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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
5
Hat fashions appear in shop windows with outings and traveling models dominating the scene. Descriptions note simple back and front designs finished with ribbon bands and light weight for seaside trips. Sailor modifications and attractive turbans grow in popularity with brown and cream felt blends, gray shades, and broad brimmed pictures evolving.
July report to the state auditor shows Monument Peak receipts totaling 005,0 with expenses at 48. The monument does not pay expenses despite an annual maintenance appropriation of 1,000 monthly. Total 4,213 visitors. 3,186 used the elevator and 1,087 climbed the stairway. Elevator admissions 25 cents. 13 and ex-soldiers 15 cents. stairway 16 cents. Few passes issued. many lawmakers and officials ride for free to speed access to the top 34 feet above ground, 82 flights or 224 steps to the balcony.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for heartburn coated tongue bad breath and a range of digestive upsets. It warns that these are not mere discomforts but signs of serious bowel trouble and urges immediate use of the candy tablets, claiming quick relief and long term health benefits.
Special to The Sun from Clarence Missouri reports Dr Arnold Kingsley aka Lord Beresford Hope a Colorado impostor who befriended Miss Pear Shale, a Central College graduate, pairing a forced marriage on August 9. He later fled after court damages and fled to Utah then Boston amid counterfeit schemes.
Avon residents rally around a greased pig contest as the town debates Torrents versus Cataracts, with mobs gathering, bets placed, and tensions rising over the annual mock battle. Jim Robbins prepares the pig, promising a keen race amid temperance and civic pride.
In Avon a chaotic public event erupts as a crowd chases a greasy pig through the square. Fire companies clash, constables are blocked, and bystanders cheer. Jim Robbins captures the pig, earns fifteen dollars, and returns home amid the uproar and laughter of locals.
Anne Richardson notes that autumn hires in publishing houses favor filing clerks typists and stenographers with the Christmas rush from Oct to Nov 25. Openings extend to midsummer for substitutes with pay up to 2.50 per day. September sees large clerical hires in retail and wholesale firms.
The govern went weasel Nero ie ashore near the south Hutt at Block Island. The vessel went ashore in the fog and may be total with 88 said to have struck rock and listed badly.
A New York store floor walker recounts a bewildering experience during a long walk from the city. He saw a pure white bird rise above a wall toward the sun, then vanish. Afterward he found a field of headstones and monuments, but the bird never reappeared. He finished this walk, returned to work, and offered no conclusive explanation.
David Eliott, financial clerk at the Indianapolis post office, complains that cramped envelopes with return cards and firm names used by Uncle Sam burden local job printers. Government printshop prints thousands of envelopes, saving stamps but costing printers. shipments will be in large lots and storage is ample at Indianapolis office.
Mining engineer W L Adams reports extreme heat in Inyo county gold fields and Panamint desert near Redlands. Eight prospectors died, many struck by sunstroke as temperatures allegedly reached 160 degrees. Adams returned to Los Angeles July 6 after leaving for Panamint.
One of Gaston county’s most shocking crimes occurred at dawn when J I Kincaid shot and killed W B Brown, a groom of only half an hour, as he stood with his bride Mrs Hettle Perry at the depot awaiting their departure from Bessemer City. All parties are prominent in the town where the shooting happened.
Frederick Herman Bottcher was found hanging from a rafter in a barn at Lafayette Indiana this afternoon and had been dead for several days. A former Indianapolis and Pras a Porenary worker he was a native of Pennsylvania. An old nurse for children Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething is advertised with health claims.
The secretary of the State Board of Health declares no health menace to the city from the camp near Fall Creek and the river. The earth disposal system at the camp absorbs sewage completely and hauls it away, posing less risk than in smaller towns near streams.
The fashion piece notes parasols and wide brim hats regaining favor for summer wardrobes. Embroidery and lace decorate linen and sheer parasols with varied colors and motifs such as peacock feathers and garlands. Prices rise with quality, while matching ribbons and delicate handwork drive demand.
Household tips on cooking and cleaning written in a dated tone. Includes advice to seal eggs with water, kerosene for cleaning sinks, hot soap water flush, and salt in coffee. Mentions shoe sale at Hoosier Fish Co located at 40 Virginia Ave with a contact phone 510 for prices.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a rail project involving a double track highway and connections near Buffalo and Niagara Falls with references to the West Well Lebled Valley railroad. Details are unclear but suggest regional infrastructure plans or coexistence with an existing railway.
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