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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
5
Edgar Brooke, exhausted and penniless, faces dismissal from a country theater. His fiancée Columbine, 16, urges him to keep faith as he returns to the stage to perform amid weary colleagues and a tense, crowded backstage.
The piece traces Ethel Hawkins Akow to Ethel Aklow becoming Lady Bowyer, Wife of Sir George Bowyer. A mining camp beauty with American roots marries the sporting baronet after a rapid rise to society. She later deserts him for Carle Johnston, leading to divorce proceedings in Britain and New York papers.
Edgar Brooke, a touring actor, collapses after a mistaken leap and is revived by a sympathetic troupe. Columbine praises his grit and endurance, urging the cast to support him during hard times as they prepare for a changing future. A Gray club postscript notes a permanent clubhouse and a New Year’s Day reception.
A humorous verse from the Ohio State Journal extols the bachelor as a contented, self sufficient man who avoids marriage and offspring. It celebrates independence, frugal thrift, and the freedom to speak and laugh without accountability, praising the bachelor’s cheerful independence amid Cupid’s faded wares.
A coroner’s jury verdict on Bill’s death prompts a jab about natural causes and a gun safety prank. In another shard of urban chatter Mrs. Strongmind critiques a woman’s energy while Mrs. Up to date probes engagement in crusades, reflecting social banter and domestic bustle.
In this November Bookman poem a speaker rejects fear of death and embraces the sea as a final, noble form of work and companionship. The speaker recalls loving life, doing a man’s work among men, and now welcomes death in the salt, sturdy wrestling of the sea.
A humorously pointed column notes that a girl under twenty delays full decision between a frozen statue and a coy, clinging woman. It also mocks married life and housekeeping with a quip about receiving half of living at "mother's." It mentions an Atchison man with a burial lot containing his first wife, her mother, and his second wife.
A Chicago offer from Dr Mary Lock Co promises a full sized five dollar treatment sent free by mail to any suffering woman. Readers are asked to send name and address with six cents in stamps and three names of other ladies, with a note that no names will be used. The letter emphasizes plain packaging and prepaid charges.
Minnie Seligman, a leading emotional actress, will perform four nights starting Thursday at English's in When a Woman Moves. The week also features A Runaway Girl early, Maclyn Arbuckle in a new play late, and Jessie Izett thriving as Lavender with the Grand stock company. The Wednesday matinee was the season’s largest. changes occur on Thursday with the Behman show and the four Co hans farce Running for Office. The Empire bill stays the same all week.
A November feature shares a pumpkin pie recipe from a famed US hotel head pastry cook. It details stewing pumpkin, preparing a rich filling with sugar ginger cinnamon clove nutmeg and molasses, then baking two large pies in a moderate oven without an upper crust.
A curio of observations on Christmas gifts and female tastes notes a boy's expectations for the holiday and the public persona of a star performer. It riffs on secrecy, wealth, and the surprises of how people live, ending with a wry comment on appearances.
A simple home craft describes making a soft baby ball from zephyr wrapped between two cardboard disks. Wind material through the center, trim the edges to form a velvetlike sphere, and secure with twine before removing the cards. Ball size depends on cardboard circles and center hole.
An economical, nutritious soup recipe. Sauté onion in butter, add cooked oatmeal, stock, and milk. Simmer briefly, push through a sieve, reheat, and finish with egg yolk, salt, and pepper. Serves as a hearty everyday dish from Mrs Rorer.
Advice for young women on simplicity tact and self respect urging modest dress neatness and measured social interaction. Caution against vanity seduction entertainers and trusting many male callers while stressing sincerity and prudence in relationships.
Fire damaged W. H. Cannan’s barn at 710 Prospect, Wednesday night, causing $101 in losses. An electric light wire burned in two and the entire circuit lost power, prompting frightened neighbors to run from their homes in bare feet.
Clarence A. W Parker reports to police that he misplaced $350 from his vest pocket after celebrating his birthday with alcohol. He lives on Agnes street near Blake street and says the money was part of an inheritance received a few days earlier.
A Cincinnati woman uncovers a beauty secret that promises perfect skin after enduring years of dissatisfaction. The article asserts the innovation can banish sighs and heartaches from poor appearance.
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