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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
5
An advertorial urges housekeepers to favor Royal Baking Powder over cheaper brands claiming higher digestion safety. It touts the Royal Baker and Pastry Cook collection of over 800 recipes free to patrons and condemns alum as a corrosive additive harmful to stomach and liver, urging readers to send a postal card for the free guide.
In a memoir style excerpt Lulu Loretta Baker recalls Matt Jemison once an engineer known as the train butcher. He battles drink and layoff years, with Jimmy recounting California grapes and a St Louis stop where Tony Andrews warns a circle of friends to intervene to prevent a spree.
An extended advertisement extols Dr. R V Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and All-Healing Salve as cures for a foul stomach, blood purification, and skin ailments. It cites endorsements from medical writers and promotes Favorite Prescription with unicorn root as a uterine tonic. Includes solicitations to mail for free booklets and samples.
A group mocks a suspicious bottle until Matt discovers whisky laced with garter snakes. The prank leaves him pale and fearful, prompting him to quit the road. He later marries Jimmie’s sister as he settles into a grape-growing life.
The season favors long silken afternoon coats shaped close to the figure, three quarters in length, gray silk with a brachet flower motif. Delicate mauve, gray, and white trim the butterfly sleeves and revers. Oyster white collar, velvet mauve bands, and a chip hat with mauve pink and white roses complete the ensemble.
The women of Minden Nebraska organized a library by hosting weekly bake sales. They started with a foundation fund and now maintain a creditable book collection. Proceeds cover library upkeep and streamline community cooking by sharing tasks like pie and cookie baking.
A brief item notes the earthquake jolting Gan Franciacs while Ruef caused a slump of firsts. No further context or details are provided about the event or entities.
The engagement of Miss Ethel Rockefeller daughter of William Rockefeller to Marcellus Hartley Dodge of the Hartley Arms company is announced in New York. The couple, among the wealthiest in the city, are described as a love match with immense future wealth and lifestyle ahead including multiple homes, a yacht and automobiles. Miss Rockefeller is noted as an accomplished horsewoman and Dodge maintains ties to the M C A and family business legacy.
A physician at Richard Mansfield's bedside says the actor may recover from his illness but cannot endure another season on stage. If he returns, the doctor warns, Mansfield will be a dead man. The note portrays him as fragile, a bundle of nerves, despite past strength built on nerves.
Mrs. Kate Looflurrow of Madison Ohio raises three children after her husband’s death. She runs a farm handles insurance business and edits a paper, presumably a weekly. The piece notes women’s brains and capabilities, and asserts few men could do better.
Berlin researcher Dr. Roesse studied 70 000 brains and claims men and boys have higher brain quality than women. He notes American women's intellect not listed among his subjects.
A quirky collection of anecdotes questions wealth with Woodruff of New York defending frugality and a cleanly groomed gent uses money to ignore advice. Walter Wellman muses about using dogs on an airship project while a Boston woman types rapidly testing speed and endurance.
Readers submit humorous mollycoddle definitions for a prize of 1,000,000 but most entries won t be printed. The notes show varied bylines and quips about Rockefeller, Wall Street, and social norms, with juried judgments on merit.
Baltimore Sun correspondent reports Joseph Henry the famed French vocalist and a capable group performed an outdoor concert recently. John Connors continues his tough journey, now involved in selecting tunes for Rip Ryle the dancing master. Music was sourced from Europe and includes a Spanish fandango.
Shorty Price and Miss Charley John son wed last Thursday near the bride's mother's home four miles north of town in a pasture. Reverend W P Donnell officiated with only three present. The couple rode away on the same horse, the bride seated in front, after exchanging hands.
Four leaves lettuce per plate with apples and orange pieces arranged neatly. Serve citrus with a mayonnaise dressing. Custard pudding uses milk sugar eggs salted and vanilla. Bake slowly and finish with browned meringue like top.
A debate over campaign conditions surfaces as a New York man notes scarce mud in Chicago while an old resident recalls a spring campaign, adding that most of the mess lies with the candidates.
The Sun has arranged with a leading pattern company to supply readers with the latest patterns for ten cents each. A different pattern described daily and the pattern is the only ten cent pattern that makes allowance for teams. Patterns obtainable postpaid by sending ten cents the number and size desired and the name and address to The Gun Fashion Department.
The article outlines colorful parasols for fashionable wear this season. It describes a white linen lingerie parasol with hemstitched trim and princess lace, pongee shades in moss green accents, and detailed embroidery featuring flower baskets and ribbon bows on white silk parasols.
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