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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
10
A long editorial collage on women humor, vanity, and social norms. It critiques summer fashion, apartment living in Indianapolis and Chicago servant unions, club culture, and beauty regimens. It weaves anecdotes about porch conversations, club politicians, and domestic life with humorous asides on gender roles and modern urban living.
The article notes summer dining is hard without meat as a backbone to meals. Breakfast can use fruit and salads. lunch proves trickier without meat, suggesting The veallop with rice and sauce as a hearty option. It also mentions corn pudding and Welsh rarebit as nourishing aids to summer meals.
Excerpted from Josephine Dodge Daskam in the Smart Set contrasts a woman who postpones frivolous matinees for classes and home training, arguing marriage is serious and children need a country home. The tale notes her husband’s discomfort, their lack of children, and a caution that prevention can backfire. The piece also surveys baby fashion in Philadelphia Record and a New York Times take on an alabaster neck and natural beauty limits.
The piece presents fashion hints with fabrics like homespun tweed and duck for summer golf wear, notes pigskin shoes durability, and highlights Patti's London performance as proof a woman can keep her voice. It also shares bead bag construction tips, lighting guidance for entertaining, and plant care using nitrate of soda to maintain color and growth.
The New York Tribune notes the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals killed mercifully and painlessly 66,000 cats in a single year, criticizing families for abandoning pets during summer and forcing them into the streets to fend for themselves.
In a coastal town, Uncle Tom Mumford’s cabbage patch sparks a long feud with Captain Jim. Tom secretly fortifies a fence to protect his crop while Jim’s son constructs rails, and a springtime of scheming, singing at a meeting, and moonlit mischief ends with a dead heifer, stolen rails, and a cabbage-less patch.
New York Sun columnist recalls Florida disorders of haste and laziness from Key West to Cocoanut Grove, detailing misadventures and delays aboard a twenty ton schooner, a calmed pending voyage, and sightings of a distinct Florida hurry contrasted with New York briskness.
A troubled Milwaukee Free Press fragment suggests Mrs aay may be the victim of alleged fraud. The note hints at a scheme involving a pew and related misrepresentations, though the text is incomplete and unclear.
Tickets go on sale July 7 and 5, valid until July 16 with extension to Sept 1. Round trip fare is one full fare plus $2. Special reclining chair car coaches depart Indianapolis at 3 p.m. Monday, July with arrival later that day. Destination Detroit promotes cool, inexpensive side trips to Niagara and Buffalo exposition. For details contact Pennsylvania or Wabash agents or W W Richardson DP PA lines Indianapolis.
Ramabal argues that Christian Science repeats a philosophy of selfishness taught for 440 years among pie, claiming the core message remains unchanged. The statement frames the movement as a continuation of a long tradition critiqued as self-centered.
An elder spectator in the New York Commercial Advertiser recounts a first-time game experience. He notes his companion’s lack of familiarity and a moment of scorn as the elder critiques the other man’s unfamiliarity with the ballpark. The exchange highlights urban dialect and the social dynamic at a baseball outing.
Indiana family adores a brownish cat matching the sitting room carpet and lets it lounge there. Many visitors note the cat’s presence as a fixture of daily life. A young lady’s handiwork on a worsted sign reads Don't step on the cat, placed prominently on the wall or doorway as humor. The piece ends with the dilemma of choosing between cat and carpet.
A fragmented note mentions Greve as merely a vote in ranks and hints at private actions by officials. The garbled text references Mr. Geverass and a date, suggesting tense political maneuvering without clear details or outcomes.
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