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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1910
Page
8
A vivid tableau of a plain woman labeled an old maid, caring for relatives' children while single. The piece contrasts society's pity with her quiet devotion, noting her role as a surrogate mother and the social cost of unmarried status. It questions why old maids are demeaned while old bachelors fare no better.
For a sprain or twist, prepare a paste from gathered leaves salt and the white of an egg until thick. Spread on a stout cloth to form a brace. Apply to the sprained part for support and relief. Folded and wrapped, this folk remedy provides a strong, comfortable brace.
A visitor named Dorothy finds many feathers in the hen yard during a country visit to grandparents. She scolds them for “eating swearing out” as Grandpa is urged to take action to keep the eat from swearing out, reflecting a rural household scene from the period.
In a tale rich with shop talk and odd bargains, a storekeeper recalls a penny pinching buyer Hose Jackson who buys a cheap tombstone from Cooney after Bill Rodney refuses the deal. The stone shifts hands, letters are altered, and two men die before the mystery of the tombstone is settled.
A Robert W. Chambers pastiche frames Jack and Jill in a reckless romance set around Westchester acreage and a Greenwood Hill escape. Jack, a respectable Fifth Avenue figure by day and brutal assailant by night, pursues Jill who refuses his advances and loves another. Their encounter ends with Jill asserting her loyalty as Jack retreats toward more violence and pie.
A collage of quips and sketches from a Hoity Toity theater show features puns about Hamlet and Hamlet origins, mismatched literary jokes, and social musings. Characters exchange jests on prosperity, love, mothers day, and theatrical misprints as audience chuckles ripple through the room.
A quirky contract declares John Snooks transfers property including Broadway buildings and major New York landmarks to Jane Doaks in exchange for marriage vows. He bequeaths future earnings and imposes odd conditions, such as not asking for fare or cigarettes, with a weekly payment of 87 in bean units and 5 cents daily board, followed by two friends sparring.
Trim an ox tongue and soak it in water then dry with a clean cloth. Rub with powdered saltpeter, place in a tub with basil thyme and pepper, cover with a hot brine pickle, and leave for a week. Two hours of cooking suffices, then cool in the spice liquid.
In a domestic scene Mr. Hardup laments how bills will be paid as his wife adds another on the growing pile. A dialogue follows with shifting degrees of flattery and boasts, culminating in a boastful but awkward speech misrendered as dialect.
Dialogue reveals doctors favor cheer in patients and consider humor a health aid. A spirited quip debates whisky baths as a method to lift spirits, while Mr. Philipps remarks about his baby smiling despite odd treatment.
Daysey Mayme Appleton addresses a club on Plato and the meaning of life, then breaks into a protest for women’s handicaps. Lysander John’s wife and Chauncey Devere figure in a domestic comedy as the crowd reacts with faint applause and fashion-conscious restraint.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues that no one can force your soul to wish ill. A curse harms only the caster within a circle of Infinite Love, and true philosophy is to radiate good, avoid hateful thoughts, and help others without enabling harm.
A story from the Saturday Evening Post recounts Connecticut delegates at a Republican National Convention in Chicago wearing wooden nutmeg badges. When supplies ran out, Sen Brandegee advised swapping in real nutmegs from a grocery store, a ruse that went unnoticed.
A compact wartime style instruction states to mix one quart flour one tablespoon lard one half teaspoon salt one teaspoon soda and enough buttermilk to make dough for thin biscuit sheets. Roll and cut bake in a hot oven.
The article notes dark circles under the eyes and pallor indicating anemia in young women. It prescribes regular nourishing meals, outdoor exercise, daytime exposure, sleeping with the window open on a hard mattress, and a tonic to improve appetite, enrich blood, and strengthen the system.
Mrs. Peck steenly expresses a wish to confront the feared man, while Henry Peck steenly admits desire to shake his hand as they edge toward the door in a tense moment.
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