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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1905
Page
5
A wholesale millinery shop presents fall hat trends with velvet and silk crowns, green silks, ostrich plumes, and braids. Managers say shoppers will decide the popular shapes and colors as women must pick the winner for the season.
In a sunlit Florence palace a young artist Franz Walden worships a Venus statue, while his friend Rudolph Meyer observes and questions his two months of silence. Franz unveils a lifelike Venus di Medici copy, stirring emotion and mystery as tears mark his restraint.
In a drama stirred by a sculptor’s Venus, Rudolph confronts a living woman matching the statue. Franz, deranged by phrenology beliefs, strikes the statue with a hammer. the sculpture shatters and Franz dies, leaving Rudolph shocked by the carnage and the living woman’s fate.
An Italian man in Tarrytown counts money during a thunderstorm. A lightning flash erupts from the air, blowing money from his hands without burning him. The event is described with a colorful local newspaper tone referencing a bullala hix press.
An advertisement targets mothers of suffering daughters offering home treatment for a range of female health issues including lacerations ulceration disorders and menopausal symptoms. It claims relief with a simple cure and states a cost of about 13 cents a week for guarantee.
An 1890s style tract argues for radio of euthanasia and state control. It promotes a state board to examine candidates for professions and marriage, plus legal euthanasia, claiming savings from removing degenerates and criminals outweighs reform. It names physicians lawyers and proposes measures to curb crime through drastic social engineering.
A playful northern voyage poem by J A Tello extols watching the northern light and a polar voyage. The speaker imagines Eskimo scenes aboard a ship or on ice floes, seeking a chilly, perpetual snow setting and dismissing fears of polar bears and danger with a lighthearted tone.
A concise insurance promo urges protection for income against sudden illness or injury. It contrasts life and property coverage with lack of income protection, noting you insure furniture and house but not income, stressing the need for income protection against sickness or accident.
A bid urging workers to apply for a guaranteed income plan by mail. It claims earnings insurance for sickness or accident, promising protection for the household through a small upfront cost and asking recipients to send a postal card for details.
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