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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1905
Page
5
A vintage guide advises restraint in graduation dress, favoring simple white frocks over ornate styles. It urges careful material choice, modest embroidery, and durable lace, noting that quality trims last and inexpensive options can still look tasteful with good taste.
The article surveys dress materials and trimming options: lawn, dimity, Swiss, organdies, mull, net, and striped or dotted patterns priced around two to five cents per yard, with white ground or colored weaves. It notes embroidery and eyelet edging, hints at lace use, and advises simple, well-fitting gowns for a fresh, girlish look suitable for graduation attire. mentions decollite gowns and elbow sleeves as fashionable details.
A guidance piece for young men about proper commencement attire. It suggests a black box Caray suit, white collar, and a choice of black bow or four in hand neckwear. The tone reflects formal dress standards for platform appearances.
An exhausted speaker collapses at the feet after discarding dirty straw. The grinding of the rock awakens the narrator, who remains spent and worn, describing a grim, solitary moment of fatigue and awakening.
In a murky Allied-era note a man shot in the wrist is described. The fragment claims he pursued a woman and begged arrest, then fled with companions into an area where authorities reportedly found them. The text appears to reference a shooting at a bird.
A quirky fragment describes a frog named as I5 croaking near a log and a tree. It mentions a legendary bullfrog a measured 151 inches from fore to hind feet, joking about its size. The scene shifts to India where native bullfrogs grow to large sizes in the wild.
A narrator recalls a youth near a boarding school where he met Julia, a girl of his past. After a dangerous river crossing and a rescue, years pass with him haunted by forgiveness. At twenty, Julia reappears and guides him to the dam, revealing a noble act by a boy who saved them.
An evocative vignette set in New York as the author notes how cowslips from the country provoke longing for home. A clerk and a shirtwaist buyer react to the country origin of the flowers and the speaker observes urban strangers momentarily touched by rural imagery, revealing a shared ache for homeland and authenticity.
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