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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1892
Page
3
A humorous verse notes Brown’s rueful change from a hyphenated married name to the printed form Eva Edith (Brown) McFadden. The speaker recalls a wish that a wife not adopt a hyphenated surname, yet fate prints the name with the new husband’s surname appended, a social label now common in print.
A 17 year old girl, raised in an orphan asylum, finds independence by earning twelve dollars a week as a stenographer. She returns to a poverty hard life to care for her dying mother, but the relief is brief as the mother dies suddenly, ending their shared dream of a better future. The piece portrays hardship, compassion, and a fleeting glimpse of happiness amid urban poverty in Cleveland.
The Chicago News recounts Sol Smith Russell describing daughter Alice as playful and mischievous while his serious son contrasts. His Puritan wife scolds the behavior, sending Alice to confess to God, who reportedly replies in playful fashion about other children more naughty.
Harper's Bazar notes several dressmaker devices creating long Russian blouse effects, including a belt skirt lining with a ruche border and an overlapping shorter skirt. It highlights jabot, Wattesu, and bell shaping options with bold trims and ample fullness, especially in black India silk.
Jerry Simpson's tailor and barber shape a refined image for the political figure once seen as rough. Iowa's Mr. Allison is praised as an ideal senator with polish, literacy, and usefulness to the senate and constituents. Antoine Juritch in Dresnika is claimed to be 120 years old and still works in his vineyard, with long eyebrows and a habit of church attendance. Additional medical and first aid tips from Wilder's Book cover basic choking, fainting, bleeding, burns, ear care, and poisoning remedies.
A humorous exchange about a gas bill circulates in newspapers, with Grandma noting she has “none now” to mind and Bertha offering her nuts. The snippets appear as lighthearted dialogue quoted in Epoch and a stumble by Rev. Dr. Primrose in the Pacific Methodist hall.
A Boston Transcript note mocks morning chores and empty streets while a Washington Post anecdote shows crowds gathering to watch a popcorn vendor. Paris fashionables seek a nightingale imitator for garden parties, kept hidden behind shrubs to enchant guests at open air events.
The item surveys fashion trim on woolen dresses with cream lace and fur, kitchen quips from cooking schools, patchwork wisdom, a stamp novelty with Baby Alphonso, and religious and botanical notes. It highlights New Zealand pice plants, Indian rubber plants, and new massage work for blind girls showing skilled touch.
The itemized digest notes the free silver bill will not be revived. It reports health updates for Cyrus W Field, political activity by Ex Senator Blair and Charles G Williams's death, plus diverse commercial notices from shipping to groceries and shipper prices. It mentions a life line kite experiment in New York and a fatal ranger clash near Laredo.
Mrs. Jennie Ray of South Boston recounts her struggle with illness once deemed cancer of the womb. She credits Warner's Safe Cure for her recovery after doctors declared little hope. She invites inquiries and interviews for other women facing similar fears.
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