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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
5
A narrator recounts five years of friendship with a sad Englishman named Harry, visiting in a foreign land each Christmas. On the fifth Christmas Eve, aged memories return as she visits the shoemaker's shop and finds Harry gravely ill, begging to see her before dying.
A young woman Letty recalls a Christmas Eve when her sweetheart Harry Wood vows to sail to America for work. He leaves with promises of a shared future, and she endures a brutal wait as storms rage and rumors spread of a shipwreck aboard the Lady Margaret.
The Hobart household hosts receptions and dinners with exquisite taste. Homes are lavishly decorated with flowers and American roses, and high grade music accompanies events. Dances are avoided due to layout. Mrs Hobart oversees etiquette and social forms, aided by a young secretary managing dress lists and engagements, with a weeklong schedule on the vice president’s desk.
In a New York Times excerpt a dying man recalls a Christmas Eve vow to his England promised wife. He speaks of a perilous voyage aboard the Lady Margaret, a bitter storm, and a final farewell as he dies in her arms, asking her not to reveal his identity.
The text argues refinement is not luxury but restraint, aligning with simplicity and prudent use of resources. True refinement avoids waste, seeks purity, and promotes cleanliness, neatness, and good taste in dress and surroundings, regardless of wealth. It contrasts genuine refinement with mere showiness.
It argues against giving meat to children under ten due to weak digestion. It cites statistics showing meat fed kids become irritable and quarrelsome, and recommends milk custards puddings fruit vegetables and simple meals. For hearty meals offer lightly boiled eye and occasional shredded meat with soup broth stews and plenty of vegetables.
A recipe advises placing finely chopped parsley and tarragon with shallot peppercorns celery seed and garlic into a dry bottle. Pour a pint of French vinegar over the herbs, cork tightly and seal for a week to ten days. Shake several times during steeping, then strain into another bottle.
The narrator recalls a lover lost to a shipwreck and the ensuing years of hardship. After surviving, she returns to New York and confronts memories of death, widowed age, and a chance encounter with a compassionate shoemaker, whose gentle presence contrasts with visible scars.
Miss Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, is engaged to Prince Cantacuzzene of Russia. The 18 year old bride and 15 25 year old prince met in Rome five months ago. wedding planned next winter. the couple’s families and officials confirm the match.
A lyric meditation on love and duty, urging steadfast care for life’s tasks. The speaker compares divine assurances and earthly toil, urging the beloved to tend life’s field to honor a cherished dream and give thanks for shared love.
A humorous verse by J. F. S. reflects on aging romance and preference for solitude. The speaker recalls childhood crushes on Mamie and later uses cigars to cope with failed flirtations. He notes that even maiden ladies look on skeptically as he and romance fade, ending with a quiet image of extinguished pipe ashes.
Mary Cowden Clarke spent 16 years composing a Shakespeare concordance after her marriage. The work earned enduring reader gratitude, and in 143, the book’s completion brought recognition. A chair partly carved from Shakespeare’s mulberry tree was donated by U S figures. Notables engraved on it include Austin Alibone, Bryant, Cushman, Irving, Longfellow, Ticknor, White, and Webster.
A collage of light dialogue and quips from a modern miscellany. A cartoonish remark from Mr. Courtney to Miss Fisher contrasts with a quirky exchange about a drug market and a border land for power lines. A家庭 anecdote about Henry's anger follows a breakfast egg mix up.
A Boston Post comment on the arrival of the season for women in bicycle costumes and low shoes. It argues stockings wrinkle at the ankle and suggests practical solutions, noting discomfort and appearances, with a reflective remark about two young women observed yesterday.
A somber dialogue about death precedes a fragmentary recipe for a nourishing egg drink. The speaker mentions approaching death and past desires to die, while the text shifts to a vintage convalescent beverage recipe urging eggs, sugar, milk, nutmeg and thorough mixing.
An Indianapolis reader lauds Doan's Kidney Pills for curing kidney related back pain and rheumatism. She credits relief to the pills after trying many remedies and urges publication to help others. pills sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co and select agents.
A terse help request appears asking for assistance in yard, stable, or house. The caller seeks guidance or contact to arrange support. No clear names, dates, or organizations are present.
A historic ad copy touts Duff Smalt Whiskey as a strong protective stimulant against sudden colds and chills. It claims to muster natural forces of the constitution to resist disease and invites readers to request an illustrated pamphlet from Rochester New York.
A collage of maxims and misfit lines mixed with a health advertisement. Quotations praise kindness wisdom and wonder while urging prompt duty and warning against procrastination. A familiar sales pitch promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for liver ills with a Lowell Massachusetts origin.
A collage of 19th century notices includes Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup claims for teething pain, low priced dinners, piano sales at Wulschner's on Pennsylvania Street, veterinary services by Dr. W B E Craig, laundry promos, and a Big Four rail timetable to Denver with a 7:25 a.m. departure from Indianapolis.
Daily business lunch offered from 10 am to 2 pm at Ormonde located at 16 West Pearl Street. Ladies lunch service available on the second floor.
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