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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
5
The article praises the coronation cravat a combined bow and four in hand necktie. It buttons to the collar, is easily adjusted, and comes in satin or colored silks. It ends the choice between bow tie and four in hand while preventing collar distortion. It also notes trends toward French inspired tailor gowns with feminine touches under the chin.
An examination of period fashion plates and gowns suggests spring and summer will favor plain tops with trimming around the skirt hem below the knees. Styles apply to tissues lace ginghams cloths and silks. Sashes and ornate sash pins, many oval miniature shapes, accompany elaborate gowns. Holders for muff around the neck feature silver or gold link chains with embedded jewels and satin ribbons in black or dark brown.
The item mixes rural humor and brief notices from Indiana towns. It highlights Perry Steele’s five foot black snake catch, social and fashion quips, a Rushville girl’s remark on a $15 claim, Gosport buying a fire engine, a mishap involving Alice Montrose, and quirky place names like Lickskillet and Easy Street. It notes Ot toe Evans’ height, a Frenchville trip, a Flora social with egg shapes on invitations, and county school term hints about barefoot season. The piece closes with scattered anecdotes on waists, fashion, a Morgan county lake joke, and local political hints.
A collage of short items reports disputes in Hendricks County, a church revival in Mount Vernon circuit adding 170 members in six weeks, a clerical tax dodger in Waterloo, and odd incidents from Anderson to Fort Wayne. Notes mention a truant officer, a printer robbed of $6.20, a broomstick clash in John Comer’s yard, and Auburn girls reacting to Prince Henry’s visit.
Mrs Christian Schultz of Gledens Wisconsin has been granted a divorce from her husband who died twelve years ago. She says she fears her late spouse will haunt her if she remarries, claiming his spirit warned that he married her for eternity unless she is legally divorced. She intends to remarry and not be troubled by the ghost.
John Young sentenced to die March 18 for Washington Hunter’s murder faces deferral as Mt Holly jail quarantines for smallpox. Jurors warned away by judge Garrison refuse to risk infection, likely preventing a lawful jury and delaying the hanging.
Public health notice touts free samples of preventive and curative remedies for consumption and allied wasting diseases. It claims four universal preparations block onset and cure illness, reduces deaths, and extends life, urging readers to write for samples to address chronic cough, weakness, anemia, night sweats, and related symptoms.
The Indianapolis Sun notes Dr. T A Slocum of New York offers four free preparations including Cod Liver Oil Emulsion with Guaiacol Expectorant Psychine tonic and Ozojel catarrh cure. Readers are urged to write for samples and the 6 page My Doctor Book with testimonials, providing postal or express addresses.
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