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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
5
The marriage of Miss Burnet to Tseng Chao Whwang of the Chinese legation stirs London society as such matches between society girls and Chinese gentlemen are rare and disapproved. The bride wore a China gown and a bridal robe was sent for the Chinese ceremony.
A lone rider recounts a dawn ride through a wild veldt when a cock ostrich threatened with low fencing. After a furious chase, a Kaffir is killed and the ostrich slain by locals as the rider reaches the farm. The man reflects on the deadly outcome and his own guilt.
The poem celebrates love as a leaven that fuses the ideal with the human real. It speaks of love as a mingling of heaven and earth, bringing joyful dread, fleeting happiness, and wise eternal fashion, with pleasureable pain and earthly passion enduring beyond time.
A proposed two mile tunnel beneath the East River from New York to Brooklyn would cost 36 600 600 and take two years to complete. Builders plan hydraulic tunneling with large machines advancing a mile each, meeting with precision inside rock layers, daily removing debris and reinforcing sections as two feet progress per day. The project recalls the Brooklyn Bridge era with caution about future surface and rail traffic needs.
A female suffrage speaker asked where man would be today without woman and repeated the question. A voice from the gallery quipped that he would be in the garden of Eden eating strawberries.
Busy Saturday sale at The Star Store features deep cuts across men and women wear and accessories. Millinery and wool suits drop from high prices to 5.00 range, plus watches, belts, sashes, ribbons, and umbrellas offered at steep lower prices. Named items include mens all wool Black Cheviot suits, sterling silver heart jewelry, Cyrano belts, and Ladies fancy jeweled hat pins.
Elsie McCoy of Cleveland becomes the first woman agent elected to represent a union. She represents the Waitresses' union and is campaigning to improve conditions for women in the profession.
A neighbor complains about a girl learning piano and a boy practicing fiddle. He laments the constant sounds of tump tump and wishes for the strings to break, noting they fear losing friendly relations as both youths pursue music and possible fame.
A collage of humorous comic snippets from the New York Sun Chicago Post Puck Brooklyn Life and Tit Bits. It includes Susan Grate asking for asparagustus at Mrs Staybolt s, a remark on aging and marriage, a baby precursor joke about precocity, golf timing for a child, a vain father line and a restaurant steak complaint.
Ten year old Marion, tasked to teach two year old Mabel prayers, sees the younger child recite the poem Woodman Spare That Tree, in devout tones, altering the intended religious emphasis. The scene unfolds as a family moment showing the child’s mischief and imagination.
In Kitchen notes a cook offers lean fish methods brushing with oil or melted butter and broiling to mimic frying without frying odor. Thrifty cooks are urged to use asparagus stalks for flavor in soup. Pineapple fritters are described with batter fry and optional sugary sauce. Capt Coghlan acts as godfather to an 8 year old in Philadelphia and gifts a Manila Bay shell inscription from the battle of Manila to his goddaughter Marie Coghlan Roberts.
A Chicago woman known for housekeeping offers a personal strawberry shortcake recipe to sisters, criticizing newspaper recipes as troublesome. She suggests two rich biscuit layers with butter, berries between and a brief bake to finish, claiming a lighter, juicier result than typical methods. Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. Thomas Electric Oil sold at drug stores.
A compact classified-style note from The Sun invites readers to contact via telephone 880 or visit the Sun office for bargains, promising value in items like collars and cuffs from Progress laundry and urging the public to inform the paper of good deals.
A newspaper sale note advertises deep discounts on boys knee pant suits for ages 3 to 15 in double breasted and vestee styles. Prices range from about $1.35 to $5.48, with several patterns and fabrics offered at Saturday special rates.
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