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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
5
In Philadelphia, Rachel Goldberg, frail with consumption, saved a badly scorched infant last Friday by sprinting ten blocks to a hospital. She died soon after, telling a reporter she would die for the act, her courage shining despite a life of hardship and illness.
A poodle narrator muses on women and humans, noting presentiments and social quirks. He recalls two mistresses, one engaged to a man who dislikes dogs, and a new mistress involved with a science-though prescient fiancé who reads palms and horoscopes. The tale moves toward a theater scare as the fiancé pleads, foretelling a panic.
A narrator describes a tumultuous scene after a near-tragic blaze at the Duchess theater. A lover named Lionel warns of future misfortune via presentiments, provoking a dramatic breakup as Nell rejects him to avoid a life overshadowed by foreseen warnings. The tale ends with Nell buoyant, reflecting on modern independence as her companion muses on women.
Miss Lillie Louisa Sherman named general secretary of WW CGA. From Soften, she brings experience as a teacher in Christian training and domestic science.
A description of a half mourning girl shows wardrobe limited to white and black with lavender touches. She wears a black serge gown, a broad black enamel belt with fern silver patterns, a matching dog collar, and silver buckle. Accessories include silver and black enamel pins, brooches, enameled violets with dewdrop beads.
English women do not seem to entertain the idea that marriage can be a failure yet in the first quarter of the year 8 912 persons were married in England. The largest numbers occurred in Lancashire Durham Northumberland and Monmouthshire with the agricultural districts reporting the lowest rates.
The New York Evening Post extols green peppers as highly adaptable. Suggestions include stuffing with creamed salmon or chicken, mixing with celery or cabbage for salads, or adding to chicken mince. Pepper tomato stews go well with onions, serving as a sauce over toast or as an omelet filling.
Glengarry caps and close clinging overskirts remain in vogue with grey brown and blue shades leading sales. Belts collars and vest fronts in corded taffeta with fancy clasps, crepons with velvet touches and chenille dottings mark the latest garnitures. Tucking, cording on sleeves and yoked garments emphasize smooth silhouettes for street and house wear.
A stitched-together column of jokes and quips from Chicago News Brooklyn Life and Detroit Free Press, noting Mini-plays libel suits and domestic mishaps. Characters include Stubb Penn Tommy and a cat with nine lives. The humor centers on misheard shouts, mistaken identity, and light domestic chaos.
Women have moved away from tight gloves to loose gauntlets that can be drawn off easily, keeping hands comfortable and stylish. The shift is linked to a preference for easy fitting, with a nod to the idea that circumstances alter cases. Hood's Sarsaparilla is suggested for purifying blood amid various ailments, and Hood's Pills are recommended for biliousness and headache.
EL ly SHUTE 34 Talbot block presents a note on decorative facades for brick structures suggesting imitation rock faced stone to update exterior appearance.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe pain, soften gums, relieve wind colic and diarrhoea, presenting the product as the best remedy. Price listed as twenty five cents per bottle.
A Buffalo News poem by Arthur J. Burdick contrasts autumn scenes with memories of spring. Mists drift over fields and orchards as harvest imagery appears. pumpkins, nuts, vines, and a faded rose evoke the season’s passing and the fulfilled promises of May.
A quirky meditation on romance and gender norms with jokes about eccentric dress, pillow talk, marriage, snoring, newspapers with photo kisses, bravery under danger, and the social game of meeting a suited man. Contains witty observations likely from a humorous column of an era.
Doctors report paper pillows, prepared from narrow curled strips, as superior for hospital bedding. Early square-cut bits proved uncomfortable, but the current three inch by quarter inch strips curled with a dull knife yield a light, serviceable pillow favored over other stuffing methods.
An old advertisement touts Kid-ne-oids and Liveriax as quick harmless aids for nervousness sleeplessness and back pain. It claims many users benefited and notes prices five cents per bottle and two cents per bar. The copy mentions Mrs M Henderson and lists John Morrow & Co chemists Springfield Q as manufacturers with drugstore availability.
Open from a. m. to 9 yg. m. St. Anthony's Sanatorium offers best mineral water in the State with hot and cold baths any time. Expert attendants for ladies and gentlemen and claims to be best cure for rheumatism and stomach kidneys or liver diseases. Everyone invited to try the water. End of W Washington St car line Lauter Bros Proprietors.
Via G. H. and D. Sunday October 1. Details unreadable in OCR fragment suggest a train service or schedule note. Main readable items identify a date and transit reference.
The Union Trust Company permits interest bearing deposits with withdrawal on notice or at a fixed date and earns interest for the full term. Executors administrators or trustees may use it as a convenient depository for funds. It does not accept demand deposits nor engage in banking. Trust funds are held separately from company assets.
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