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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
5
A verse from the Advanta Constitution laments shared heartbreak and silent grief. It speaks of love's power to shape life and the need to endure sorrow with a hopeful promise of future understanding, while comforting the beloved in darkness.
In a quiet park a social whisper tracks Lady Caerleon and her guest Miss Vincent look alike Miss Warcreve as the actress seeks an invitation to the Caerleon dance. A tense confrontation follows revealing class, deception, and ambition amid society's glare.
Ailsa Vincent uses eight marriage proposals from a son’s letters as leverage in a tense social confrontation with Lady Caerleon. The offer to purchase the letters fails as Ailsa demands an invitation to tonight’s dance, threatening marriage otherwise. A society column later notes Ailsa’s striking presence at Lady Caerleon’s gathering, hinting at an intriguing backstory and public intrigue.
The speaker reflects on a sense of calling and varied roles in life, noting many lead notable paths while the narrator finds contentment in simple labor. He describes milking cows and feeding horses, choosing steady work over fame, and accepting being slighted by the crowd. Washington Star is cited.
New wall papers offer varied textures and colors from Burlaps in green or dark browns to heraldic designs. Top and-down stripes show stylish flair while a dark green velour-dado with a rose contrasts in parlor surfaces. Yellow colonial inspired papers highlight dining rooms to complement blue and white china, with white grounds common in bedrooms.
Article notes an unwritten decorum requiring one large center rug in dining rooms to accommodate chairs. Mentions brass nails and sockets for rug fastening and hidden lead fasteners beneath rugs as methods to prevent movement on polished floors.
A Philadelphia Times column dwells on fashionably groomed dogs with dental work, the virtues of prudence, and humility. It contrasts wise behavior with boasting, links temper to facial and moral wrinkles, and advises that practical suitors who earn enough to cover rent and bills trump fairy-tale princes.
The passage highlights women in various roles: Misses Helen and Edith Raymond run a fruit farm in Jackson County Kansas. Mrs Fannie Rankin will represent Georgia at a Chicago wholesale druggists convention and has financial ties to large drug firms. Miss Charlotte M Kinney of Syracuse is a top horse judge and dealer. New York boasts women butchers Daisy Stevenson of Rochester and another in Syracuse. Mme Sardou is a literary figure and historical costume expert aiding her husband in plays. Tora, wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, is a popular London hostess fluent in English. Mrs Thomas C Platt, wife of the New York senator, studies French and is proficient after two years.
For Baby's Dolly a pretty doll bed is crafted from a frape basket. Remove the handle, line with silkeline or cheese cloth, wind the handle with matching material and ribbon, add bows. A lace edged ruffle around the basket, lace edged curtains on the handle, and a pasteboard bottom complete the bed for the doll.
A recipe for stuffed green peppers uses six small peppers with tops removed and interiors scooped out. Shells boil briefly, then filled with a mixture of cooked meat breadcrumbs parsley stock and butter. Bake 24 minutes, basting with buttered water.
Cut bread not too fresh into three quarter inch slices then cut circles. Remove centers to make patties then fry until brown. Fill centers with seasoned tomato puree and top each cake with a poached egg.
A bas-relief over the fireplace is a late but effective decorating idea. Numerous artistic pieces are available from plaster-cast vendors, yielding admirable results for home interiors.
An old nurse for children promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. It claims to soothe the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea. The ad lists twenty five cents per bottle and provides contact details.
The Vandalia Line offers a 795 round trip from Indianapolis from Sept 2 to 24 with seven daily trains. Trains leave Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday at 7 35 am and 12 15 noon and stop at the fair grounds. Special returning trains depart Terre Haute Thursday and Friday at 1 30 pm running through to Indianapolis and stopping at all stations.
A railway brief announces a $1.25 Madison and return fare with a special train departing Indianapolis at 7 30 a m on Sunday September 23 and returning from Madison at 6 30 p m the same day.
A Cincinnati excursion page lists $1.25 round trip to Cincinnati and return via C, H and D Ry with two fast trams at 6:30 am and 7:15 am, stops Rushville Connersville Hamilton, return 6:30 pm. Baseball Chicago vs Cincinnati noted. Modern Cabinet offer at 16% E Washington. Lake Erie Western and Lake Shore Lines offer sleeper and coach trains from Union Station 10 pm Sept 22. Cure cold with Laxative Bronic Quinine Tablets 25c. E W Grove signature on box.
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