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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
5
A playful verse from the Cleveland Plain Dealer extols sausage as an ancient invention. It evokes Moselle breezes from Bingen on the Rhine, flowing wine and music, ripe cheeses, and hot cervelat as bratwurst fragrances rise beside a storied Rhine setting.
A poem describes a man who toils all day and returns home to love, finding contentment as doctors label love a disease. It pleads for love to be contagious and life uplifting, ending with a prayer.
Mrs Mansfield uncovers a private photo mystery involving Miss Ansom who kept a portrait of the mayor in her drawer. Mr Mansfield defends the possible earlier portrait while puzzled by how the older image appeared in Miss Ansom’s room. The talk shifts to how the photo came into Miss Ansom’s possession amid questions of propriety.
In a London style tale adapted to a Chicago frame, Mayor Mansfield discovers Miss Ansom in his house after a staged meeting. A drawer yields photos of his wife and son, revealing a scheme that leads to forgiveness and a planned reunion with his son in South Africa.
The article describes using lace and ribbon in gowns, with white satin ribbon a favorite. It explains making bodices on tissue paper foundations, cat stitches, and diagonal ribbon effects, narrow sleeves with ribbons, finished neck and wrist bands, and a separate stock.
A guide offering stain removal tips for acids on fast colors with ammonia, white goods washed then dipped in chloride water for acid stains, wine stains on silver spoons with sulphuric acid, fruit stains by pouring boiling water through, old fruit stains, ink stains on textiles treated with turpentine and spirits.
A string of humorous anecdotes from old newspapers showcases sharp comebacks and legal quips. The Detroit Journal, Puck, and Chicago Tribune fragments present feisty exchanges about conscience, contempt of court, and a fatherly remark regarding a newborn.
White batistes appear with extensive lace insertions and Swiss or French embroidery. The text notes purchasing battistes preworked with embroidery and lace to save time, suggesting elaborate pieces are nearly completed and ready to wear.
Women in long gowns twist them around their feet when standing or sitting. The deft movement unwinds the train with ease as they prepare to move again, a graceful trick that draws attention to their poise.
An Irish perspective argues the Boer struggle for liberty against English rule is just and understandable. The author links Irish oppression under Britain to Boer grievances, praising self rule in the Transvaal and Natal, while noting Irish prospects with Miners in South Africa and contrasting education and libraries. It ends with a booster for One Minute Cough Cure from Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman.
Daily business lunch offered from 10 am to 2 pm with a special ladies’ lunch on the second floor at Ormonds 16 W Pearl. Union Co operative Laundry promotes service by phone. An old nurse ad for Mrs Winslow's teething syrup cites soothing relief and 25 cent bottle price. Plaza restaurant advertises new management and best meals in the city on Monument Place. Hoyt's Blood Cure touted as a healthy tonic available tomorrow in leading saloons bottled by Jacob Metzger Co.
Train No 46 now departs at 5 45 a m instead of 5 10 a m No 18 now departs at 3 45 p m instead of 3 20 p m Train No 32 arrives at 10 20 p m with a typo in the original time description H M Bronson AG P A
Indianapolis market report lists smoked meats including hams and shoulders with prices per pound and per barrel. It also covers lard, sausage, pickled meats, fresh pork loins, onions, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, celery, apples, bananas, oranges, cranberries, honey, nuts, canned fruits and vegetables, fish and game, oysters, seeds, and leathers with assorted wholesale prices and unit measures.
Market brief shows tallow prices with No. 1 at 4 percent premium per pound and No. 2 at 8 percent premium per pound.
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