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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
5
A distinguished evening speaker arrived late and the crowd pressed for entertainment with vocal numbers and impromptu remarks. The chairman called for Goo Goo Wise to step forward if present, as chatter about Miss Gull and Mr Kidder sparked light banter among attendees.
Molly Miller, heiress and seaport magnate in Lynn, arouses rival affection from Captain Crowle and John Pentecrosse. Sam Sample seeks revenge via Lord Fylingdale, who manipulates townsfolk into a spa scheme. Abduction, duels, and schemes culminate as Fylingdale targets Molly and Crowle plots marriage while Molly resists her fate.
Lord Fylingdale meets Captain Crowleith to secure consent for Molly Crowleith’s marriage. The pair discuss secrecy, future plans, and the town’s celebration should the engagement lead to a wedding. The captain vows Molly’s happiness and fidelity amid family concerns.
In Lynn a guardian pressures Molly into an arranged match with a titled captain. Molly fears loss of love and status, prays with her mother, and confronts the cold, unloving suitor who insists he will be constant yet offers no warmth or tenderness. The scene ends with Molly agreeing to consider the match as the ceremony nears.
The passage criticizes McN for carrying personal prejudices into business, boasting of impossible feats, and avoiding past obligations after securing one more favor. It notes his public travel on deadhead passage, annoying friends with constant recitals of troubles, ostentatious ancestry boasts, sharp remarks, and unequal money treatment to wives, plus a habit of haunting newspaper offices for name printing.
The Washington Star notes a man with strong lungs who prefers sun and baseball to the flowers and hum of summer. The piece contrasts seasonal beauty with a voice that longs for outdoor play and the sound of his own throat.
Marie Herndl, born in Munich, has built a national reputation in Milwaukee by designing, painting, and kiln-firing church windows. She exhibited windows at the World’s Fair earning a medal and diploma, and is now creating six Christ life scenes for a San Francisco church, a project begun a year and a half ago and expected to take two more years.
A humorous exchange shows a man complimenting a woman's Eton jacket and noting its worn look. The line plays on the jacket’s name and a quip about its condition as the scene advances.
The advertisement claims Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets lessen labor pain, strengthen maternity organs, and provide nutrition and comfort. It cites Mrs. Maria O Hayzel of Brookland DC praising life saving benefits after multiple doctors failed and notes the pellets cure constipation.
Mrs. J. H. Byers hosts a reception at the Propylaeum next Thursday. Miss Helen Ernestinoff staged a kitchen shower for Miss Clara Ingram Thursday morning. Mrs. Frank J. Vinson held a card party Thursday at her N Pennsylvania St home. Mrs. S. E. Perkins hosted a Thursday afternoon event for Frau Kufeke of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Dill sent June 21 invitations for their twentieth wedding anniversary. State weddings list several couples across Lafayette Crawfordsville Jeffersonville Wabash Anderson Indianapolis Fort Wayne Tipton with multiple brides and grooms.
In a San Francisco Bulletin piece by Lowell Otis Reese the speaker mourns chasing Content across sea and land only to find it at last in the simple act of settling with a book in a cherished den. A cob’s smoke frames the unexpected visitation of Content in a humble, domestic moment.
In New York on June 14 a gasoline condenser aboard the two masted fishing schooner Roulette exploded. The blue fish cargo sprayed into the air and the vessel sustained 2500 dollars in damage. The 15 crew members jumped overboard and were all rescued.
New York on June 14 Mrs Elizabeth Whitehead wife of millionaire Lydell Whitehead has filed a new divorce suit against him charging abandonment She seeks alimony of 150 a week.
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