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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1901
Page
5
Ainslee's Magazine piece recalls a trio walking a road as crickets sing and a late summer dark closes in. The speaker reunites with a past love and a girl from another day, sharing quiet memories and wrestling with faith and doubt in a moonless night.
Poem celebrates the south wind as a bringer of light bloom and springtime abundance. It paints the wind as a blessing over wheat fields, home gardens, and flowers, inviting its refreshing wine of joy. The voice seeks the wind’s strong, fleet spirit in the coy springtime.
A sick actress Susan Ford overhears gossip about a rival era and awakens to a vow to become Drury Lane’s queen. She recalls provincial triumphs, then meets Rupert Wendover who guides her toward London glory before illness again halts her ascent.
Rupert's daily visits sustain Susan Ford's dream of stage comeback at Drury Lane as Ophelia. Her haunting performance enthralls the audience, but a nightmarish scene unfolds when she fights two men in her dressing room. The next morning, her fiancé faces a murderously altered life as she lies mad and detained, destined to miss their wedding.
A chilling quip from a condemned man declares disdain for God and pride in wealth until nightfall when his power drains away. The verse by Edwin L. Sabin, quoted in Chautauquan, contrasts bluster with a bloodless plea to God.
Knives should be scoured after every use and water must not dry on the blade. Carafes and water bottles stay bright with fing ashes mixed into the washing water.
A woman warns against yielding to a rash husband who seeks to stitch a friendship between two women who admire him. She notes the danger when one woman stretches her conscience occasionally and soon loses its shape in pursuit of harmony.
Miss Helen Grantley sues a corset firm in supreme court for 50000 dollars alleging the firm used her portrait in a disrobed form for a newspaper advertisement. She says the action caused public hatred ridicule and caused nervous shock and mental distress.
A collection of short humor snippets from 19th and early 20th century papers. Includes a light sparring over marriage fees with a justice of the peace, casual theater and ball game musings, fashion and penmanship debates, socialite strolls, and a humorous exchange about Miss Loveigh.
The column presents dessert recipes including tapioca jelly with raisins and almonds and a wine jelly with gelatine lemon juice and sherry, plus a rice and orange marmalade pudding with meringue. It ends with a testimonial from Miss Julia Filbridge and an advertisement for slightly used upright pianos at Baldwin's music store.
A wry verse from the Washington Star contends that while nature promises music and ease, mankind will still complain of the heat. The poem imagines a world contented with its lot yet not man who will kick because it is hot.
Miss Caroline Griesheimer, a native of Chillicothe and graduate of its high school, has completed studies at Washington College of Law. She taught school, served as a Ross County probate deputy, and made civil service history as the first woman examiner for the civil service commission. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice in District of Columbia courts.
Instructions describe making a Strawberry Sherbert by boiling water and sugar with strawberries and lemon juice, cooling slightly then freezing. A Strawberry Jelly is layered with slices of strawberries in jelly, topped with whipped cream or custard, with optional currant or pie plant juice for flavor.
Rail line offers one and one third fare for round trips within 150 miles. Tickets sold May 29 and 30 with return travel allowed through May 31. Passengers must utilize Via C, H and D routes. Tickets are valid only on specified dates and returning window.
Tickets valid for round trips within a 150 mile radius. Sale dates May 2 and May 30. Final return by May 31. Restrictions limit travel to local runs and require round trip within the distance cap. Regulated by issuing agency with specified return deadline.
A brief note describes slightly used upright Planos and D and W sleeping and chair cars offered between Indianapolis and Quincy Illinois.
A 1901 rail excursion advertisement lists a Sunday trip from Union Station at 6 30 p m to Kokomo Peru Rochester Lake Manitou Plymouth Walkerton LaPorte and Michigan City with return from Michigan City at 6 20 p m stopping at all points Also promotes Deans Ointment for eczema and other skin diseases at 50 cents and notes slightly used upright pianos for sale at Baldwins music store
A compact collection of wry maxims on love and men and women. It contrasts widowhood, honesty, and heaven with domestic life. The speaker cautions that women discover differences among men and warns against overbearing male behavior.
A fashion note advises avoiding waistbands on shirt waists and recommends arranging fullness with long folds pinned near the corsets. It claims pins hold the folds better than stitching to present a current stylish effect.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Sunday event linked to Vial D and W with unclear date phrasing. No additional details available about location or participants.
A Chicago Record-Herald opinion remarks that a man who trusts nobody may live safely yet lonely. It notes how church misdeeds are seen as a triumph by others and jests about perceptions of youth and looks, contrasting laziness with faulty timing in a rueful analogy.
The wall paper notes urge variety to avoid monotony and recommend borders for small patterns. It stresses giving rooms individuality and suggests Louis XV style when unsure about parlor paper, guiding decorators toward distinct schemes.
A Chicago American note suggests a white point d esprit dress trimmed with soft colored cretonne appliques. Delicate sprays in pink with gold or silver thread suit white, black, green, or mauve fabrics, with restrained, dainty trimming for a youthful look.
A quart of milk boiled in a double boiler. Beat two eggs light and mix with four tablespoonfuls sugar and one tablespoonful flour. Add a little cold milk then stir into boiling milk until thickened. Cool and flavor with vanilla. Pour custard over ready fruit such as strawberries or oranges.
A dense catalog of wholesale prices across poultry, dairy, hides, candies, nuts, coffees, sugars, flour, beans, molasses, rice, hardware, produce, canned goods, spices, drugs, coal, and meats. Includes per unit and per ton figures for items like turkey hens, cheese varieties, coffee brands, Domino sugars, coal grades, Kingan & Co. provisions, and assorted oysters and fish.
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