Letter from Interior Commissioner on Wild Flowers of America
The 1894 letter by W T Harris commends G H Buck’s Wild Flowers of America for home study and national reach. It notes over seven hundred US wild flowers illustrated with color, shape, and size, at a low price, suitable for families and schools, with The Sun securing the plates for Indianapolis readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF the Interior
Bureau OF Education
Washington, D. C
America
G. H. Buck
United States
Indianapolis
The Dunk Aye and the Gamy Trout
A playful verse from the N. Y. Evening Sun lampoons a hunter’s struggle with a trout and a chub, ending with a quip about rye and fizz and the stubborn dunk. The speaker’s frustration and comic tone reflect a lighthearted regional humor piece.
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N. Y
Clever Paris lawyer trapped by his own scheme marries
A famed 80 year old Paris lawyer, Henri De Mersac, offers a fraudulent method to force marriage on a reluctant suitor. A beautiful 19 year old woman tricks him by revealing she is the intended bride, proving his own tactic would compel marriage. He marries her and the pair become devoted spouses.
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Paris
M. Henri de Mersac
Lawyer de Mersac
Henri de Mersac
Monsieur
de Mersac
Mademoiselle
Madamoiselle
Zounda
Das
Moneleur
Dea Mersac
Boston Globe
Browning for gravies and almond cookies from old cookbook
Instructions describe making browning from sugar and water for gravies and baking almond cookies with flour eggs and almonds. Also a steak a la duchesse recipe using chopped trimmings, bread crumbs, herbs, onion, and a rich sauce then broiled steak served with the sauce poured over.
Monuments 385 E Washington St Offers Laundry Service
A local advertisement promotes the Union Co-operative Laundry at 385 E Washington St and 116 N Delaware, with Frank Bird contact for transfer services. Prices noted for shirts at 10 cents.
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Washington-st
Co-operative Laundry
Frank Bird
Delawarest
Women Gossip From The Timeworn Press
The piece cites social chatter about a Newark woman seeking divorce after a long marriage, the Princeess Maud of Wales nicknamed "Harry" in her circle, and fashion notes favoring bright colors over black. It reflects early 20th century gossip on marriages, class, and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Newark
N. J
Maud of Wales
Harry
New York Tribune
Hero of New Orleans Quip Echoes in Family Anecdote
A brief exchange recalls a family joke about heroes and figures like Corbett and Jackson. A teacher asks who was the hero of New Orleans, a child answers Corbett, then corrected to Jackson. The joke ends with a reflective line about papa’s breakfast scolding as remembered by Grace.
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New Orleans
Thomas—“Corbett
Jackson
Thomas
Papa
Mamma
Little Grace
Chicago
InterOcean
Runaway Tommy Told To Hide In Cupboard
A fragment depicts a mother seeking a hiding spot for her runaway son Tommy. The boy dismisses talk of past deeds and speaks of future plans as a man. The exchange ends with a quip about using a cupboard as a hiding place.
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Tommy
A Miscellany of Global Oddities and Linguistic Quirks
A collection of varied notes lists gas prices in London, a New York girl’s doll house valued at $20,000, Chicago planning a 6 124 room hotel, and a French cook insisting on charcoal. It mentions bicycle cars in France, New York having many southerners, peppermint farming in Wayne County New York, London church music praised, and outdated racial insensitivities along with colonial era nomenclature for people and insects.
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New York
Chicago
France
New York City
Wayne County
N. Y
St. Paul's
London
Vapor stove pool forms in Cleveland
A vapor stove pool forms in Cleveland as the city reports unusual heat effects. Various regional authorities announce quarantine measures against Kellay's army including Louisville New Albany and Jeffersonville.
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Cleveland
Louisville
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Kellay
Coxey
National Capital
Tabogh
J. F. Forshay
New York
Rev. Paxton
Kurnel Breckinridge
Wing
American Railway Union
Chicago
Gene Debs
Apperly
Jamestown
N. Y
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Boston
Prison Congress
St. Paul
Nicholson
Bargains at Falks Millinery Parlor Half Price Sale
Falk's millinery stock is overstocked and all hats are reduced to half price. Making and trimming also discounted by half during the summer season. Located at 478 Illinois Street near Maryland.
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Falk
Illinois St
Maryland
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. T. Harris
Part
Ike Walton
SUN Office
World’s Dispengary Medical Associacion
Buffalo, N. X
the News
Ee A. Sayre
Lady of
U.S
Canadas
Europe
Ferd T. Hopkans
Great Jones St
Nex
T. Felix Gouraud
O Oriental Medical Co
Props
Browning & Son
Washington St
Geo. W. Sloan
West Washington St
Ind
The
Aldag Paint and Varnish Co
East Washington St
PR. J. S. Dean
Mass. Ave
Sun
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