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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
5
A compact vintage household page offers beadwork hints, a peanut soup recipe with white stock and milk sauce, rug securing methods, and guidance on disguising dishes. It includes beef chop with mushrooms and a frozen pineapple dessert, plus nut sandwiches with pistachio and almond paste.
The article notes a statewide shortage of teachers in Nebraska due to county superintendents unable to issue certificates. It argues teachers must obtain certification from the state, saying legislators may repeal the law, and that higher standards and better pay are needed, even if Nebraska must recruit from outside the state.
A historical ad-like piece discusses difficulties of barren women and lauds Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy. It claims the remedy restores health and aids conception, citing a Buffalo New York address and promising relief from obstruction to bearing children.
New York august reports Fay Templeton, famed Broadway star, has married Wil War J. Patterson, linking the operatic singer to the city’s elite. The piece traces her career from child prodigy under Alice Vane to a dramatic stage life, including marriages to Howell Ceborne and William H. West and a London scandal with Ford Chamberlain.
A delirious gambler known as Possum, a storied figure in illicit games, dies in a hospital. His son dies with him. mourners and two old sports plot a final "draw" funeral fund, baring a grimy bill and a stone for the winner, while a grim, dwindling crowd recalls his life of gambling and no family.
August Reltz and Mrs Hudson Carter eloped years ago, were jailed, and rearrested as Reltz’s sentence ended. He had earlier pleaded guilty to burglary in Northumberland and escaped custody. Carter, who claimed she loved him, followed him to the county.
In Dessau Germany fourteen schools for girls to study chemistry were opened with success at a sugar refinery site. A similar school has since been opened in factories such as soap mills and paper plants, admitting only girls of the better class to learn the work.
United States consumes about 26.87 million barrels of salt annually with 9.7 percent produced domestically last year. Production rose sharply since 1880, while tariffs shifted from free import to duty, impacting prices. Michigan and New York dominate output, mainly for meat packing, dairying, and industry uses, with dry salt costing about 31.51 cents per barrel last year.
A Tennessee correspondent shares humorous reminiscences and social chatter about doughnuts cobblestones and Kidder's home table. The piece weaves in snippets on law, a jail phrase, and a light trivia tone about daily life. It also riffs on beauty hints and a nautical mood with comic asides on Egyptian cigarettes and a May crop report.
Frances Gilbreath Ing HI riffs on social pressures for wives urging practicality over vanity. A housewife should mix toil with care, roll up sleeves, and share burdens, valuing brains and backbone over fashion. The piece contrasts dainty appearances with honest work at home and enduring partnership.
The Newport belle wears a kortensia blue taffeta bathing suit dotted with large black polka dots. An ecru shoulder arrangement is embroidered in black, edged with black taffeta, and a blue en ambled buckle secures a colored silk girdle. A broad brimmed hat completes the look with a large bow.
The article traces bridal color history from yellow in ancient times to crimson in the middle ages, noting Roman and Tudor usage. It credits Mary Stuart with introducing white at her 1566 Notre Dame ceremony, describing the gown of white brocade with a long train, and explains white’s rise in popularity toward the end of the seventeenth century.
Damask ends can be bought in town for little. Convert them into pretty towels with hems and hemstitch. Finish with a hematitched edge and a monogram in satin stitch. Doctom praccives Smith as ported a ieieans.
A quirky tale describes a gift from the young king of Spain to his bride, a brooch copying his car with jeweled tonneau and the king’s portrait inside. An old unused mummy for child relief is also referenced, touting Winslow’s soothing syrups as a remedy for teething, wind, and diarrhea, amid garbled text.
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