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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1905
Page
5
Authentic ad copy extols making muffins cakes and tea biscuits at home with Royal Baking Powder. Claims fresher cleaner tastier results than store bought ready made foods. Promotes Royal Powder Co New York as bake day helper.
An illustrated feature describes turning a potato outline into an old gentleman smoking a corncob pipe and wearing a Tex-like coat. It notes differing student ideas, then shifts to a humorous wishbone transformation. Also profiled is Gerhard B. Helmers of Baltimore who began drumming at 12 months and performs with a band, playing with precision and early talent.
The passage discusses ruffling and shirring as cheaper alternatives to plaiting and hemming. It notes tatting as perhaps prettiest, while corded edges help hold skirt fullness but may cut the silk. It emphasizes that the fit and flounces, not the cords, determine serviceable wear.
Althea Gardner, age 11, daughter of Lord and Lady Burghere, appears in photographs echoing poses seen in great works. The reproductions mimic refined painterly attitudes and are described as a popular artistic fad in England.
A fashion preview notes traveling gowns and spring trends with women choosing lightweight colored fabrics, boots or soft wool cheviot outfits, and plaid or ebony contrasts. It highlights jacket lengths, braid trims, velvet collars, and new sleeve decorations, plus cashmere and silk taffeta draped bodices and growing hair accessory demand.
Central California quail populations declined due to a disease doctors compare to appendicitis in humans. Investigators found goats eating excess grapes and seeds resembling the vermiform appendix, triggering inflammation and widespread illness among birds.
On a crowded O R B and Pines trolley car at the Pines July Fourth a couple, Meritable Roper and James King, marry with a minister aboard after producing a license. The clergyman officiates briefly as the train slows, witnesses sign, and the pair celebrate a rapid yet legal ceremony.
In a tense post telegram exchange aboard a reaching steamer bound for Totland, Herzog warns of hidden danger as Roger Marske’s role in a perilous plot remains suspect. The narrator suspects Marske and contemplates fate, while Col Chilmark and Mrs. Krance grapple with a cryptic telegram about Miss Chilmark and possible peril.
A frontier fashion feature explains spring millinery trends with New York Paris influence. Hats will be flowered heavily, with varied shapes and large brims. Embellishments include English embroidery, vines, and bright hues. Women are urged to picture themselves in the new styles and prepare for the season.
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