists abduction by Tom Rising as he forces a clash atop a thatched loft. Molly wields a knife to avert capture while Rising’s men threaten to burn the thatch. Horsemen approach, promising decisive intervention.
Lord Fylingdale guides a rescue party after heiress Molly Lynn is abducted from a crowded assembly. Witnesses report a tall, redfaced gentleman who handed her into a chair and vanished, with Tom Rising later linked to the incident. The group plans to search the Rose tavern and Crown inn as inquiries begin.
An advertisement urged readers to expel impurities from the blood and strengthen the body during a vulnerable time by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, claiming it fortifies health and prevents illness.
A brief note proclaims a novelty product called pure brick ice cream sold directly on the street. The statement highlights street selling and a bold inventor stance without additional details.
Special attention given to children's pictures at Ponder's Photo Studio located at 229 Mass. Ave, four squares from Denison Hotel. Children’s portraits and studio sessions are featured with careful posing and quality prints.
Miss Anna Irvine of Washington DC travels with Capt Charles Lyman s mother to the Philippines to wed the Marine Corps officer. Orders countermanded the promised leave, forcing the departure sooner than planned.
A fashion critique describes a new spring silhouette with raised back waists and front dips, noting pointed skirts and belts dominate the look. Designers say extreme cuts are in bad taste for short skirts and shirt waists, predicting a return to round tops and plain skirts.
Indianapolis women have adopted white pique stock ties with four in hand ties as full shirt-waist accessories when outings. Some ties omit the extra stock and use a twice around style priced at 50 cents. Other pique stocks include striped madras bows at 23 cents and a side buckle finish at 25 cents for a two piece set. Windsor ties in soft shades, especially pink and white, are noted as prettiest, with American beauty a deep pink favorite.
A Cornish youth named Sam Nicholls clings to a wooden doll after years of scorn for his affection. He faces social taunts from peers and a competing romance with Alice Treweekes as he grapples with belonging, love, and a costly act of burning his cherished Gwinner.
In Pall Mall Magazine a scene shows Alice leaving amid mixed feelings. Sam lies sobbing, realizing the strength of the woman’s choice, and Dimly understanding that given the option again, he would still choose as he did.
A tender verse by Phillips Brooks speaks of a secluded, holy love set apart from a judging world. The speaker urges silence and privacy, praising a bond deemed pure and divine while condemning intrusion by society and wealth’s gaze.
Mrs. Anna McElroy Frett formerly of Ohio will represent Texas at the congress of independent telephone managers in Buffalo next week. She owns a franchise for an independent telephone system in El Paso and organized firms in Cleveland and El Paso to build and operate the plants. After her husband’s death she continued promoting independent systems, including the Detroit venture with Fleury Everett.
A vivid catalog of 19th century fashion highlights describes black taffeta Etons, turquoise studs on hair combs, gloves with matching clasps, crepe de chine sashes, check homespun tailor-mades with colored collars, tulle bonnet strings, black velvet ribbons, a blue linen summer gown with a black velvet buckle, a red poppy hat, apple-green glace silk with a white mull collar, and a pink satin liberty girdle for pale blondes.
Cooking guidance on preparing meat fish and fowl with quick sear in a hot oven. Tips include serving fish with potatoes cucumbers celery or lettuce and noting white flesh digests more easily than pink. Cold water rinse prevents fish from sticking when forming balls. larger beef pieces stay juicier.
The article instructs home canners to prepare rhubarb by skinning and cutting into one inch pieces, packing into jars, and rinsing under a slow cold water flow to remove air bubbles before sealing. When processed this way, the rhubarb will keep for months.
Summer decor features coppery and mahogany tones in the latest cushion covers for indoor spaces. For porches and benches a fresh idea is Japanese matting in bright plaid effects, flat and stuffed with the matting’s own fibers.
Miss May Smith of Florence Montana describes a years long struggle with anaemia and related pains. After failing with two doctors she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health and color. She endorses the pills and notes her sister now uses them. the ad claims a blood remedy for various conditions.
The article advises using young onions or chives for flavor, thoroughly drain washed lettuce, wipe with a damp cloth if crisp, and soak produce from stands to restore crispness. It suggests storing lettuce in a paper bag with a brief cold-water rinse then refrigerating to maintain freshness. It notes garden lettuce stays crisp when home grown.
The piece praises rich cream as an elevating addition to common foods. It advices soaking large French prunes until plump then gently stewing them until tender. No sugar is needed, though taste varies, and the dish is served cold with ample cream for a refined treat.
A Philadelphia Inquirer note reflects a judge surprised by a jury acquitting a man who opened a pot with a bogus dollar. The writer notes regret that the judge did not comment on the man who opened a pot with a real dollar and points to the social lessons of the poker play. The bogus-dollar player lost the pot and was deemed punished enough by the jury.
Eminent oculist Dr J Harvey Moore claims a home treatment to cure granulated lids cataracts and other eye defects without surgery. He says thousands have been helped, and offers free information and his book The Eyes to readers who write from Century Building St Louis Missouri.
A collection of quirky dialogues from Chicago Post Chicago Tribune Washington Star and Detroit Free Press feature brief exchanges. The pieces mix romantic intrigues with humorous observations about mirages weather whisky and cooking leaving a snapshot of early 20th century banter and social quirks.
A satirical list notes behaviors considered foolish by the writer, targeting women in social acts. It mocks vanity, emotional reactions, and contradictions such as seeking admiration while deriding others, blaming fate for laziness, and demanding propriety from maids while performing dirty work.
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