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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
5
The excerpt presents Theodosia Garrison’s Harpers Bazar verse about a mother’s view of her child as both beloved daughter and awaiting angel. It contrasts celestial imagery with a mother’s intimate gaze and longing to guide her child across the threshold.
A narrator recalls Genevieve, a plain, intense woman who kept her feelings hidden while caring deeply for artist Powers. Years later Powers explains he loved Genevieve but chose ambition, never confessing, and the narrator learns the truth of their past and Genevieve’s quiet sacrifice.
The excerpt reflects anxious musings on gender and marriage, noting a feverish woman and a man’s remarriage after 13 months. It hints at social expectations, judgment, and the speaker’s own conflicted view of women and virtue within a Puritan context.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution nostalgically yearns for steam heated buildings and the old chimney. It evokes family life with a fiddle, a watch dog, a greasy grill, and an opossum pie, contrasting modern steam heat with traditional hearth warmth.
The article profiles Mrs John Hay and Mrs Hiram S Maxim as leading cabinet women in Washington society, highlighting ambition to elevate cabinet status, break gender hierarchies with Senate wives, and influence presidential succession perceptions. It notes Mrs McKinley's daily morning drives, social duties, and shopping outings as part of presidential social life.
Miss Winifred Williamson a Brooklyn schoolteacher carried jewels worth 1500 in a waist bag but misplaced it recently losing ten rings and other valuables. She kept the bag for security fearing to leave the jewels at home.
A collection of quick wits and quips from periodical chatter includes a joke about a wife's eyesight and misheard greetings, plus a gag on a wife calling her husband at night. Another snippet has a manager asking for a repair kit for a boa constrictor damaged in a bicycle store incident, reflecting lighthearted urban humor.
A description of simple Lenten preparations using codfish mashed with potatoes and milk, fried salmon cakes with herring slices on buttered stale bread, and a salmon croquette style dish. Steps include mixing, breading, frying, and finishing with lemon juice and parsley for flavor.
The National congress of mothers will convene May 21 to 25 in Des Moines. Governor Shaw and city leaders invite thousands from across Iowa as schools close for teachers to attend. Sessions cover child study, women education, and early childhood training with noted speakers. A reception at the capitol will honor delegates. One Minute Cough Cure is endorsed for children's coughs.
A collection of pithy maxims on human behavior, courage, and learning. It comments on pride ignorance and social snubs with brisk aphorisms attributed to various observers. Strong, compact ideas highlight personal conduct, knowledge, and relationships.
A newspaper note describes women building useful collecting hobbies, each choosing items to match her taste. Examples include a silver dressing-table set, cut glass by a young wife, a grander dinner service, and Limoges cups for serving chocolate to friends, often given as gifts on Christmas and birthdays.
A Philadelphia Record tip explains hat care to residents of Germantown. One man buys multiple derbies yet wears them dull. another keeps one hat glossy by rubbing with woolen cloth, preserving nap and color. The practice reportedly yields longer life than daily stiff-bristled brushing.
A Warren Illinois pastor's daughter nearly three uses a telephone to say her prayers at night. After waiting for her mother, the child climbs a chair, calls Hello Central, and asks to say prayers. Her mother hears the prayers and the child goes to bed.
A Scottish American notes the informal Indian bedtime routine, describing a simple wooden bed frame with webbing, a thin cotton mattress, a single sheet, and two pillows per bed, with no doors closed or long rituals.
A Philadelphia Inquirer advised placing fern and plant pots in a pail of luke warm water until bubbling stops for watering. Wash leaves weekly with tepid water and a sponge. Palms should be cleaned on both sides with milk warm water and a touch of soft soap, then wiped with clear water.
In Paris goblets remain common on private and public dinners while England favors tall thin tumblers for all drinks. Queen Victoria reportedly clings to high, aged glassware at her private table, resisting fashion trends. An advertisement urges Head's Sarsaparilla to build health and prevent illness.
Mrs Robert J Burdette argues the modern woman’s life should balance head and heart, with club work and home life centered on the family. Rev W E Sitter credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with relieving long standing indigestion, claiming it digests what you eat and is a remedy.
Daily business lunch from 1 to 2 p m. with a women’s lunch on the second floor at Ormonds 16 W Pearist. Local dining offer highlights a concise daily meal window and a separate ladies lunch service on the upper floor.
An aged card listing laundry and nursing product notices appears. It advertises Old Nurse for Children and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, claiming soothing gums and pain relief. It includes phone numbers 1269 and 1121 and a free neckhands offer with shirt cleaning.
New management at Plaza restaurant at 40 Monument Place promises first class dining. For steamship tickets to Paris, visit Atlantis Steamship Agency located at 26 Virginia Ave.
A fragmentary notice indicates Sixth Ward voters of Center Township may seek a prohibition to stop selling intoxicating spirits in small quantities, five gallons or less, at a Southeast Corner location on North Street, in a brick building, with proceedings planned for April term.
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