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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
5
An archaic verse from the Nashville American laments an absent partner. The speaker notes a silent house, missing smiles, a late cook, a bird in a cage, a hungry dog, and missing socks, yet insists her presence and memories remain vivid.
A man named Hippesley, returning from twelve years abroad, sees a young English woman he loves now socialized as Princess Zandra. He learns of her wealth and volatile circumstances after her prince's failed enterprise. Shaken, he retreats to the terrace as rumors about her future marriage to a wealthy man surface.
Ralph, a failed writer, travels to Beaulieu and reunites with Esme, the Princess Zandra, now married to a foreign prince. She confesses she never forgot him while living an artificial life. They glimpse a possible future, preferring a simpler life over royal titles, with a mutual plea to avoid restoring old roles.
A fashion note proclaims high stiff collars are out and collars of today favor soft outlines. Chiffons and light ribbons create the most stylish collars, with delicate colors enhancing the look.
In warm spells the city still favors candy from Marion factory, with buttercups a winter specialty. New York store manager touts summer demand, while Indianapolis shops offer mid priced chocolates, caramels, and nuts. Cream candies prize purity. 25 to 40 cent sweets outperform pricier chocolates.
Delicate odors drift on warm May winds across fields and orchards. Meadow larks and bobolinks sing all day as the sun gilds unsown ground, pink blossoms, scented boughs, and newly unfurled ferns fill the scene with tender beauty.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt notes that men often argue, tempting women to surrender beliefs. It warns grumbling about today’s bad may lead to worse tomorrow. It contrasts lasting affection with fleeting male love and emphasizes health, backbone, and bluff in business success.
A stray poetic note from the Denver Times recalls picking days of rest and small tales to tell neighbors. The verse imagines wandering with friends, listening to birds, fishing, and sharing familiar stories under endless summer skies.
In a Detroit Journal fragment Fortescue and St Cyril share a quiet exchange where love is revealed beyond words as she senses his affection while he asks about a remedy. The scene blends tenderness with a hint of intrigue as their relationship deepens amid a lighter backdrop of wit and theater.
A tomato ice salad is made by cooking a quart of tomato contents with onion green pepper bay leaf cloves parsley sugar and salt and pepper. Strain until every solid including seeds is removed then chill mold and freeze. Serve turned out on lettuce with preferred dressing.
The Pittsburg Post argues Senator Fairbanks lacks national leadership, a record of achievement, or notable statesmanship. It contends he would be outranked by many lawyers and politicians in states, acknowledges personal amiability, but insists more is needed for a presidential nomination.
Dr and Mrs EB Ward plan a May 2 reception while Mrs A P Craft hosts card parties next Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Esther Dwyer travels to Asheville NC with sister Julia Dwyer. Mrs C Kelly at 812 W New York St hosts St Johns social club Thursday. A Christchurch wedding for Elizabeth Dalton and John H Adams scheduled June 1. Various musicales and small gatherings fill the week at hospital and church venues with Mrs Walter How hosting a May musicale.
The Sun quotes Undertaker Callahan arguing that plumbing firms are the worst grafts. He recalls ordering a faucet and paying 6.50 for a quick install, and a rental tenant’s wife mistaking a bath tub for a wash table, noting a clogged drain from lint and a bewildered reaction.
A Harpers edition of The Love Letters of Bismarck quotes a letter to his wife in which he vows to love her through God and heart, seeking a warm home amid life’s storms and protecting their hearth against all evil and strangeness.
Pretty Salad water lily style uses pointed lettuce petals and egg whites with yolk centers. Yolks are mashed with mayonnaise for centers while remaining yolks are sieved to look like pollen on petals. The presentation emphasizes small white petals and tiny yellow centers.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children claiming it calms the infant gums relieves pain and cures wind colic and diarrhea with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
A dash of cayenne added to the water in which turnips are boiled is said to improve the flavor of the vegetable.
A notice promotes baby portraits at Ponders studio located at 229 Mass Ave, fourteen blocks from Denison hotel, highlighting special care for children's pictures.
Marion county Sunday-school association holds its convention at Tabernacle Presbyterian church Friday and Saturday. Jessie Mary and Ella Heizer of 313 Muscalley st. have smallpox and are removed to isolation hospital. Health board fears spread. Y M C A plans a Lake Wawasee summer camp with a general reunion. Exhibit prepared for Boston Y M C A jubile e June 11 16.
The railroad offers a $1.55 round trip for annual encampment travel by G A R and WW I R C members. Tickets go on May 15 14 and 1 with return valid to May 18. Knightstown band uses 11 a m train May H. Direct shortest line with through coaches both ways. Contact W W Richardson Indianapolis for tickets.
A Chicago advertiser promotes a new booklet with a map describing opportunities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It urges readers to seize advantages, noting greatly reduced rates and promising mail delivery for six cents postage to W. B. Knuissern, 3 Fifth Ave. Illinois.
The document lists selling prices from a wholesale dealer for various jobbing trades. Quotations indicate bulk rates and discount terms applied to different classifications of goods and services.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry meats dairy and produce including turkey hens and young toms. Butter cheese eggs hides tallow candies nuts coffee sugars salt flour rye bran meal spices beans molasses and syrup are listed with varied prices across grades and packaging. The report names items and price ranges for New York markets and grocers.
A dense catalog of prices for foodstuffs and household goods including produce such as cabbage onions and potatoes, various fruits like apples and oranges, beans and peas, seafood like lobsters and oysters, meats including ham bacon and sausage, plus drugs coal and chemicals. It lists per unit and per quantity charges with numerous brand and grade references, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
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