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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
5
A London paper scoffs at new beauty dictates urging women to pose on their faces and change their figures with clothing and cosmetics. It argues the advice is idiotic, promotes artificiality, and urges women to be natural instead of chasing style fads.
Isabella Stewart descends from a Spanish nobleman and American sea captain. A clandestine 19th century marriage leads to a scattered life, a single child, and a mother whose last act curses or blesses by urging a repentance letter to the Marquis de Villena. The tale follows vanished farm laborer Andrew and a motherly bond that shadows Isabella into adulthood.
Promotes Dr Pierce's non alcoholic remedies with printed ingredients. Claims glycerine as safer extractor, advocates Golden Medical Discovery with Stone root Black Cherrybark and Golden Seal root for coughs digestion and lung issues. Describes pellets as laxative and cathartic, offers free booklet and 1006 page medical adviser for 25 cents postage.
In New Orleans a young actress bears sudden tragedy as her father dies while she performs on stage. She insists on continuing the engagement under an absolute vow of silence, and a fellow actor recalls the night of anguish and the unspoken support that steadied her through the performance.
A tale begins with Isabell meeting Charles Maitland, an adopted son of a New York merchant. They marry aboard a vessel bound for the West Indies, endure seasickness, and face peril at sea. Rescued near Spain, Isabell learns of her grandfather the Marquis de Villers, who shares news of a Spain invitation. He offers Charles a Cuban plantation, which he accepts, and the Marquis dies later leaving the estate to the couple and their descendants.
Mrs Rose Elizabeth Cleveland sister of Grover Cleveland rose as a wealthy land investor. Twenty years ago she bought an estate off the coast of Maine for four dollars and sixty cents and recently sold part of it for two hundred thousand dollars.
An excerpt discusses women favoring a vegetarian diet. A speaker says it improves the mistress’s complexion and makes dishes easier for the maid to wash, presenting the diet as popular for two practical reasons and social appeal.
A monument to J Sterling Morton former secretary of agriculture in President Cleveland's cabinet was unveiled at Nebraska City Nebraska. President Cleveland delivered the principal address during the ceremony citing Mortons public service and the monument's significance to the region.
A yearling mule raced a freight train near Indianapolis in a dramatic three mile dash along the railroad right of way. The mule cleared three cattle guards and reached the Bluscatatuck bridge before finally stopping, while the train thundered at around 30 miles per hour with trainmen watching from the caboose.
An Iowa woman wins a divorce on the ground her husband refused to laugh at her jokes, asserting humor as an inherent right. The court supports the principle that a joyful home aids digestion and harmony, urging husbands to laugh at wives jokes or face consequences.
Shelbyville Indiana November 2 Special to The Sun Lawrence Griswold stood at his mother's grave as the casket sank when Sheriff Thomas E Newton took him into custody on a bigamy charge. He was released on bond. the present wife Mrs Joseph Law former widow and heiress. It is alleged he was not divorced from his first wife of Edinburg Indiana whom he married fourteen years ago.
A Santa Fe wreck near Kansas City claims 12 lives and many injuries. A man died after rejoining the buffet car for a drink while another, highly intoxicated, escaped harm as Conductor Montrose held his ticket for safety. Joseph Seymour, cashier of Ray County Savings Bank at Richmond, Mo., urged a highball in the dining car before the crash.
In a smoking car lit by lamps twelve people perished in the wreck. Seymour was instantly killed with his body mangled. friends nearby escaped. A heavily intoxicated passenger, found later, survived unharmed while others suffered fatal or serious injuries.
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