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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1894
Page
3
Poem fragment praising Alanna with vivid images of green lane, blue skies, river music, and the speaker’s heart leaping. Mentions Avanva machree and Alanna mechree with affectionate epithets and rural details. The piece reads as lyrical verse from a century-era publication.
Dorothy Pillingham and Guy de Woking face a strict, secretive arrangement enforced by Dr. Pillingham and Lord Broadmoor. A year of quiet letters and wary visits ends when Dorothy’s revived attachment is publicly questioned, revealing a fragile balance between liberty and parental control in a tangled social plot.
A brief exchange in the Baltimore Telegram notes Hon Mrs Guy de Woking remarking to her father that he has not left home for a year without his stethoscope, illustrating a lighter moment within a legal context. The line highlights a domestic, humorous touch amid formal proceedings.
The era dictates weighty skirts with stiffening and haircloth. Even as fashion demands fullness, practical women seek a middle path to avoid backaches. Light-weight fabrics and skirt supporters become options, while precautions like belt hooks and bodice eyes prevent sagging. The passage also notes diverse trivia about world leaders and odd quotes from newspapers.
In a humorous sidebar a contributor offers a World War II style map pattern for a winter dolman, while the editor rejects the topic as outside the fashion paper. The piece notes 1895 calendars in stores and flashy silk stockings, plus a promotional thermom eter from Sipe the jeweler. Police seek Wm J Kerchival in Minneapolis for grand larceny. he was once a city resident and captain in Company A, Second Regiment Infantry.
Colorado forest fires are out and wage cuts loom for Lehigh Valley railroad workers in December. A Chicago milling trust forms to raise flour prices. Willard denounces saloons in Cleveland. Powderly boom in the K of L convention in New Orleans. Tragic incidents in Chicago and Elmira involve landlady killings and suicides. Practical kitchen tips urge a fresh, attractively served table with seasonal flowers and small portions, including a baked apple dessert.
A historical pamphlet argues that cold exposure weakens the body and that victory hinges on mobilizing all forces. It praises Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a medicinal stimulant that distributes blood, steadies circulation, acts as an appetizer, and aids a run down system in fighting a cold.
Markets stay steady with extensive price lists across meats, produce and canned fruits. Includes quotes for ham sugar cured Virginia and California varieties, bacon, sausage, dried beef, pork, lard, beans, cranberries, apples, pears, grapes, oranges, potatoes, cabbage, greens, and numerous canned fruits and breakfast goods with shipper prices for quail rabbits and live poultry. Also lists river fish, dairy, grains, hay, and farm staples with per unit and per barrel or box quotes.
A dense listing of prices for oils linseed and coal oil, lard oil, butter, cheese, canned vegetables, coffee, sugar, and cereals, with Patents, bran, meal, and feed figures. Includes creaming powders, baking powder, and miscellaneous groceries, all in fluctuating per-unit and per-weight terms.
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