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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1907
Page
5
Brown, confined by political influence, plays a royal game with a patient who imagines herself Cleopatra. He pretends to court her, leads her on a bridge, and leaps into a lake to appease her. Agnes Conklin later confesses she disobeyed orders and wandered, meeting Brown who calls his wife Cleopatra.
A wealthy man boasts he arranged his will to prevent relatives from benefiting, claiming they did nothing for years and he has set up a contest to challenge it.
Women's modesty is used to push letter consultations with Dr. Pierce. The ad touts Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for uterine and blood disorders, with claims of safety, home use, and unlisted ingredients on the bottle. It urges women to seek confidential advice by letter and promotes related tonics and pellets for digestive and nervous issues.
The piece discusses August Weismann’s view on death as a biological obstacle to species continuation. It contrasts human mortality with protozoa reproduction, where the organism’s body dies but germplasm remains, suggesting lifetime loss vs species survival as the driving force behind death’s seemingly universal fate.
The passage discusses fertilization as a rejuvenating process in sea urchin eggs and parallels it with artificial parthenogenesis. It notes that germ cells alone conjugate, while nonconjugating Paramecia differ in slenderness, implying only certain individuals sustain conjugation. The author suggests individual immortality of flesh is a past concept.
The program lists Jane Corcoran in The Freedom of Suzanne at English's tonight and tomorrow, Nance O'Neil in The Sorceress at English's Saturday, and the Pekin Zouaves plus vaudeville acts at GRAND. Park features Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl and The Smart Set. Empire presents Colonial Belles and Yankee Doodle Girls. Gayety offers The Greater New York Stars and Gay Masqueradoers. Miss Corcoran returns Wednesday with The Doligs House. O'Neil's Sorceress touring from Sardou, Toledo settings. George Primrose Minstrel Festival debuts at English's February 4 and 5 with star lineup and a second act of full minstrelsy. The Mountain Climber remains the magnet in the bill.
A lively review notes English's production at the Criterion theater in New York last season. It lauds the play as one of the cleverest comedies of recent years with a plot filled with amusing incidents and ridiculous complications. May Robson delivers a standout character performance among others.
A collection of simple home recipes including salad dressing with butter vinegar and mustard, a rich apple dessert simmered in spiced syrup, corn fritters with eggs milk and corn, creamed oysters on toast, veal wedge layered with eggs and onion, ginger snaps with molasses and ginger, and Hermit Cookies with brown sugar lard currants and spices.
The Washington Times advises careful cleaning of oilcloth without soap or ammonia to avoid dull colors. Use clear water and soft cloths, dry with a flannel, then polish with a rag and a touch of linseed oil or skimmed milk, which should be avoided in summer due to flies. Some recommend varnishing oilcloth when first laid for freshness.
John Bell, 88 detectives say, fatally wounded Dr Charles Townsend after a romance with Townsend's patient and Bell's wife died following a surgical procedure. Bell, once a Flushing streetcar conductor, eloped with the girl, later blamed Townsend for his wife's death and fled to San Francisco. He was arrested in Brooklyn as investigators pursue motive over a private grievance rather than burglary.
The Sun offers Pattern No. 1734 a seamless yoke ladies shirt waist in seven sizes 32 to 44 inches with full shoulder shaping. Front blouses neatly at the yoke, back plain with slight fullness, straight front box plait, standard shirt sleeve with straight cuff. Materials and yardage given, price 10 cents postpaid.
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