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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
5
Mrs W A Johnson of Paris Ky is famed for cookery. Her strawberry shortcake recipe instructs washing berries, sugaring, preparing a two layer soft dough and baking, then layering berries with whipped cream. A border of fresh berries decorates the edge.
Rupertine Cliffgate teases a possible match with the young minister Ardham as Daisy helps in church work and a parsonage romance unfolds. Ardham assigns Tiny Cliffgate to charity work and a Sunday class, while Rupertine eyes marriage and a life of wealth.
Robert Fulton Cutting and Minnie Seligman wed in July 1882. the couple's union is noted in this period record with limited biographical detail.
Rupertine protests as Daisy accepts Mr Archam’s marriage proposal heard in New York. Daisy embraces love, noting Rupertine’s failed effort to win him. both acknowledge Daisy as the suitable minister’s wife. Aldham echoes quiet approval.
A humorous poem contrasts Black and white wives, noting a Black wife finds contentment in home life and children, while a white wife craves constant new things. The speaker asks why, each spring, a white wife moves, framing a social stereotype from a Detroit Free Press piece.
Miss Ruth Beardsley of Derby Connecticut used a bicycle to cross the Shelton to East Derby railroad trestle nearly a mile long to prove a woman could do what a man has done. She recalls nervous moment at two spaced ties but steady balance carried her across.
The column notes Lady Locket’s loss and Capt Corhlan’s wife at Mrs Lippincott's dinner. It mentions Miss Gertrude Joerg aiding orphans in Wavana, gingham dresses for tile children, 1900 rations from the U S government, and a ten pound daily supply. It adds Mrs McHanley’s pet charity, and a Parisian necklace by Madame Lancelot Croce for the French government showcasing 12 medals of famous French women.
A brief Chicago News note suggests a patient with pneumonia is recovering. doctors express optimism while the narrative shifts to other scenes. The voice conveys hopeful medical outlook and casual observation.
A careful young woman reworks last summer shirt waists for this season. She cuts sleeves, trims shoulder puffs, and resews them, producing a rejuvenated look that is easier to wear with a jacket.
The reader is urged to cease jealousy and keep faith through hardship. A moral meditation emphasizes patience, cheerful effort, and trust in divine guidance as others seem better off. The poem notes small voices guiding toward the straight and narrow way without jealousy.
A collection of aphoristic lines on love, music, ego, bills, wisdom, hairdressers, speech, and money. The author notes love as a blinding force, musically inclined people as airtight, and the dollar as a talking yet silent power.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution addresses the dreamer on life’s highway as storms break and the night ends. It contrasts dreamers with the dawns of a harsher life where idols fall and lights still shine guiding toward a hard won reality.
Comic exchanges from Harlem Life and Brooklyn Life feature a man regretting a quarrel with his wife and seeking forgiveness while another asks for an apology. A Chicago Post quip notes Aguinaldo’s resistance to U S authority over a misdirected payment.
An ad warns against women posing as physicians and praises Dr. R. V. Pierce of the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo. It claims superior treatment of women’s diseases, a private confidential letter policy, and invites sick women to write for a free consultation and private replies.
In a clipped exchange Mrs Blank questions her maid Bridget about wearing a voluminous brown shawl in warm weather. Bridget insists on keeping the shawl to avoid exposing her figure, crying out about showing her figure and refusing to go out without it.
The message asks if you have a small amount of idle money and whether you would consider it for a purpose.
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