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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
5
In a penny dreadful tone a maid named Martha reacts to a burglary scare. She calls police, guides four officers to a summer kitchen where two big burglars are found laughing and eating, ending with Martha vowing to warn her employers.
French millinery presents spring hats with minimal trim changes from winter. Notable pieces include a black horsehair head-dress with a scooped brim and green-tipped ostrich feathers, plus pink roses on the crown. White chiffon boas replace winter fur, featuring black lace and satin ribbon accents.
Noting Louise Closser's rise from Indianapolis to Broadway, the piece highlights her originality and charm in roles from Candida to Miss Lanner. It surveys her stage work with Blanche Walsh, her private life with actor-husband Walter Hale, her writing, and upcoming appearances at the Astor Theatre in the Gods. The article also mentions other Indiana-born performers making Broadway impact.
A vintage recipe fragment lists German coffee cake ingredients with flour butter sugar milk cream of tartar soda and a cinnamon sugar roll bake method. It also provides doughnuts and hard gingerbread basics including sugar sour milk egg soda cream molasses salt and oven timing.
Recipe notes mix one cup brown sugar, butter, and molasses with half cup sour milk and two teaspoons soda and ginger. Stir in flour to stiffen into cookie dough suitable for baking.
A vintage recipe fragment lists ingredients for a date nut cake: one cup sugar two thirds cup sour milk two cups shortening one egg flour one pound dates nutmeg cinnamon and cloves. The concise item emphasizes pantry components and spices common to historic baking.
A self published appeal claims a bone treatment cures uterine and ovarian issues and other female ailments. The author offers a ten day home program free to prove effectiveness and promises a low daily cost if continued.
A spring turban arriving from Paris in Copenhagen blue features a round silk base with folded silk wings in lighter blue on the sides. A deep Copenhagen velvet knot accents the front, with long slightly curled ends.
At Key West Florida on February 23 an explosion and fire destroyed the Adelina owned by Henry C Havemyer of the sugar trust A gasoline leak on deck ignited The party aboard including C W Burt Dr J C Williams Mrs Layton and the engineer and pilot escaped in small boats landing on Sound beach Mrs Layton suffered a slight burn The yacht is a total loss
London reports the engagement of actress Edna May to Oscar Lewisohn of New York, son of Adolph Lewisohn the sugar magnate. The Lewisohn family are multimillionaires and the three brothers are prominent in social circles in London and New York. The couple plan to live in London after a wedding later this year and Miss May will continue her stage career.
A Washington woman hosted a dinner in New York described as successful with no meat or cooked food. The menu included oysters in grapefruit shells, nuts, sun cooled corn, cheese, eggs, cherry tarts, sherbets, ice creams, and abundant fruits.
Samuel M Hunter, 65, longtime candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in 19, died of heart trouble in Newark Colorado on February 23 as John M Pattison was named governor candidate.
The Herron Institute hosts the Collier collection of Gu picches with seven women and 38 men represented. Jessie Wilcox Smith leads female artists with 15 child life scenes while Ethel Betts, Violet Oakley, May Wilson Preston, Florence Scovel Shinn, Anna Whelan Betts, Alice Barber Stephens, Charlotte Harding, and others contribute works. The exhibit, praised by students, has drawn repeated viewings and ends with the collection returning to P. F. Collier of New York after a western tour.
Practical tips for portraits. Avoid smiling unless always cheerful, skip hats for full face shots, avoid satin or silk, choose velvet wool or lace, simple hair, beware glare on light fabrics, light gray looks white, yellow or tan resemble black, actors use makeup to shape features and smooth skin for a polished result.
The Sun partners with a leading pattern company to bring readers new patterns for ten cents each. A distinct pattern described daily, the only ten cent pattern with seam allowances. Send ten cents, pattern number and size, plus name and address to The Sun Fashion Department.
A historical notice warns that a remedy labeled Bromo Quinine may be a laxative, noting the first Cold Tablet in a white pack with black and red lettering and the signature of E. W. Grove could mislead readers about its contents.
An advertisement notes new phone 2177 and old address Main 778 offering five-gal packages at 49 cents and 12 half-gal bottles at 60 cents each.
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