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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
10
Deputy county auditor Rod K. Shepard becomes secretary and treasurer of Marion Trust Co. C White named deputy auditor. John McGregor moves from county commission presidency to Thomas Spafford. Lina enters fourth term. Olver P. Ensley starts new term as county and city treasurer.
A jumbled OCR fragment lists fabrics and prices such as satin ribbon moire taffeta silk cord and wool velours. Mentions Swiss and Nalscok edges Cambria Embeotery and dress goods with varied price cues, but many words are garbled. The item appears to be a shop card or catalog snippet with no clear event or headline.
Sale notes Elk Satin Ribbon one inch wide Albank Satin Ribbon all colors ten cents four cents Be Sic Ribbon colored edge worn print Dresden Moire Taffeta Ribbon two inch fields wide yard Lac Embroidered Taffeta Ribbon for bishop collars regularly sold at twenty five cents now offered at a discount.
Embroideries include Cambric and Swiss patterns with varied widths from 3 to 5 inches. Showy open work designs and allover patterns priced per yard up to 30 cents. Also advertised are 18 pieces of Shirt and Corset Cover Embroidery and a Swiss Dress Plourning design on sheer Swiss mull.
Listed are damask tables and towels including German and Turkey red damask, bleached table damask, and linen towels. Prices show per yard and per dozen with various widths and finishes. advertised patterns include napkins and lunch cloths, many with hem stitching and double satin damask imports.
Millinery listings describe light Belle Forget-me-nots with pink buds per dozen, silk and linen poppies one dozen per bunch, pink crush roses for trimming, jet cabochons and buckles, oxidized steel buckles in various shapes, black and colored plumes priced around two dollars. Trimmed hats in winter styles priced from three to ten dollars, many shapes available.
The Grand Theater showcases a packed New Year program with record matinee business and strong crowds. Highlights include W. C. Young spook minstrel novelty with moving pictures, David Harum stage drama at Park Theater, and Havemann’s trained-animal extra at Empire theater with lions and leopards.
In Other Cities, Thomas E Shea presented nightly acts from his four plays drawing admirers and a $774 tea. New York’s Garrick hosts Henrietta Crossman’s show, while Thomas Ryley buys English rights and Londons next. Pittsburg’s Kirk to run a new Washington Pa. theatre with ground to break. Nixon Zimmerman plan Wilard Spencer operas and Megare Zimonson buys Silver Heels for Frank Deshon. Viola Allen’s Toast of the Town ends its New York run as Western tour begins. George Cohan’s Party Five Minutes from Broadway starring Fay Templeton tops the year’s chatter with Willard Spencer’s company.
An article describes a highly voracious Nepenthes plant at the University of Pennsylvania that devours small animals such as rats and insects. The piece notes the plant’s legendary appetite and memory-erasing metaphor, contrasting it with other plant life and emphasizing its extraordinary nature.
The piece explains a nepenthe plant luring rodents with a scented liquid from a pitcher bulb. A rat drinks and is killed by embedded spikes as the plant digests it, while Pennsylvania University studies its growth for potential agricultural use and daily rat supplies.
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