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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
5
In a St Peter office a young patient seeks a cosmetic eye blemish fix by injecting india ink under the iris with needles. The plan ends in a police sting as the man is revealed to be Konstantin Proker, twenty eight, chased by officers. The doctor, a fellow practitioner, is arrested as an accomplice.
A narrator contrasts a neighbor Mrs B with an order-minded home, arguing dirt and disorder can be harmless comforts of homes and family life. The piece extols balance between cleanliness and warmth, suggesting a home that tolerates small messes can still nurture affection and stability.
A man with yellow hair and a dark beard tries to pass as a nihilist by altering his eye color and seeking an oculist to claim two blue eyes. The doctor, amused, assists him, noting the plan yet enabling his escape across the border where he eventually sails to the United States.
A Kansas City Times report notes a woman prefers a typewriter for informal writing, praising its convenience over handwriting and eradicating cramping. An Achlian Globe item humorously recalls a guest’s trunk being opened at a missionary gathering to reveal clothes. Hartimore Sun reports Mrs Charlotte Sellman Crook producing her anthem at a First Independent Christ church recital with several soloists and a chorus. An ad invites readers to restore old suits for Easter at Smith's Bye House in Boston.
An OCR fragment notes waist sale promotions at Rink's with prices such as 2.0 and 37.50 and mentions National Rebate Stamps. It also references Eppert's shoe shop and a Massachus Jet leave line with varied numbers and titles, including Rink's Bilk Waist Sale and multiple price entries.
A string of old pastry instructions covers Minute Pudding Raised Tea Cakes Flannel Cakes and Sponge Cake. It details milk and flour blends with baking powder, batter stirring, rising times, and baking on a griddle or in pans with butter, sugar, eggs, and lemon flavor.
A Harper's Weekly writer cites economic causes for low wages among women workers including oversupply, lack of trade training, limited organization, societal prejudice, and political disabilities. The piece notes a stockyards strike showing wage parity for unskilled workers and cites Nicholson on how male competition and coercion pushed women from higher paying jobs, with recent forces shifting in women’s favor.
The text recalls tulip price mania with figures in florins and francs. It notes stock exchange trading of bulbs, shares in bulbs, and fantastical values such as mills of florins, including tales from Lille Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague and a blamed brewery tulip. A poor Flemish man refused high offers while syndicates later paid ever larger sums.
A playful glimpse of childlike misunderstandings and etiquette scenes. Wille, visiting a circus with his father, jokes about a big "cow with her horn in her mouth" to the elephant. Mary, raised by a clergyman, notes her mother’s party dress with a pointed question about her gown.
Gwandu, a town in Africa, lies behind a palisade of poles each topped with a human skull. The city has about 25,000 inhabitants and a fortified layout with six gates. Pavements of skulls lead to each gate, with 2,000 akulla worn into the path and a whiteness polished by countless bare feet.
A piece on women and humor notes that few see a joke without explanation yet the quick recognizer brings cheer. It praises the witty, lively wife who lightens family stress and brightens rooms, while warning against a sharp, mocking style that spoils moments and robs others of joy.
A Washington businessman relates a San Francisco tale of a frugal man who lived on two dimes in a year. He used free lunches at saloons and clever exchanges of two-bit pieces for more beer and meals, sustaining himself while continually recycling his small capital. The story highlights penny-pinching ingenuity and the era’s coin value.
Vital statistics column reports only a small number of births in New York City districts over the past four months. The lowest rate appears on a wealthy street while the east side near Division Street records higher births amid contrasting conditions.
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