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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
5
Reader tips highlight fresh home made baking with muffins tea biscuits and cakes. Describes clean, tasty, wholesome results superior to ready made foods and promotes practical methods for quick oven baked goods. Royals the greatest of bake day helps.
A narrator recalls encounters with Maud St Aubyn a fashionable London actress aboard a ship and in Trouville. A pickpocket accusation surfaces when Miss Mandet Aubyn is charged with abstracting twenty dollars from Henry Lovell. The crowd opposes her but she is discharged amid local indignation and suspense.
An old advertising pitch for Cascarets candy tablets sold in a small West Pocket Box. It claims daily use wards off many ailments by stimulating bowel muscles and curing digestive issues. Emphasizes portability, exercise analogy, and urges buying genuine Sterling Remedy Company tablets stamped GCD. Free offer to friends.
An aspiring thief, Maud St Aubyn, steals from Widow Vidal’s party, escaping with a gold watch, turquoise bracelet, and other items. The narrator, Kate and Captain Grantham contend with the incident as Mrs Vidal blames the visitor, while the thief’s fate and a paid debt linger.
Special to The Chicago March 1 describes initial steps toward a new suburban rapid transit system by Chicago Flue Island Joliet Traction Co with downtown Chicago terminal. Backed by Vanderbilts the line will run elevated above the right of way with stations reaching city limits and extend toward Joliet. The plan uses a third rail system to speed travel without disrupting mainline service.
A strange man threw kerosene on Miss Addie McGee and struck a match to her clothing in Abilene Texas on March 1. The flames were extinguished and she suffered serious burns. The assailant fled and she does not know the attacker.
Provisional note states President Vanegar appoints a committee to review the Murphy plan for a Colizeum. The panel includes Hilton A Brown Hugh J McGowrin Charles A Bockywaiter and others. Meeting scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
A collage of quotes and snippets covers politics, wealth, and social scenes. Notes on a new member seeking information about a railroad issue, Lawson’s banquet silence, a $5,000,000 widow, government foundations, Uncle Sam’s long term view, and snappy jabs about Jay Gould and Boni. Includes Knox rate bill chatter and Anna Gould’s costly action.
Prodigy at six, divorcee at seventeen, and a young wife killer at nineteen, Mrs Edwant Drogmund faced arrest after fatally shooting her husband Alteve Drogmund and wounding him a second time as he sat in a rocker. The couple, once unhappy, had met to discuss affairs when she fired two shots. She claimed he mocked her and she acted in anger. Drogmund had a prior marriage to Paul Haas.
Special to The Sun from Washington reports on the coming social role of Mrs Nicholas Longworth wife of the congressman and the implications for social duties of Miss Alice Roosevelt as the President's daughter. The piece discusses expected calls, hosting duties, and the season's social calendar versus the duties of official hosts in the White House social circuit. It notes the contrast with the president's wife and the vice president's wife and anticipates public attention and possible future hosting responsibilities for the Longworth household.
A vintage recipe collection describes puddings and desserts featuring apples and custards. Dishes include baked apples with milk custard, orange jelly moulds, bread and apple pudding, apple fritters, beef smothered with gravy, custard with crackers and pears, potato purée with layered potato bake, lemon sherbet, orange sheet cake, and cottage pudding with a vanilla sauce.
Fashion hints from a Paris view highlight spring fabrics. Toffeta coats return as modish pieces and cashmere dominates both new and old color palettes. Morning wear favors cheviot and covert cloth while pleated skirts remain essential for well dressed women. Nightwear leans to chiffon and velvet with gold brick accents and the street uses soft heavy silk for a refined look.
The National Education Association department of superintendence will meet February 27 to March 1 in Louisville Kentucky. The salary issue will be discussed led by Adelaide S Baylor superintendent of Wabash Indiana. Amelia C Frucht likely to be the sole St Louis woman teacher in attendance.
Sperial 19 thr sem announces engagement and a one day wedding plan. RW Kemble, a wealthy Wanker and Carralston lawyer, and Miss Alba Calvin of Pittsburgh, Pa, formed the match yesterday. The couple will wed in Carrollton, with details terse and dated.
An advertisement extols Tonsiline as a sole cure for sore throat and its dangers. It argues sore throat can lead to diphtheria and other illnesses, urging household stock of Tonsiline at 25 or 60 cents, claiming quick relief after the first dose and eventual cure.
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