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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
4
A collage of snippets from Indiana papers. Remarks praise or critique President Roosevelt and the coal strike, note European press support, mock Chicago, and joke about John Foster Fraser. Mentions railroads, labor, and political tensions across several cities.
Joseph P Throupe of Paoli, Republican chairman, praised Senator Fairbanks after visiting his office. Tom Shipp, Bev eridge aide, reports Beveridge reception in Winchester as the campaign’s most enthusiastic. Dr John F Benham says a Republican in Ward 2 offered to sell influence for ten dollars, but the committee has no money for such. It’s a good time to lock up your apparel if you own multiple suits.
The coal strike arbitration panel includes Bishop John Lancaster Spalding of Peoria a long time labor ally who warned against corporate wrongs and franchise abuse The engineers journal editor Edward Wheeler Parker and Thomas H Watkins with operator ties Gen John M Wilson Edgar E Clark George Gray are named as specialists and judges noted for probity labor concerns and neutrality The Tribune notes Grays previous roles in peace commissions and arbitration efforts
A collection of light anecdotes and brief vignettes. A youth’s clash with his father over hair fashion contrasts with Cardinal Manning comforting a widow of ten children. A tough jailhouse reply and Little Elsie’s Sunday school attentiveness round out the page’s human-interest humor.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It promises one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with a sales pitch for tablets and mailing a free cure booklet.
A column advises dainty linen care with rotation to save wear. It explains starching linen via bluing water for a crisp look, damp ironing napkins, and folding tablecloths. It echoes a traveler’s notes on English shop language, noting vocabulary shifts for common items and fashion details in London.
Prepare one cup rinsed rice in plenty of boiling water for 15 minutes. Drain, add one pint cold water, one teaspoon salt and two tablespoons sugar. Peel core and chop apples finely, add to rice, and cook until tender.
A charming waist garment designed for the woman who embraces all black outfits uses flowing chiffon. It highlights a lightweight silhouette and versatile wearability, suitable for evening events and formal occasions.
Auntie attends as delegate triggering a family scene. A little maid writes to a cousin about the devil in Harper's Magazine. She asks how to spell it, shocking her aunt. A minister visits. a child draws a portrait, decides it lacks likeness and adds a tail, calling it a dog.
Society notes report multiple weddings across the area. Miss Anna Jackman married Frank D. Lea in a New York and Greenwich visit, and Miss Anna Hayes wed Arthur J. Randall in their Talbott avenue home. Other ceremonies include Miss Gertrude Ginz with Julius C. Keller and Miss Marguerite Bugbee with Edwin M. Craft, with attendants named and gowns described. Local brides wore duchesse lace, satin, and organdie as clusters of guests gathered at homes and churches.
The passage advises kerosene to remove grease from gas ranges with strict fire precautions. It also recommends cleaning worn steel embroidered chatelaines using burnt alum, including burning alum, pounding stone, and sifting through coarse muslin, then applying dry with a soft brush. Burnt alum powder is available at drug stores. The method requires thoroughness.
The passage notes that turnover worn on almost every stock should form a complete wrap around the front without gaps. Tabs vary in length from short to long, with shapes including scalloped and pointed, but the important rule is a seamless front and full round-the-stack coverage.
The passage recalls decorative tufty tips used to trim low flat hats, noting a dozen feathers create a wreath like crown embellishment. It cites a prior blue felt hat with a dozen tips as admired, and observes that such stylish ideas now recur, though current trend stems from milliners rather than individuals.
A fragmented excerpt blends poetry and dialogue about memory and loss within a dim room. The speaker recalls a presence through perfume and blue eyes as a missing loved one lingers in memory and atmosphere.
A meditation on spoken sympathy versus silent thoughts. The speaker urges expressing kindness aloud to uplift the weary and oppressed, recalling Hager’s plea and appealing to shared humanity. The verse ends with a moral that blessings follow those who express compassion and then seek it for themselves.
The Pennsylvania New York Limited, from Indianapolis, becomes an independent train from St. Louis and Indianapolis with library, smoking, dining, sleeping, and observation cars. A sleeping car runs Indianapolis to New York daily at 7 15 p m, and three through trains with sleeping and dining cars depart Indianapolis at 8 10 a m, 5 0 p m, and 7 15 p m. For information contact W W Richardson in Indianapolis.
A fragment shows dialogue between Jinks and Jenks with remarks about Antoinette Marie. The exchange hints at contrasting perceptions, noting she isn’t as black as she is painted nor as white and rosy as claimed. The text reads as a clipped, characterful snapshot.
Edward Singer quotes a stern judge urging a defendant to alter a gun incident account. The judge pressingly instructs to say looking down the barrel rather than locking the rain barrel during the shooting.
Mrs L P Bucy of 109 North East St Indianapolis reports the Nerve Pills from Hyder's Drug Store restored her energy and vigor after a period of low vitality. The pills, sold 50 cents a box, bear the portrait and signature of Dr A W Chase on every package and are distributed by the Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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