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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
7
A fashion note describes the coronation cravat, a ready tied necktie that combines a bow and four in hand. It hooks under the collar, comes in satin and colored silks, and slips on quickly, adding a chic touch to shirtwaists while preventing collar distortion.
A note on the new tailor gowns for early spring outlines fresh silhouettes and fabric choices. Designers emphasize lighter fabrics and tailored lines suitable for seasonal wardrobes and social events.
An examination of fashion plates and gowns shows skirt designs will stay close to present models with plain tops for spring and summer. Hem trimming dominates, fabrics vary from lace to silk and gingham. Silver or gold muff chains with jewel accents, satin dark ribbons, turnover lace collars, and ornate sash pins especially oval miniatures are in demand.
A female reporter attends a Woman's suffrage league gathering with a male colleague acting as her "brother." They share notes to avoid scooping each other, then resume work and later maintain an odd, sanctioned bond. The piece ends with the narrator returning home as family jokes about the added brother.
A framed collage of tidbits from Indiana towns notes early snake catching by Perry Steele of Center a five footers tale. a Rushville girl mocks a Wisconsin sued man joke. Gosport buys a fire engine after fires. Miss Alice Montrose of Evansville destroys a painting and dress chasing a mouse. Thomas Foudra drives wife to Frenchville then back. County notes warn schools close and bare feet season nears. odd regional humor about hair regrowth in Morgan county. Salem Democrat cites hamlet names such as Lickskillet Pulltight Hell's Half-acre Gooseport Brimstone Corner Stinky Flats Easy Street. Otto Evans of Hoagland is 40 inches tall. Flora social with hens on invitations. a bantam rooster intrudes. Gibson waists under fashion talk. Negro Republicans of South Bend noted.
A string of brief items from Indiana towns reports church services in Clermont, a domestic dispute ending in a court docket fine, truancy concerns in old town, an air ship rumor in Winslow, church revivals in Mount Vernon circuit, a printer robbed of 6.20, a Greenfield post office clerk back on duty after smallpox, tax delinquents in Waterloo, a Rockville M E supper with no women in the kitchen, Auburn gossip about Prince Henry, and a Fort Wayne Gazette quip about police and vanity.
In Gleden Wisconsin Mrs Christian Schultz obtains a divorce from a husband long dead and declares she fears his ghost will haunt her if she remarries. In Mount Holly New Jersey John Young, slated for execution March 18 for murder, faces a possible delay due to smallpox quarantine preventing jurors from attending the ritual.
An old health ad touts four free remedies from Dr. T A Slocum to prevent or cure consumption and related illnesses. It lists Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, Coltsfoot Expectorant, Psychine tonic, and Qozojell catarrh cure, urging readers to request all four with complete directions and a 68 page doctors book, by writing to 38 Pine Street New York and mentioning The Indianapolis Sun.
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