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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
3
The Buffalo News cites widespread indifference to church life as the era’s unspiritual, pleasure loving mood. Worship is styled to be entertaining and fashionable to avoid dullness, drawing attention to decor and musical flair over devotion.
The piece argues women are less to blame for deceit than men noting Shakespearean tales and centuries of storytelling. It claims men are more prone to deception and benefit from it, while women face harsher judgment for similar acts.
The article recalls anecdotes of hair turning white in moments during times of terror or upheaval from Queen Marie Antoinette era to the Paris Revolution and the Commune, noting reports of dramatic color changes claimed under distress and conjecture about the causes and witnesses then and later.
A severe storm swept Paragould yesterday causing about 51000 in property damage. Scripps-neeRse Press Association reports the storm struck with intensity, affecting buildings and local infrastructure.
In Great Britain five thousand three hundred fifty one women work at coal pit heads with Scotland home to two hundred twenty four and Cumberland and Lancashire area to three thousand twelve. Lancashire reports twenty girls under fourteen and one hundred eight under sixteen while Scotland has fewer under sixteen and other coal regions show eight under sixteen.
A historical notice warns department stores to avoid straw, leaves, and cotton decorations and not to use electric wires for clotheslines or bulbs. It urges vent protection, proper globe screens, and safe show windows with no inflammables near sockets. Fire drills, orderly displays, and avoiding celluloid hazards are stressed amid a Ohio incident of a lamp igniting a celluloid bundle.
Los Angeles audiences viewed the Cooper-Jewitt raga films of the OBrien Burns match at the Lyric theater. OBrien will tour with the exhibition and lecture, pausing fight dates to promote the films.
Chicago December 7 Yankes Rogers defeated Charles Dellyuck in two straight falls to earn a match against Frank Heeli for the American wrestling championship. Dell yuck clams the мат champion ship of Austria and fought defensively as Rogers won the first fall in one minute and the second in twenty four.
Chuck Beaver, a Black man, is arrested after a high speed chase involving Shine and Schlangen from John Banks saloon at 41 W North St. Beaver is wanted in Terre Haute for trunk breaking and theft. A saloon keeper reports Beaver passed a forged $17 check recently.
Frisco Dec 1 The Mason Lumber company mine and lumber yard, one of the largest in the site, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss will reach 160 000 dollars, coming at a time when all mills in the city are rushed to fill capacity, delaying rebuilding operations.
Representatives from several Indianapolis colleges will gather Saturday to discuss business tied to the I I A A and the T C A. A. A decision on meeting places will be made and Butler may return to competitive athletics.
Special to The Su Hammond Ind Dee 7-Wiam Were contractor aged 50 was struck by a train while crossing C J tracks in the yards. His head was severed from his body in the fatal accident.
A Seattle report from December 7 details a whaler captain discovering a 600 strong Arctic community near Prince Albert Land. They wear fur and bone tools, practice nomadic hunting, and have seen a single steel spear bead. Exposition organizers plan to recruit some natives for Seattle’s 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair.
In Florida a banker died of Bright's disease during a visit to Judge Downey. A new seaweed product named centron, from inventors Theodore C. Frye and Carl E. Magnussen of the University of Washington, will be demonstrated at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1903.
Alfred C. Haddon of Cambridge reports on Melanasia where girls in the southwest Pacific island are initiated into mature life. Some are kept in cages for years and forbidden to touch the ground or see sun. After initiation they may marry. Girls do the proposing.
Instruction on fur cleaning advises pouring alcohol over furs until thoroughly wet then sprinkling talcum powder. Let stand for a week before shaking out the powder and fur.
By Stuart Maclean an anecdote with success for Mr Pramier. Aged man in distress sells gold mine stock at 13 cents while ads claim high returns. The piece mocks wildcat mining schemes, contrasts past booms with today, and notes Oklahoma cries for Jim Crow satire amid trust agents.
In New York on December ¢ at the Jockey Club annual meeting the Brad ford amendment from Coney Inland Jockey Club proposes that no horse be disqualified for entry errors that could be corrected by paying a fine. The rule would allow stewards to fine or otherwise deal with the person responsible, echoing the Go Between case and suggesting the case might have been handled differently.
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