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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1907
Page
5
A dated essay argues that American women marry for love but must know a husband's income and prepare to manage household duties. It cautions about financial realities, stresses practical partnership over romance, and notes women should assess earnings before marriage to avoid domestic strife. The piece critiques idealized courtship and advises prudent domestic expectations.
A masked thief uses a dark lantern and a jimmy to blow open a safe in the Torrence mansion library. Gold is looted, a black box eyes the room, and a photograph implicates Reginald Mason as the actual thief, while butler Breese is tried and sentenced.
Miss Callisperi of Athens is in the United States studying women’s schools and plans to establish a Greek girls school. She carries a commission from the Greek minister of public instruction to evaluate American education and report back. She says Greece is young and beset by enemies, leaving little time for education. The school will prepare girls for the university, with land granted and her own teaching.
In Trinidad Col January 8 report says William H Bartlett Chicago broker sold Vermijo park, a 200000 acre ranch with a richly furnished house, to Montana senator W A Clark for 2,000,000 dollars.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners released annual statements showing 14,197 new members in five months. Annual income reached $556,33.91 with $218,202.18 paid for death and disability benefits and a surplus of about $281,000 beyond all demands.
Count Tolstoi’s second article on the Russian revolution frames revolutionaries as self serving parasites harming the people. He blasts civil war bombings and urges the mass to reject violent ends, stressing inner moral reform over political agitation. The piece, addressed to the Russian public, will continue tomorrow.
Attorney Dean F. Orbison filed a remonstrance for Schuyler Young and William J. Trefz against Albert Soltan’s proposed saloon in the Tenth ward. They claim saloons violate state and federal constitutions and public policy, arguing the county board has no license authority. The commissioners denied the remonstrance, per county attorney Caleb S. Denny, and the petitioners plan to appeal to circuit court and then try the issue in supreme court.
In Topeka a telegraph operator named John Lynes age eighteen from Volland deceived Rock Island officials about his birth year in a job application. He claimed to be born in 1883, a falsehood not revealed until after his sworn statement following his arrest for a wreck between Volland and Alta Vista caused by his failure to deliver the chief dispatcher's order.
Describes a velvet trimmed calling costume in mauve with chiffon cloth coat and circular untrimmed skirt. Narrow black velvet ribbon ends decorate long sleeves and coat edges, embroidered mauve silk on the pieces starting at shoulders and hips, black velvet collar and purple enamel gold buttons at the belt.
An old advertisement claims a one day cure for colds using laxative bromine quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, and each box bears E W Grove’s signature. Price listed as 25 cents.
A praise of the World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1907 calling it a concise complete one volume library of information. It covers legislative elections finances trade sporting departmental and educational matters for American and foreign, national and state levels with a well arranged index for easy reference.
Mrs. Oscar Straus, wife of the new commerce and labor commissioner, broke the Washington record by quickly renting and furnishing her house and preparing it for a reception for friends in a few weeks.
Don’t think because you have taken many remedies in vain that your case is incurable. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured many seemingly hopeless cases of scrofula catarrh rheumatism kidney complaint dyspepsia and general debility. Take Hood’s.
Room 8 at the Odd Fellows' Building on Penn and Wash hosts a dress plaiting operation with Buttons reconeered. The Gayety Buffet claims best in the city. People's Coal and Cement Co., successors to Logsdon Bros' Fuel, lists two phone numbers.
Smiths offers one of eight dinners served from 9 a m to 2 p m at 49 41 W Illinois street providing a varied midday menu in a local dining notice.
In Indianapolis society Puccini's Madama Butterfly excites deep fascination with its music and story. Butterflies adorn teas, novelties, and fashion, while shopmen market Butterfly ties and perfumes. A grand wedding at Tabernacle Church featuring Miss Irma Jean Wocher and Dr. Herbert Milton Woollen drew many guests, with green and white decorations and a large out-of-town attendance.
Jefferson City reports Judge Phillips in Kansas City issued a stay in the pending case of Mrs Aggie Meyers who faced hanging next Thursday Also Mrs Spaugh seeking reprieve for her son William Spaugh and a circulating assembly resolution to abolish capital punishment Governor hinted clemency possible for all Thursday executions William E Church awaits hanging at Warrenton for murder of foster parents Gov Polk likely to grant stay for Frank Hottman the Meyers paramour
Capt. Tomalls of the U S Secret Service and Deputy Marshal Tom Martin arrested George and Hayden Zwyer near Sardinia Indiana. The suspects allegedly hid with shotguns, forcing entry to a farm house. They were brought to Indianapolis and bound over to the federal grand jury after a Tuesday morning hearing before U S Commissioner Moores.
Walter Miller led three wins at Emeryville yesterday and narrowly escaped tragedy in a fifth race when his Dorado was bumped and he was thrown. Lady Hildreth captured the 22 year old event while Swagger led maidens. Prestige defeated Metlakatla in a subsequent race.
An 1896 debut and a current sales pace of over a million boxes monthly show the public’s preference for Cascarets. The ads tout a pure mild tablet that cures constipation and bowel troubles, keeps the canal clean, and supports disease prevention while aligning with the Pure Drugs Act of 1906.
The Sun partners with a top pattern company to offer readers the latest designs for ten cents each. A new pattern is described daily. Orders are postpaid and must include the pattern number size desired and the name and address to send to The Fashion Department of The Bun.
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