Court Day Romance Ends With Cheap Ring Gesture
In a sleepy Indiana county seat, Dr Haply’s dinner party gathers as Mr Adams plans to propose to Dr Haply’s niece Betty. He buys a flashy emerald ruby ring for about $5, hoping to win her hand despite eight children from a previous marriage, while Betty schemes to secure an offer. The scene blends court day bustle, family meddling, and small town intrigue.
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Indiana
Jackson
Adams
Betty
Andrew
Dr. Hanply
Pie or Proposal in a Haply House
A Philadelphia item portrays Mr. Adams wooing Betty Haply amid family dinner awkwardness. He offers marriage, farm life, and a ring while Betty resists an ugly alliance. The servant Wiiza reveals she cooked the feast, hinting at motives and tensions within the Haply household.
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Mr. Adams
Betty
Rcom
Flizga
Trends in lamp shade trims and styles
Trimmed shades regain favor with experts noting a shift from plain empire to lace beaded and open work designs. Ruffles of tulle or pinked silk have faded as the popular look returns to close plaitings with intermittent flare. Modern safety concerns keep fluffy earlier styles away.
A Woman's Idea Mrs Wynford Philipps to found US club
Mrs Wynford Philipps founder of the Women's Institute in London plans a trip to America to explore starting a similar organization. She would rent a London club house at $5,000 and, if interest grows, equip a New York club and cover rent. A minimum 300 members are required. The project aims to provide a central meeting place as women enter public life and face practical needs.
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Wynford Philipps
Women’s Institute
London
America
The Helpless Maid Sweet Miss Kiss Question
A fragment from Chicago News features dialogue where a passerby asks a sweet miss if she would cry aloud after a kiss stolen. The exchange centers on consent and restraint amidst a tense urban vignette.
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Chicago News
No Friend to Grace In This World Eventually Finds Grace
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution recounts a man who fails in every pursuit including politics, blaming the world for lacking grace. A parson argues the world is not a friend to grace, but the speaker discovers late that grace was never understood and the world can be a friend to grace if he hustles rightly in all conditions.
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Grace
Parson
Atlanta Constitution
R. Kitek
Senate
Reflections of a Bachelor Snippet
A fragment reflects on love and gender with clipped aphorisms about women mortality and aging. The text mocks social clichés, touches on fear of death, and includes garbled lines suggesting a satirical or unfinished piece from a 20th century column.
Wee Fashion Notes for Little Girls and Boys Garments
Gingham dresses for girls gain lace and embroidery trims while hats in lawn and Silk styles trend high. Skirt lengths stay short with flamish fringe finishes. Baby and child outfits feature pique carriage robes, sheer guimpes, and new white pique suits for boys. Reefers of serge and Venetian cloth rise in daily wear.
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Master
Miss Baby
Greatly Reduced Rates to Denver via Chicago & North-Western
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church annual General Assembly meets in Denver May 18-26, 1899. Excursion tickets will be one fare plus $2 for round trip with favorable return limits. Tickets on sale May 15-16, 1899. For rates contact your local agent or A H Waggener at 6 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind.
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Denver
Chicago & North-Western Railway
General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
A. H. Waggener
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Merchasts Lunch at Union Station Meals for a Nickel
A brief item notes affordable lunch options at Union Station including a restaurant and inexpensive items such as pennies worth of bites. The fragment references merchandise and dining choices but lacks full details about location or hours.
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Union Station
Art in Sandwiches at the Tea Table
The article surveys sandwich varieties from melon to gingerbread, noting creative fillings and methods. It highlights amateur accessibility, describes striped andInvalid meat sandwiches, jelly fillings, and decorative presentation, and mentions caterers shaping melons and tinting bread.
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Pearl Wray G
Boston
Excur sion Tickets Offered for National Baptist Societies Meet
Excur sion tickets at reduced rate of one first class fare for round trip via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Tickets on sale May H-117, returnable until July 15, 1899. Inclusive, to cover the National Baptist Societies' anniversaries. For rates and information consult nearest ticket agent or write.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
National Baptist Societies
A. H. Waggener
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
An Old Nurse for Children Ad Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
Vintage advert promises Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup calms teething pain soothes gums and cures wind colic priced at twenty five cents a bottle for infants and children in need of relief.
Wulschner's ad offers furniture and laundry services
Collars and cuffs cleaned by Héc Progress laundry and new upright pianos advertised. Special terms: $10 down and $5 a month. Located at Wulschner's 128 130 North Pennsylvania Street.
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Wulschner’s
Pennsylvania St
Progress Laundry
Fast Big Four Route To Denver Through Peoria
Quickest Big Four passage from Indianapolis departs 7 25 a m daily except Sundays and reaches Denver at 6 20 am the next day. Travelers transfer once at Union depot in Peoria to complete the journey with only one car change.
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Big Four
Denver
Pacific Coast
Peoria
Indianapolis
Union Depot
Annual Church Meeting Rail Fare Sale to Minneapolis
For the Presbyterian General Assembly in Chicago, the Chicago and North Western Railway offers low fare tickets to Minneapolis with return by June 3, 1899. One fare plus 2 dollars, limited dates May 16 to 18, electric lighted service on the North-Western Limited, depart Chicago daily at 6:30 p.m., other trains at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 p.m., and 10:15 p.m. For details, consult a ticket agent.
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Minneapolis
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Chicago & North-Western Railway
North-Western Limited
Chicago
Women Workers Lead in Broad Range of Careers
Four million American women earn their own bread and occupy diverse roles. Women make up a quarter million teachers and professors, 3,519 music teachers, 10,000 artists and instructors, and 1,143 women clergymen. The nation also counts 88 journalists, 2,725 authors, and near two dozen women chemists or metallurgists. Women run a New Orleans orchestra, manage Astoria greenhouses, operate a New York blacksmith shop, and guide major flower imports and salted almonds commerce.
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New Orleans
Astoria
L. I
New York
Philadelphia
Smiles and snippets from a playful column
A breezy, humorous collage mentions a cheerful boy headed to the circus, a friend noting Sam’s theater plans, and a puzzled young student asking about emotions at the theater. A Mrs Upstart quips on her daughter’s painting claim, and a jailhouse exchange centers on a girl prisoner.
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Sam
R F Gouraud Skin Dream Promoted as Harmless Beauty Elixir
Advert shows R F Gouraud's Oriental Dream marketed as a magical beautifier that removes tans freckles moth patches and skin blemishes. Claims 30 years tested and harmless enough to taste. Endorsed by Dr L A Sayre and sold by druggists across the U S Canada and Europe from 37 Great Jones Street New York.
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R. F. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Gouraud
U. S
Canadas
Europe
Ferd. T. Hopkins
Prop
Great’ Jones St
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Newport Society
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Mrs. Paget
William C. Whitney
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Ew. Xork
WEE
Fred Funston
ART
W.B. Craig
Wood's Stable
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Grand Hotel Cafe
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