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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
5
The article highlights turnover collars as a key accessory among economical fashion options. It notes a wide variety from fine, hand embroidered to coarse lace, matching blouses and skirts, and easy home crafting with hemstitched bands and ready hemmed trimming.
An elderly narrator recalls curious scenes from a rural day including a village blacksmith shoeing a flea and men at a car on the road with odd roadside details. A hen eats sawdust while a wooden axe appears, all seen through grandpa's worn view.
Mrs Farquhar seeks forgiveness after Hamilton seduces her, then later falls for Margaret Evans. Hamilton later confesses, asks forgiveness, and plans to tell Mrs Farquhar his tale as retribution. Evans rejects him, and he departs town.
Remove bone from a small leg of mutton and fill the cavity with forcemeat and chopped ham or bacon. Sew skin over the opening and roast in a hot oven. To remove bad odors from a room burn orange peel on a shovel or tin and burned coffee. Dust houseplants daily with a damp sponge to keep them fresh and promote growth.
A Philadelphia man who had been married twelve years created a weekly system where every Tuesday, except the wife, family and staff enjoyed a day off. The wife stayed in, freeing herself from meals and duties while others managed chores. The plan reduced catering costs and impressed the household as they raced to outdo each other in making the day work. The husband notes his wife seems to have found a secret of perpetual youth.
The Mina Workers' Journal highlights Japanese economic influence in San Francisco, accusing Japanese firms of price cutting and market invasion. It cites a Tokyo capitalist Nishomura who allegedly dominates Pacific coast Japanese shoe trade, forcing workers to conform to Japanese union rules.
A fragment describes strict rules imposed on a Japanese community including joining a sick benefit society, weekly payments, apprentice training, and non competition. It notes employers must expand within limited territory and warns that once entrants join the channel they cannot leave. The passage asserts the country and clans remain American while duties favor Japanese interests across business lines.
Recipe extract describes making a citron and fruit cake mixture with butter eggs sugar and flour then folding in raisins walnuts and citron. It outlines beating yolks folding in whites cooking syrup and dipping candled citron in syrup before layering onto platters to dry.
Fragmentary text from a royal family page mentions the emperor and empress, several family members and spouses. Details are obscured by garbled words but reference to nobles, ritual gatherings, and possible court events. No clear dates, places, or names are reliably identifiable.
A quirky newspaper item notes shoppers seeking unique motor accessories. It mentions a big silver watch, unusually large for its type, described as wafer thin with a face featuring hinge like Mega on a lock. The piece highlights novelty items in a light column.
A pilot shipment of 12 street cars built by the St. Louis Car Company left East St. Louis on a railway test bound for Los Angeles via New Orleans. The cars, 6 feet long with standard gauge, use automatic couplings and air brakes. If successful, about 100 more cars will travel the same way, attracting attention in railroad yards.
A severe snow storm rages across Scotland, starting Christmas day and continuing unabated. Roads are blocked in many areas and reports indicate widespread disruption with parts of the country effectively snowbound.
A fragmentary item warns English and Enetioh girls about marriages to Frenchmen. It notes men deserting wives abroad and discusses a professor’s daughter and the home secretary Herbert Gladstone contemplating legality of such unions.
An elaborate sideboard valued at $6,000 is described as the world’s most expensive, reportedly assembled with 95,000 pieces over about twelve years. The owner highlights its retirement and the lengthy craft period dedicated to its creation.
In an era of social gossip, Mrs. James L. Kernochan, widow of a late yachtsman, receives a $100,000 money gift after promises from her mother in law. Jack W Forster, a master of affairs, was involved in prior engagement rumors. Yale Professor Fisher proposes a federal health system to oversee food production with support from 100 leading scientists and college professors nationwide.
The Sun arranges with a leading pattern company to supply readers with new patterns for ten cents each. A different pattern will be described daily. The ten-cent pattern claims to accommodate women. Postpaid patterns can be obtained by sending ten cents, the pattern number and size, plus name and address to The Fashion Department at The Gus.
A detailed description of a fashion pattern for a mulberry broad cloak outfit featuring a short jacket with a belt back seam, long front openings, and a three quarter sleeve. Includes cape, belt, trim, decorations, skirt contours, color options, and yardage needs to construct jacket and skirt from pattern Nos. 182 and 150 with seven pieces.
The arrival of Mrs James leven of England in the United States is seen as influential for women’s advancement and child welfare. Maria Robinson Wright, prolific writer on South American republics, travels from London to Rio Janeiro to continue a history of a Latin American nation. A tonic on Catarrh promotes a healing remedy, while Mrs Winslow’s teething bane markets for children. Advertisements tout cancer cures, a free book offer, and the best noonday lunch at Dan Smith’s.
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