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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1900
Page
5
Miss Rosamond Rodkinson, daughter of Dr. Michael L. Rodkinson, assists her father in rendering the Babylonian Talmud into English. A well educated Vienna native, she travels to interest Hebrew students in the book of books, editing manuscript while en route to the coast.
Luke Garland and his wife and child settle on the Saco Bank near Great Notch. After a deer hunt he discovers redskins abducting his wife. He scales a cliff and triggers a rock to crush six attackers, freeing his wife and child. The Death Rock cliff bears the name.
A poem laments fashionable skirts dragging in the gutter, mocking excess and women’s style. The speaker divides duties between men working for money and buying skirts, while questioning the reason behind senseless fashion. The piece ends with Life commentary on male roles.
A timber merchant mulls trade when a quiet man asks for beachwood for a fiddle bridge. The exchange leads to a quip about the odd order. A hostess praises a game pie while Brigson, eager to please, makes a wry reply. A remark about a man with a wooden leg closes the fragment.
Mrs. Adelaide Sherman Hanson of Louisville sues for divorce from Albert F. Hanson four years after their rapid Camden New Jersey wedding. She met him while visiting Philadelphia in January 1897 and married four days later in Camden.
The article describes a fancy colored leather matinee bag with a ribbon shoulder strap and gold on black velvet detailing. It notes accessories like cambric handkerchiefs with Mother Goose prints and wide uses of velvet and panne ribbons on evening gowns, especially net gowns with velvet trim.
Lake Erie and Western R R offers a 1 excursion Sunday November 4 1900 from Indianapolis leaves 6 30 am to Fort Wayne Lima and Celina with stops at Tipton Elwood Alexandria Muncie Portland Red Key Montpelier Hartford City Bluffton Fort Wayne and St Marys. return from Fort Wayne 6 pm.
Over the last year the Chicago and North-Western Railway completed 474 miles of new line across fertile Iowa and Minnesota. The lines are in full operation, fostering growing towns that serve as trade centers for nearby communities. A descriptive pamphlet detailing business opportunities in each town is available from railway agents or W. B. Kniskern, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago.
Indiana Dental College at 8. W. Cer. Delaware and Chiests advertises patient intake from morning to evening for all kinds of dental work. Fees cover cost only, priced at $1.00 per dozen at The Modern, 164 Be Washington. Clark, 116 x. Thest. ds the Place.
The text lists Mr Man tastes from sturdy Morris chairs and black iron lamps to Turkish rugs and old armor for his den. He favors brassy ornaments, burnt leather work, Flemish steins, and novelty papers, while avoiding flimsy India prints and excessive canopies or dim religious light.
A short reflective verse urges praising friends and singers and sharing grief. It advocates expressing love and support openly, urging communal prayer and kinship with the skies. The tone is exhortatory and moral, emphasizing timely kindness.
A Philadelphia Bulletin reflection questions vulgar speech, public displays like toothpicks, staring women on streetcars, age talk, self-importance, insulting waiters, extravagant spending, and overzealous romantic letters. It critiques social nerve and character through pointed examples.
Poem fragment from the Boston Journal describes a mother’s blissful love overshadowing her day. The speaker notes a guiding shadow that precedes and frames every step, causing both joy and annoyance in daily life.
Harper's Bazar notes Irish cottage life with spinning wheels and flax work king a dowry and homemade linen. Women, old and young, work outdoors when weather allows, preserving homespun markets in Dublin and London and noble support revives Ireland’s crafts.
Dr. B F Bye formerly at 227 N Illinois Street has moved his downtown office to 403 N Illinois Street at the northeast corner of Vermont. Both telephone numbers are 182.
Full regular dinner and business men's lunch offered at St Charles hotel. Lunch priced at 15 cents. Property owned by Chas Muel lerschoen with McCreast as proprietor, opposite Union station.
Notice from the Board of Trustees of Irvington Indiana that bids will be received November 14 1900 at 8 p m for the construction of an underground surface sewer from the east gutter south of Ritter Street north of Washington Street to the Layman Street gutter line. Plans are on file with the town engineer. The board may reject any bid. A meeting of affected property owners will be held at the same time to voice objections. Samuel McGaughey Town Clerk.
The heir to 10 million dollars Harry Huddleson Rogers wed Mary Benjamin of Philadelphia. His father H H Rogers, Standard Oil magnate, faced a bitter divorce battle over Mae Rogers a daughter who fled with stock broker’s son Joseph Cooper Mott. Mae later married William R Coe in New York.
Indianapolis residents Mrs Charles Goodman of Market Street and her husband report relief from kidney and urinary troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills. They bought a box from Henry J Huder at Washington and Pennsylvania streets and praise the product as a general healer. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Price 50c. Remember the name DOAN'S.
Mrs May Hawkins of Grand Rapids offers a home remedy said to cure drunkenness and save families. The ad extols her secret treatment and publishes grateful letters from husbands and wives who claim lasting sobriety after using it.
Collection of motivational quotes about ambition, obedience, purpose, and independent thinking. Includes lines attributed to J. C. Jaynes Carlyle Francis Quarrels O. S. Marden J. B. White and G. B. Fisk.
A recipe for Cocoanut Pudding uses fresh grated cocoanut butter sugar milk eggs salt nutmeg and breadcrumbs baked in a buttered dish. An ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla to strengthen nerves and blood and Hood's Pills for sick headache at 25c.
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