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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1905
Page
5
A breezy attic craft feature explores repurposing found items. Readers learn to transform a screen a hanging lamp and old furniture with simple stains denim raffia and paint, turning dusty pieces into decorative useful objects.
The fad of the season is the spat fad a fancy galter. It is stunning and easy to make at home. Spats match the gown with colored leather options and white lace versions. Some feature initial burning on instep, embroidered detailing, or blue ribbons. Black spats with steel accents complete the set.
Beads complement black dresses as leather covered buttons adorn gloves and dainty spats. Spat patterns are made by ripping plain cloth to create a paper pattern then sewing, sizing to the foot, with variations from polka dots to violets. Some spats use white linen or silk, including tiny pink rosebuds, and patent leather boots pair with any color while fashion favors matching boot and gown.
In a small yard a girl Dorothy and Aunt Dee observe a boy next door with curls and blue ribbons. Dorothy teases, while Aunt Dee recalls a past love and a mystery family named Whiting and Thamthon. The scene unfolds with teasing, family ties, and questions of identity.
A tense street scene ends with Aunt Dee cutting Samson's curls to transform him into a "really, truly" boy. Dorothy assists, Lady Deiliah defends the act, and a maternal plea from David Whiting leads Aunt Mercy to welcome a motherless Mitlie and accept him.
A fragmented cooking sheet lists Lyonnaise Potatoes with browned onion, butter, parsley, and cold mashed potatoes. plus a Pork Cake recipe using eggs, sugar, molasses, chopped pork, currants, spices, and baking soda. Text is garbled but outlines cooking steps and ingredient concepts.
A historical advertisement-style claim describes Biogene as a life giving preparation said to create new blood and nerve force. It touts blood-building properties, nerve support, and germ destruction within the bloodstream, claiming to extract life-giving properties from bullock blood after years of research.
An advertisement extols Biogene as a natural blood tonic that replenishes depleted cell elements to fight chronic diseases. It claims rapid results in lung, digestive, kidney, liver, and nervous ailments, touts safety and purity, and offers free trials with one bottle sent for demonstration.
A garbled piece mixes advice on table manners at home with a critique of social polish, noting that good habits come from practice, not occasional perfection. It references dining rituals, then shifts to social club comments and an inquiry about a Buffalo Times correspondence.
A Ballard fetus of unusual size born in Portland is claimed by physicians to be the largest baby yet, with an 17% pound infant noted as remarkable though questioned by Seattle authorities. The report contrasts with an earlier Portland claim of a 15 year old baby’s weight.
A quirky summary of scattered notices mentions green picked Chinese fruit ripening off the plant and farmers wary of thieves, a Chinese town 648 Mariuntchin inhabited by men only, a gold-bearing quartz interior in Oregon, 20 pigeons in every German fortress, a Kimberley to Cape Town bird flight of 512 miles, and slow cremation progress in England after a 1994 court ruling restricting executor cremation.
The report states Princess Bismarck and her four children are unlikely to visit the court while Emperor Wilhelm I governs. It notes strained relations between the late Prince Hert T. Bismarck and the emperor, with the princess Meos ntery and her children remaining on the Mark estate.
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