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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
5
The Chicago Woman's club finished plans to offer free in home instruction for adult blind persons. Volunteers will teach reading at the student’s home, aiding elderly or poverty-stricken blinds who never had schooling or were blind from birth.
A quirky fashion blurb notes muff styles alternating between feast and famine moods. For two years women have exposed forearms in short sleeves, now choosing gauntlet muffs deemed equally corny, reflecting playful trend shifts in accessories.
An extended discussion on digestion and nutrition asserts that strength stems from the stomach and bowels. It argues weak digestion spreads to the entire body, causing biliousness, loss of appetite, weak nerves, and other health issues, with anecdotal testimony praising Plare’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy.
The article describes a striking hat paired with a demi colored toilette. A wine colored velvet crown features soft velvet folds and a narrow brim of mara bont feathers in deep gray. The feather edge shades from wine to bluish pink, with a silver gauze rosette at the rim.
A tiny Dresden figure sold at Christie’s for 250, measuring about 2 inches in height. It depicts the Countess da Kosel from the Count Brucht era, once head of the Dresden factory, and is described as valuable enough to be “personally dusted” by its owner amid the carions wrvaemalin.
A fashion portrait of Russ Irene Folsen a member of New York society who defies Paris couture by designing her own gown. The described ensemble features mossy green silk moss colored spangles eelskin fit and flare silhouette with an ermine fur stole and a gold satin plume.
Alfred Clover's handsome life unravels as wealth, betrayal, and a forged trust collide. Miss Milbank’s allure masks a cold mind while George Sullivan helps the family, and Herbert Paulson schemes for Louise's future. A will reveals a $100,000 gift, testing loyalties and loves in a city where fortune shapes fate.
A humorous collage of dialogue and stray notes from a Sunday school scene and small town chatter. It includes a mock battlefield challenge, quips about mistaken identities, a promise to revive services, a nod to vaudeville humor, and rural anecdotes such as a cotton fall injuring a man named J. C. Kelly in Cooper-Ton township.
A fashion feature praises corduroy and velvet velours for children's coats. It notes practical white and light-colored options, plush fabrics for older children, and chic trims like braid and buttons. Details describe caracul-like textures, double-breasted fronts, and delicate frocks in pale shades, with emphasis on tailoring and material quality.
Paris reports a sensational new dance La Matchiche mixing cake walk and Turkish hoochy coochy. It dominates balls and dance houses across the city, turns on the edge of excitement, and suits solo, two women, or a man with a woman, often in daring costumes.
Reports allege France faces bans on a new dance named Matchiche, with Purity committees abroad opposing public performances. Two dancers were arrested in Liege Bal plum but released by the judge as Germany and Austria seek to halt the movement while England refuses a hearing. France resists pressure and defends the dance's legitimacy.
New York woman Mrs. Isaae A. Rice launches a crusade against excess noise. She plans to send photographers to record sounds, arguing murder is often caused by bedlam near hospitals. Her effort led to a government inquiry last summer into unnecessary noises from river craft whistles.
Mrs. Potter Palmer paid 5000 for an antique porcelain vase said to be over a century old from Pekin in royal palace provenance. The black vase reportedly features minimal decoration and is valued by connoisseurs as an old and rare piece.
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