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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
5
Miss Duer and her sister Miss Caroline recently published a book of verses that displays unusual talent. Miss Alice Duer’s early writings found social success, and friends expect she will develop significant literary ability.
A dim room holds conspirators sworn to kill the czar as a spy betrays them under orders. An officer rounds up the room while the spy pleads for mercy claiming he informed on the group to save himself. The captives face execution as the scene ends with tense silence.
In a punctured plot scene, a president tests loyalty by exposing a spy among conspirators. The spy is bound, gagged, and left with a fuse and a candle beside a powder keg. As the fuse burns, fear kills him before police arrive. the room reveals a corpse and an empty keg.
A eleven year old Coldwater girl slept for two weeks and upon awakening could not open her eyes. Physicians find the case greatly puzzling and seek explanations for the mysterious coma like state.
Practical home remedies cover lamp burner cleaning with a Lorax solution, turpentine for paint stains, preserving summer ice with flannel and sticks, shoe squeak prevention with oil, and mildew stain treatment using soap and chalk exposed to sun for drying. The guidance reflects period housekeeping advice from a Ladies' Home Journal feature.
Poem fragment by Wiliam Watson laments final passage and echoes desire for bliss found with a beloved, comparing paths to a grim skull and fertile soil while praising the sweetness of imagined company.
A clergyman asks children why the Lord's Prayer says Who art in heaven. A boy replies simply that heaven is headquarters, implying God’s central, guiding presence. The exchange humorously imagines a soldier’s view of divine location.
A Madrid journal printed on water removable linen yields a reusable handkerchief after the reader consumes the news. The item blends a curious printing method with a practical byproduct for subscribers.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a Cincinnati excursion labeled Four Route with unclear date and route details. The readable parts mention times and a Bent. annotation but lack full context or outcomes. Further text is needed to determine participants or results for a complete summary.
A lyrical fragment celebrates youth and spring through the voice of serenely dreaming children. The speaker, invoking James Whitcomb Riley, asks earth and nature to sustain the hopeful, unwritten poem of youth as birds sing.
A Philadelphia Press item outlines cucumber pickles and other preserves. It explains soaking cucumbers in salt brine, washing, warming water, heating vinegar, and sealing jars. adds variations with peppers and spices. It also details tomato preserves and pickled onions with specific spice measures and methods.
A Detroit Journal quote has a man boasting as a self made man while a girl scorns him accusing him of being made by a trust for consolidated pigs feet. The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph joke has Mr Snaggs debating a book loan with Mrs Snaggs and a cat loan. The Chicago Tribune lampoons Mother Goose poem.
The article argues a good sponge must be dark in color while the common bright yellow sponges in druggists’ windows are misleading. Yellow sponges are bleached with vitriol, destroying elasticity and causing quicker wear.
Prepare a paste of whiting and bluing with soapsuds in a two to one to half pint ratio. Heat to boiling, apply hot to the marble with a soft cloth, let dry thoroughly, then rinse with hot water containing dissolved lemon rind. Dry with soft flannel.
To rel any umbrella hold the handle in the right hand. Start at the top of the canopy with the left, working upward toward the handle. Turn with the right hand at the handle if the rolls crease to avoid improper rolling. Keep the umbrella tight to prevent material damage.
Fragments report baggage delays in Indianapolis amid smog and railroad checks. The note mentions Frank Bird and EAN Co. agent, with unclear attribution to a Welt or similar term.
Enid Yandell, the first woman member of the National Sculpture Society, sails for Europe to execute the Barnotti memorial fountain for Providence Rhode Island. The July contract calls ten months to complete with a Paris open slated for next April. she aims for a duplicate cast by then and hopes Rodin may offer critique. The piece depicts life struggles with a woman as life, an angel as the soul, and three male figures indicating earthly tendencies, nine feet high in pose and sixteen feet tall overall. It stands at the parkway center opposite Providence’s New York New Haven Hartford station, honoring Carrie Brown Barnunet.
Practical guidance on serving and table etiquette including use of a carver's cloth under roasts, saving gravy for sauces, keeping table linens pristine, early training of children in manners, and stain removal tips for raspberry and other marks.
A September hat design features a dark bright blue straw toque with no ribbon trim but large cardinal red straw bows. A prominent winged bow sits at the front in Alsatian style and straw braid decorates the crown. Red silk facing brightens the under brim.
Indianapolis dealer Wulschner & Son advertises Chickering Piano sales with transportation options on Pennsylvania Lines. Rates listed to Petoskey Traverse City and Mackinac Island with travel dates August 31 September 2 and 6 and a 90 day return limit.
The Southern Railway distributes folders and booklets titled Southern Homes, Land of the Sky and Southern Fields, plus minerals and mines volumes and The Empire of the South a 200 page illustrated work. Free copies mailed to any address, 25 cents for The Empire of the South, to WM H Taylor Assistant General Passenger Agent Ennisville Kentucky. Neckbands offered free with shirts.
Foreven R. T. Felix Gouraud's Oriental Dream or Magical Beautier claims to remove tan pimples blemishes moth patches and other skin issues and to defy detection. Dr L A Sayre reportedly endorses it as the least harmful among skin preparations. Sold by druggists and dealers in the U S Canada and Europe. Ferd. T. Hopkins proprietor 87 Great Jones St New York.
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