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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
5
Traveling Ausband writes from a hotel room to his wife and children describing loneliness and care. A wife in a gaslit parlor sends a loving note about duties, economy, and longing, hoping for future reunions and his fishing trip.
The piece contrasts the appearances of John D. Rockefeller Sr and his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. The younger Rockefeller is described as taller and fuller faced, resembling his mother, while the elder has sharp, acquisitive features with a receding forehead.
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia and his ex wife Grand Duchess Melitta fled Paris after Russian revolutionary plots targeted their lives. Assassination attempts, bomb sightings, and poison threats followed them through Biarritz Aix les Bains Geneva and Munich before they found refuge near Coburg protected by private detectives and a barbed wire estate boundary.
Practical advice for the home including cleaning brushes with hot soda water and soft soap, boiling greens with a pinch of soda, blowing candles upward to avoid grease, cleaning linoleum with water and milk polish, using a lemon for more juice when heated, and care tips for bread storage and broom maintenance. Also notes on mutton gravies, medicine stain removal, and caring for Japanese porcelain and trays.
A vintage home cooking guide describes bake tested stuffed potatoes with two thirds meat filling, a cross scored top, and a crown baked to serve. It also covers Salmon Salad mixing celery with tuna like flavors, Apple Taffy in sugar syrup, Canned Lima Beans preserved in jars, and Baked Tomatoes with cheese and butter finished in a roasting pan.
Sun presents the first authentic photograph of Empress Dowager Tsi An. A French embassy linked observer captured the moment during a palace reception. at 78 she appears youthful and controlling the empire since 1800, with a once-nephew as nominal emperor.
A luminous summer frock in blue dotted Swiss with pale blue lawn bodice and front, deeper blue trim, and white batiste waistcoat. The princesse model lays on the ground with light tassels, sailor hat in Danish blue, and pink roses and feathers to harmonize the color scheme.
Sunshade handles feature dainty bouquets of carved and painted flowers. Some arrangements form a knob while others cluster loosely with chenille tassels. Contrasting color effects appear, such as a cyan blue shade with Neapolitan violets and a green silk with variegated tulips.
Dresden, maire and bro caded satin ribbons are favored for sashes. The article notes sashes are more popular than in recent seasons. For long ends, five to six yards are required, with several loops shaping the final display.
Puro Distilled Water offers half gallon bottles at five cents and five gallon emijohns at four cents. New phone number is 2277 under Eld main TH for service inquiries.
A public safety notice lists cautions for fireworks use. It warns not to handle fireworks or toy pistols irresponsibly and to avoid pointing weapons at people, animals, or structures. It advises keeping sparks away from combustibles and not testing delays or throwing fireworks at others.
In West Flanders fourty schools educate about thirty thousand children in lacemaking. Many institutions, run by Catholic sisters, also teach the craft. The vocation is described as more artistic and healthful than factory lace production in America.
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