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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1907
Page
5
A playful 19th century style exchange contrasts height wishes and marriage vows. A girl insists on a six foot tall husband while a then contemporary suitor imagines royal conquest, only to be met with a witty counter from a Chicago Record Herald verse.
A playful verse where Young Mother Hubbard avoids her bare cupboard by sending the dog to the meat shop with a note. The dog returns with a bone while expressing gratitude with a cheerful "sow-wow" to the meat shop man.
Olga Thurston fears her brother Leonard who leaves with dangerous friends Kroutaszki and Schreiber. A late night plan centers on a train at 12:40 that will reach Redville, setting up a grim action driven by fear of the infamous villain. The scene unfolds with Olga overhearing the scheme from behind a curtain as Leonard prepares to depart.
A conspiratorial plan to plant a ticking package on a train aimed at the Russian minister ends when Olga doubles as a secret courier. She hides the parcel as Hugh Cunningham races to catch her, the device detonates, and Olga escapes into a field. Captain Cunningham remains unaware of Olga’s role despite their close bond.
Satin finished foulards are selling well with smooth lustrous breadths and novel appeal. Russet red models in dull pink tones suit street wear with white or black rings and annular designs. Sea green satin faces look especially beautiful with black velvet accents and are preferred over blue or purple this season.
Some women wash pongee gowns at home using soap and warm water rather than professional scouring. Skirts and mining are unnecessary extra weight. Garments require lined waists and a fawn velvet ribbon trimming as the usual finish.
A retro recipe column lists spring luncheon ideas. Baked potato shells filled with mashed potato mixture, cheese crumbs, and cream are browned. Crab meat with celery eggs forms a salad. dressings include French, mayonnaise, or mignonette with oysters. Tart apple celery salad uses a light sweet French dressing, walnuts or cherries. grapefruit with lettuce hearts also suggested.
The New York Sun reports Eugenie refuses a fixed dining room like Napoleon III and uses the Salon Louis XIV or veranda for meals, while servants grumble at the constant moving of dining apparatus and tables.
Miss Mary Kilgallon of Butte becomes the first girl page in Montana history when the legislature met in January. Daughter of Thomas S Wilgallon from Silver Bow, he supervises the Colosa Parrott mine owned by U S Senator Clark. Kilgallon proved an efficient member of the third house during the session.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt presents sayings and maxims about life, faith, pride, and human folly. The narrator cites simple wisdom and contrasts pessimists with politicians while reflecting on death, happiness, and perseverance through rustic anecdotes.
Mrs. Alice Baker, pastor of the Spiritual Progressive Society in Cleveland, has taken out a license to celebrate marriages. She is the city’s only woman authorized to unite two hearts and notes her father, a minister, often visits her since his death.
The piece notes pongee shirt waist fabrics as the season’s vogue. It praises pongee for coolness and comfort, its creamy color, and ironlike durability. It predicts pongee will replace foulard, suits morning wear, and allows festive color pairing while remaining summery in pale ecru.
The Pittsburg Dispatch discusses lace versus buttoned boots for spring wear. Lace boots are quicker to put on but may loosen and look less trim when resting. buttoned boots stay in one position and stretch to fit, offering a more comfortable masculine look with full rounded toes and a high arch.
A jumble of humor quotes and dense price lists dominates the page with jokes about sermons and gas anesthesia alongside extensive wholesale and retail price data. The text catalogs fruits, vegetables, meats, and staples, including apples, onions, berries, oysters, and various coal types, all with figures and unit names across markets.
A set of short aphorisms contrasts wise restraint with ambition. It notes a man should not soar beyond his means and emphasizes choosing a steadfast partner. It observes appearance and behavior reveal truths differently to others and hints at social flirtation.
Silk gingham designs prove popular for summer attire. Black and white patterns on red and gray ground give a severe yet smart look. Gowns feature bias trim skirts and bodices with tucks or embroidered yokes. Light yellow and blue options pair well with lace or embroidery.
Fashion notes describe the shirt waist hat with a square crown and rolling brim. It lacks a hatband, plumes, or wings and features a silk scarf folded about the crown, threaded through a tall straw buckle, with fringed ends. Bias taffeta bands under the brim match or contrast the scarf color, sometimes in black velvet.
The new plateau hats prove successful in attracting favor and maintaining it. They are well suited for summer wear as they shade the eyes. The plateau is praised for beauty though it challenges wearers on windy, blustery days under the eaves of small straw-roofed huts.
The document lists prices paid by shippers for poultry and produce including turkey hens sc per lb, young toms 7c, hens 8c, ducks 7c, geese 9c, and various cheeses, butter, wool, hides, tallow, nuts, coffee, and sugars with specific grade prices such as New York full creams 18c, butter choice roll 9c per lb, soft shelled almonds 15c, Java coffee 28-32c, and Domino sugar 6.47c to 6.92c per lb depending on type.
Fragmentary ad urging payment or engagement with VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO at 02 122 124 E Washington St. with phone numbers New or Old 895. The text lacks clear event or date details.
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