The Vindication of Crawford
In a tense desert campaign tent General Condit and Col. Neel clash over Capt. Crawford as a daring battery action against Boer guns leads to heavy casualties. Crawford executes orders at Zerbugge's hollow while Neel questions him. The aftermath reveals a grim battlefield scene with a woman and child among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Condit
Lieut
Gaily
Capt. Crawford
Neel
Crawford
Zerbugge’s Hollow
Col. Neel
Zerbugge's Hollow
Barnes
Zerbugge
No. 10 Battery
Laat
General addressed captain reveals identity amid battle scene
A battered man steps forward with a gash above his eye and blood streaming down. He salutes and declares, I am Capt. Crawford, my wife and child are dead, pointing to two ghastly corpses as the general looks on.
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Capt
Crawford
The Old Miner Talks From the Stump to Tenderfeet
A rural light verse note by Robert V. Carr in St Paul Dispatch mocks eager east denizens seeking instant gold. It contrasts rugged miners’ years of toil with hopeful newcomers who expect easy riches. The piece ends urging patience, saw wood, and staying home to learn a craft rather than chase myths of bullion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert V. Carr
Paul Dispatch
The Barbara Frietchie Portrait Gift to Anna Morgan
A faded photograph of Barbara Frietchie, given by John G. Whittier to Anna Morgan, who had just debuted as a reader in Boston. Whittier honored her with the sole photo of Frietchie, praising her courage and gentleness, while Morgan later moved to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Morgan
Barbara Frietchie
John G. Whittier
Miss Morgan
Boston
Whittier
Mrs Funston to Join Husband in the Philippines
Gen Funston prepares for Manila with his wife sailing aboard the Grant. She travels with her sister Miss Blankart and plans to live with the general for a time, while Funston operates near San Ysidro. This trip marks her second Manila voyage after marriage to the Kansan soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Funston
Philippines
Manila
War Department
Tomato Red in Fashion Fades as Too Bright for Eyes
The text notes very young girls wearing tomato red costumes and velvet while elders sport hints of the color in hats and blouses. It argues the color is not beautiful in itself, being too perishable to please the eye, with some shades like carnation pink or rose deemed equally vivid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Secret marriage ends in doubt for Miss Vita Mulkey
Miss Vita Mulkey daughter of ex chief justice of Illinois secretly wed Edward Passo in Paducah Kentucky and hastily faced divorce after declaring she no longer loves him. Passo later returned to Texas to build a home while Mulkey and wife offer forgiveness and allow a potential divorce to free her from unwanted bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vita Mulkey
Supreme Court of Illinois
Edward Passo
Paducah
Passo
Texas
Mulkey
Kind-hearted Woman Helps Runaway Boy In Brief Exchange
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a runaway youth confessing hardship after his mother’s death. A kind woman offers sympathy and shelter while noting his fatigue, and a joking dialogue about family and manners appears in excerpts from the Boston Transcript and Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Pointed Paragraphs From The Chicago News
A series of maxims and reflections on life, marriage, memory, and character. The text emphasizes partnership in ownership, movement versus stasis, memory for compliments, virtues of slow living paired with high thinking, and the lasting impact of lessons received at a mother’s knee as recounted by Chicago News.
How to prepare and serve celery with ice layered pack
Instructions describe washing trimming and using celery in cold water then arranging in a deep dish with ice sugar and repeated layers. The method ends by chilling the packed celery in the refrigerator and serving on a glass dish with chopped ice.
Linings and fashion change favor white linings now
The article notes a shift in fashion away from bright linings toward white linings for gowns and coats. It describes dress skirts using soft taft with delicate frills and pleats, emphasizing color-matching linings when funds are limited and requiring silk petticoats to harmonize with street gowns in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Midas
What Little Girls Like in School Suits
Describes little girls outfits for advancing seasons, noting serge fabrics, wash frocks discarded, and steady styles. Highlights the old-time nailor collar blouse with shield versus serge suit with plain jacket and skirt, requiring a shirt waist as the standard school suit.
Elegant Cabinets at One Dollar Per Dozen
Modern advertises cabinets at one dollar per dozen with slight notation about Washington. Limited readable text suggests a bulk sale or promotional pricing from an old classifieds page. Entities include ITHB and Washington but specifics are unclear.
Good Night in the Drawing Room Romance
A narrator reflects on a intimate farewell scene in a dark hall and drawing room. The mood centers on whispered goodnights, a trembling hand, and the fear of parting while confessing deep love for a beloved companion. Roy McArdell frames a tender private moment between two people.
Positive Proof Skeptic in Indianapolis
A citizen reports severe kidney pains with dark secretions and sleepless nights. Samuel D Waters of 507 Washington St credits Dean's Kidney Pills and Dean's Ointment with relieving his kidney trouble eczema and long standing hemorrhoids after using the products sold by Foster-Minburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Waters
Washington St
Hendricks Block
Markeist
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Mulburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United State
Dean’s
Liquor and game room license sought in Indianapolis ward
A. A. Banta gives notice to voters in Marion county Indiana of his plan to apply to the county commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. He also seeks pool table privileges in the game room at No 1063 Virginia Ave ward 13 Center township.
Indianapolis Liquor License Notice in Ward 15
The subscriber no tifies the waters of the Eleventh ward Center township Marion county Indiana will apply to the Board of county commissioners at December term 1909 for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than two gallons per sale with on premises drinking privilege. The business place fronts east on West street first floor of a two story frame building in Yandes subdivision outlet 129 part lots 4 to 46 city of Indianapolis Center township Indiana known as northwest corner of West and Morris streets Ward 15. Conrad Hoereth.
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Thirteenth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
County Commissioners
Virginia-ave
Daugherty
Indianapolis
A. A. Banta
Eleventh Ward
Inilena
Board of County Commissioners
Yandes
Outlet 129
Marlen County
Gana
West and
Morris Sts
Conrad Hoereth
Massachusetts Ave
Exchange Land Company
Simon Goldsmith
Virginia Ave
Bradshaw & Holmes
sCenter Township
Bradshaw St
Abe Polaskei
Board of Commissioners
State of Indiana
Russell-ave
McCarty
Norwood
Outlet 122
Russell Ave
Philip Nugar
State of
Busieney
Shelby St
Mmetcher’s Et
Notice to seek liquor licenses in two wards of Indianapolis
The notice states Simon Goldsmith and John N Matz will apply at the December 1900 term of the board of county commissioners for licenses to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons. Goldsmith plans a first floor room at 922 Massachusetts Ave in a two story brick building in Center township Ward 2. Matz plans a first floor room fronting north on Wabash Street in a four story brick building in Center township Ward 6.
Resident seeks license to sell liquor and pool in Indianapolis
Chas A Kuhn announces he will apply to Marion county board at December 1900 term for license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallon quantities with on premises consumption. Business is a first floor room at 302 S New Jersey St in the east front of a one story brick building at the southwest corner of New Jersey and Louisiana streets in Center township Indianap lis. He also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Tenth Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Square 100
New Jersey
Louisiana Sts
Indianapolis
Indiana
New Jersey St
Chas. A. Kuhn
Liquor License Sought in Indiana Thirteenth Ward
A local voter petition in Marion county Indiana requests a license to sell intoxicating malt and spiritous liquors for on premises consumption. The business is described as a first floor room facing east on Virginia avenue, in a two story brick building on lot 50 in Bradshaw Holmes subdivision, center township Indianapolis Ward 13. The applicant is Abe Polaskei.
License to Sell Intoxicating Liquors in Indiana Ward
The voters of the Eleventh ward Center of Indiana grant Philip Nugar a license to sell intoxicating vinous malt and spirituous liquors in quantities at Russell Avenue northwest corner of Russell Avenue and McCarty Street first floor of a two story frame building on lot No 8 in Norwood's subdivision outlet 122 Indianapolis Center Township Marion ward 11 on Russell Ave and McCarty St.
License Application for Liquor Sale in Indianapolis Ward 11
A notice from a Plain Township Magon County Indiana official announces applying to the Board of Commissioners at the December 1900 term for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with in premises drinking. The business is in a first floor room fronting north on Kentucky Ave No 2, a two story brick building on Lot 4 Square 67, 100 feet from the south end, ward 11, Indianapolis. The applicant also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Center Township
Magon County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Kentucky Ave
South End
Indianapolis
Marion County
Ward 11
Indianapolis license bid for 1483 Shelby Street
Fred Hehrhart applies to the Basket of Indiana in December 1900 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at 1483 Shelby Street, first floor, a one story frame building in ward 13. He also requests table privileges in the same room.
Notice of liquor license application in Marion County
The subscriber gives notice to voters of the Fourth ward Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the board of county commissioners at their December term for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in a room fronting north at the southeast corner of Eighteenth street and Post avenue on the first floor of a two story frame building in Lieber and Kothe addition Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as the southeast corner of Eighteenth street and Fest avenue and known as Nov 116 West Eighteenth street in ward 4 James M Jones.
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Bareby
Fourth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Eighteenth St
Post-ave
Lieber & Kothe
Indianapolis
Eighteenth-st. and
Festave
Eighteenth-st
James M. Jones
Archie Greathouse Seeks Beer Wine Liquor License For Indiana Ave Site
Archie Greathouse applies to the Marion County Board of Commissioners at the December term 1960 for a license to sell spiritous vinious malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The business is a room facing east on Indiana Ave on the first floor of a three story brick building at 220 Indiana Ave Ward 6 centered in Center Township Indianapolis. He also seeks pool table and restaurant privileges in the same room.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Indiana Ave
Indiana-ave
Indianapolis
Notice of liquor license application in Center ward
Voters in the Seventh ward are informed that the applicant will seek a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons. The business premises are a room on Washington Street in a two story brick building in Metsger and son's subdivision, Center Marion County Indiana. The application is to the Board of County Commissioners at the December term 190.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County, Commissioners
Merth
Washington St
Metsger and Son
City of
Indianapolis
Washington-at
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Trimmer
Thaca
Rbara Frietchie
George
Detroit Free Press
Chicago News
Washington
Roy McArdell
Skeptic
Physicians and Surgeons
M. Ofce
E. Marke
St Marne
Sixth Ward
Wabash St
Deonmacaaeeas
Star Store
W. Wash
Lonsdale Hill
Cumberland
St Beys
Neties
Archie Greathouse
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