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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
6
A historical notices urges mothers to use Cuticura treatment, consisting of warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuticura Ointment, as the best, purest remedy for childhood skin troubles. Cures in childhood are claimed to be speedy and economical.
Washington dispatch reports an uproar over opening saloons for visitors on Inaugural Sunday. Representative Habcock, who introduced the measure, now says only a few saloons and restaurants selling liquor were included and that the plan may be dropped after a nationwide outcry.
Report describes a conference with Speaker Cannon and district commissioner about opening half a dozen restaurants to feed a large crowd. Eight places were named, with saloon doors to stay closed, to avoid serving as restaurants and selling liquor. The excise board chairman would decide which sites could operate. The aim was comfort for attendees without broad opening of saloons.
Field report from January describes Manchu Han villages with mud walled compounds and thatched huts. It notes clothing styles, hair arrangements distinguishing genders, and widespread dirtiness. Photographs depict village women, including a purported belle who flirts with foreigners, while interviews recount desires to marry foreign masters.
A city health department unit, billed as the world’s only device of its kind, uses a steam-sterilizing wagon to killer bacteria in infected bedding and clothing. The 7-foot cylinder seals and evacuates air then steam cleans at high pressure, destroying anthrax germs and other microbes within about 30 minutes. A formalin option sterilizes fine goods. a heavy gas is used for quick disinfection.
Lite round pebbles served as the marbles used by the children of a small community in a simple outdoor game. The story notes their smooth surfaces and pale tones, highlighting the nostalgic charm of a bygone classroom or playground pastime.
The text notes that nature took vast spans to form marble and cites a modern stone marble mill producing about 2,000 marbles weekly, identifying Saxony as the major marble making center.
Washington’s social scene erupts over Sunday entertainments hosted by Secretary Morton and his wife aided by Ambassador Durand and De Koven. Cars and carriages fill Dupont Circle with music, receptions, and levees near Chevy Chase, drawing censure from churchgoing society and public figures including the President and Mrs. Taft.
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