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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
5
A formal gown features black Bruges lace with a white radium silk veil. Baby Irish adds elegance, while white taffeta and chiffon finish the skirt. The deep yoke uses white taffeta with cream chiffon shirring, and Irish face appears in double puffed sleeves. The stock follows the same Irish theme.
A practical pattern for a combined walking and street skirt using Cravenelle or khaki cloth priced at $2. The design features two attached skirts to an ammo belt, cut by the Eve-gore pattern. The outer skirt is shorter for tramping, with finishing rows of stitching, while the top skirt is longer and finished in the same manner.
A fragment discusses buttoned skirt details and matching jacket styles with a neat finish, followed by a palatable cucumber dish. It gives a method to pickle cucumbers, then to simmer them, and finish with a hot cream dressing poured over toast and cucumber cubes.
A garbled OCR style query asks about Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a secret medicine. It mentions alcohol content and efficacy, questioning what it cures and how it is sold, but the text is unreadable and contains many misspellings and broken phrases.
Tom Rose befriends a green goggled flower girl on Paris streets. After a series of misdirections and romantic intrigue with a flashy rival, he ends by inviting her to music and planning a future together. The tale unfolds across the Boulevard des Italiens Rue Camsartin and Arc de Triomphe with a final vow to hear a Sousa march.
London fashion notes describe roses as the season’s decor sensation with petals used to scatter bridal gowns hats and table settings. Bridesmaids dresses imitate different rose varieties while banquets mirror rose tones. A debutante hosted a birthday dinner with petals and silver accents, and milliners report selling rose sprays for hats. Petal desserts and rose water accents add to a rose themed display across events.
For Thursday June 71 1906 the astrologer urges pushing business while avoiding disputes and favors. A birthday on that day could bring wealth and rapid rise, but risk of accidents and narrow escapes remains. The piece discusses decay of the parent and shifts in intergenerational knowledge and attitudes toward technology and cuisine.
The New York university plans a summer course to fit teachers to take charge of school gardens. The program runs weekly and allows teachers to work and still supervise school gardens. The garden movement is described as the most profitable form of summer playground activity.
Bi Georgia A. Burns of Oklahoma is described as the youngest woman ranch owner in the world. She owns and manages 11,000 acres of oil and mineral lands and recently leased 100 percent of 1000 acres in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for 11 years.
A June New York report portrays brutal child labor in Harlem tenements and Brooklyn factories. It describes 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. shifts, 12 1/2 hour days, and a six‑day week in candy and cigarette factories. Aware youths and widowed mothers face hardship. newsboys number over 600 in the city.
A collage of oddities and humor, including spoof recipes and rhymes about garbage and dyes. It references Reginald Ne Koven and absurd culinary metaphors, plus snippets of dialogue about a cap that becomes an automobile accessory and a warden commenting on a condemned murderer reading. The piece juxtaposes comic verse with dark glimpses of crime and global news.
Violet Kennedy recently married into the Bt. Clair line with bridesmaids in blue taffeta and Parma violets. An old ad for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething children, and a clothing-donation plea from Smith Dye Works are mentioned alongside local ads. The Anti-Feather Law controversy in Rochester and Massachusetts malliner activity sparks interest. Education debates cover high school sex segregation and parental clubs opposing the test discontinuation. Asbjian Bros. advertise rug work and carpet repairs.
A clever guide to shaping a husband’s comfort at home through room setup and small conveniences. It covers arranging sleeping spaces, lighting, storage, and even a no-cover table, with tips on wastebaskets, ties storage, smoking rules, and a pedestal ash tray to avoid fire risks while preserving a partner’s habits.
A damaged OCR listing park rules bans fires within parks and prohibits harming animals kept for public entertainment. It forbids letting livestock stray, horse tethering to trees, and bringing un-harnessed horses or mounted riders into public park areas.
Household hints cover curtain cleaning with borax soap and air drying while warning against procrastination. Methods include soaking curtains, dissolving soap, scrubbing carpets with muslin rags, and removing stains with gasoline or naphtha, then drying thoroughly. Also notes styles for grandmothers wore embroidered black garments and new hats showy for street wear and autos, with notes on seasonal fashion. A Joplin Missouri school board request urges teachers planning marriage to inform. transportation advertisement follows.
A defense of Dr. Ray Pierce and his Buffalo enterprise counters broad fraud claims in patent medicine. The piece details Pierce's staff, hospital, and careful handling of inquiries, arguing continued public confidence and high ethical standards despite industry criticisms. It notes controlled use of letters, a centralized supervision system, and a reward for identifying harmful ingredients in products.
A fragmentary report notes thrifty Paris women in the Syndicate of women workers struggle to live on modest sums. It outlines austere expenses such as pen ink and paper, occasional hot baths, and other frugal items, highlighting hardship among shop girls and feather workers.
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