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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
3
Miss Wirginia Frazee, a self taught printer, built a thriving New York shop through perseverance. She recalls tough early lessons, tight budgets, and the shift from cash to credit. Frazee advocates fair labor practices and shares profits with employees while urging women to pursue quality work and strong business ethics.
Berlin reports a German engineer Heinicke has developed a tiny wireless telegraph system. The complete unit weighs 19 kilograms and fits in a single case carried by one person. With batteries and a 50 foot pole, a three man team can deploy in eight minutes and cover about 25 miles at a cost of 31.5. The device attracts military interest as it replaces the heavier, 12 man German army system.
Stanley Clark writing in the London Chronicle argues character shows in clothes and warns against buying shoddy gloves shoes corsets or ill fitting tailor-made dresses. He urges sensible purchases that balance quality and economy and favors steady patronage over erratic spending.
Dennis O'Neil aged 40 of 521 West Norwood Street died Monday night at 9. He leaves a widow and five children. Employed at Kingan and Company packing plant.
Burlington mill owner’s 7 year old son, Thomas Jr., dies in New York at Dr G Lenox Curtis home after cocaine used for throat surgery paralyzing the pneumogastric nerve. Curtis not blamed by coroner. rescue efforts fail. burial in Burlington.
Special to The Sun exposes widespread corruption in Britain with MPs claiming titles are bought for cash. The article cites merchants and manufacturers paying for peerages, with funds channeled to secret party coffers, and notes both Liberal and Conservative parties profit from the traffic in honors.
Lyman Andrews of Southington has worked for the U S weather programs for 37 years without pay. He began weather records in 1869 for himself and later sent data to Smithsonian and Boston. His records aided early government charts and he gifted Springfield Museum of Science 40 000 minerals.
The Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces proposed improvements on Pennsylvania Street from Twenty-Eighth to Thirtieth Streets and on Montcalm, Twenty-First, and Twenty-Second Streets. Projects include grading and paving to 30 or 36 feet, curb work, gutters, and service connections. Remonstrances may be filed by August 30, 1907, with a hearing at 10 a.m. at the Board’s office. The body names Joseph T. Elliott, Preston C. Trusler, and Fred J. Mack as members.
Mr and Mrs Andrews have collected about 40 000 botanical specimens with 3 000 mounted. Southington refused to host the cases and the collection went to Springfield. Mrs Andrews contributed color sketches of linters and Mr Andrews runs a greenhouse trade, finding it more profitable than government work.
Miss Pauline French wore a cretonne coat at Newport featuring tropical birds on a lattice over a cream background. The design is subdued with wide bias armhole bands and a bias neckline, paired with a mull scarf and an Irish lace blouse with a plaited mull jabot.
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