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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
5
In a college town a father's fear of losing his daughter’s future is eased when Philip Rulofson asks for Anna’s hand. Anna reveals her suitor’s meeting, and the father, moved, consents to a union that promises help for Anna to finish her studies and rise as a capable woman. Our Anna, Philip, and Father Jensen share a heartfelt farewell.
Rudolph Jensen, a 64 year old cabinet maker, pleads with Philip Rulofson not to discharge him. Jensen recounts decades of loyalty to the father, now founder, and reveals he has a daughter Anna in college studying to teach. He explains his life of toil, sacrifice, and hope for his granddaughter’s future.
Chicago born singer Fanchon Thompson, just out of her teens, has signed for 16 performances in November and December with an English opera company in New York and Chicago. She is renowned abroad after success in Paris and has not yet appeared on the American stage.
Instructions from a historic guide describe making peach marmalade and peach butter. Process covers peeling, seeding, weighing fruit, sugaring at 3/4 pound per pound of fruit for marmalade, slow heating to draw juice, boiling, skimming, optional lemon juice, and kernels for flavor. sealing in jars. Peach butter is prepared by selecting ripe fruit, blanching, peeling, slicing, and constant stirring with eight to ten pounds of sugar per bushel until smooth and thick.
The article praises short sleeved and low necked summer dresses for young children, favoring uncovered shoulders and chubby arms. It recommends keeping a protective flannel or pique sack for temperature changes and notes straight gathered gowns with waist sashes as the practical, elegant standard.
The Ohio born Mrs Estes G Rathbone wife of the director of posts in Cuba rose to prominence in Havana society and led Cuban Red Cross efforts after Clara Barton left. She organized orphan shelters raised funds and presided over a Woman's Exchange style group run largely by Cubans. She also led the Maine memorial association and resided in a grand Cerro mansion formerly owned by the Marquis de la Gratitud. The Rathbones renovated the palace interior including Baccarat chandeliers gilded mirrors and rosewood furniture at a cost around three thousand dollars.
A verse celebrates women in Ceylon preserving fruits into jams marmalades and butters. It contrasts domestic spice scented work with the drift of distant lands noting women patiently paring seeding slicing filling jars and watching kettles until the task is done while men grumble yet admire their craft.
A clergyman chances upon boys playing craps on Sunday prompting quips about propriety. A sharp exchange follows with Miss Anteek and Mr. Footnit. another remark notes a lack of notable upbringing in a Mr. Courtney, contrasted with an elder brother Bill.
A short verse attributed to James Whitcomb Riley urges contentment and personal effort. It mocks fault finding with Providence and emphasizes doing one’s best, accepting both praise and blame as the same consequence of effort. It notes that success often comes with troubles and that those who strive hardest receive more kicks than others.
Instructions on making pickles advise using earthenware or stoneware vessels and avoiding copper lead or pewter. Store in glass or hard stoneware jars. Do not use glazed earthenware as vinegar harms the glaze. Use scalded cider or white wine vinegar and tie spices in muslin bags or use bruised whole spices.
Ticket terms for Cincinnati travel list $4.40 round trip via C H and D Ry with sale window Sept 19 to 29 and final return limit Sept 6. Also shows $3.30 round trip and $3.20 variations. On Sept 19 21 24 26 and 28 food return-
Trains depart Union Station at 0:30, 11:90, 41:30 am, 12:00, noon, 1:0, 1:30 and 2:08 pm on Wednesday and Thursday September 19 and 20. Round trip fare 15 cents.
A sensational item reviews Hoyt's blood tonic claim amid medical doubt. Authorities warn against unsafe methods and exaggerated cures while newspapers catalog shifting public fear and consumer warnings in a cautionary note about fraudulent remedies.
Twenty two and twenty four inch jacket lengths dominate this season with a preference for the shorter cut. Materials shift more than silhouette, smart trims follow the body in a flat snug look. Empire waists, jeweled necktie clasps fading, and new shoulder capes near bust line. Turquoise panne velvet appears in stocks, appliques and lace declined, sleeves favor plain, bells and bishop shapes prized for dresses and wraps.
Laura Hancock, abducted as a child in 1874, returns to Johnsonville Ohio with brown gypsy appearance. She sees her gray, aged parents and asks “Where’s Jake?” Jake Witmark, her childhood sweetheart, was killed years earlier in a horse accident.
The Ripley Bee comments on rattlesnake skin fashion items like belts gloves and neckties. It notes society trends include silkworm waist silks wool skirts sealskin sacs ostrich hats goatskin shoes and other exotic materials, as the rattlesnake gains new accessories.
Ever so chic are the new French flannel shirt-waists in pale tints with white stands Supreme. It is elegance personified and praised as a delight to cleaners and scourers. The design is simple yet handsome with a double stitched box-plait front, a center accent of five small gold buttons, a cluster of plaits near the shoulder, and tiny flaring pieces from narrow wrist bands.
Indianapolis readers see strong social proof from Mr. W. H. Heaven of 21 Minervast, who after grippe suffered kidney and vein pains, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Henry J. Huter's drug store. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells Doan's nationwide for 50 cents.
H. C. Krentler and Company advertise artificial limbs deformity braces elastic hosiery and trusses with correct measurements and adjustments. Lady attendant available if desired. Phone 3B on 26170.
The advertisement offers ready mixed high grade paints and varnishes in small cans. It guarantees satisfaction and asserts the product is warranted pure.
Indianapolis Paint and Color Co. at 240 to 248 Mass Ave along with Morton Place Laundry advertise 1961 1903 Central Ave. Anna R Meyer proprietress with old telephone 27 72. Listings highlight collars cuffs and general dry cleaning in Indiana.
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