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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1906
Page
5
An article from Physical Culture promotes kicking exercises for women as a healthful routine. It describes starting with chair support, practicing moderate height, and advancing gradually. Benefits cited include improved circulation, strengthened muscles, pelvic flexibility, and overall vitality.
Miss Harper arrives delayed by a mistaken train stop and wanders toward Glenburni, a summer cottage, where a handsome young man greets her. The Brownes plot to “good matches” while loneliness and social appearances frame their story in a chance encounter.
An advertising pitch extols Cascarets with dramatic claims of rapid daily purchases and millions of users. It notes extensive spending to promote the product, while blaming imitators and counterfeiters for stealing Cascarets’ goodwill and profits.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a time tested, reliable vegetable remedy for the digestive canal. It claims they strengthen bowel activity like exercise, guard innocent children against disease, and warns against dishonest sellers and counterfeit boxes. The Sterling Remedy Company is named as maker with a ten cent West Pocket box advertised.
Melicent Harper visits Glenburnie and Melicent agrees to stay to nurse Mrs Brown back to health. Marian Beatrix Browne and Herschel Hubert vie for her affection while Harry Brown remains loyal. Melicent accepts a summer stay and announces engagement to Harry ending Hubert’s plans.
Special to The Sea reports Dr Wills Hill a long time Central Mnolist physician and Democratic figure has died in Bloomington at age 77. He aided in the birth of William J. Bryan in Salem and served as consul at Sarnia during Cleveland’s administration.
A wealthy American hostess in New York hosts a private party where twenty-two guests, mostly women, drink heavily from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., with twenty quarts of champagne consumed. Several guests become overpowered, and moral condemnation follows as the article argues liquor corrupts women and harms motherhood and society.
This article describes several glove designs for warm weather including long novelty gloves with embroidered backs and adjustable length, a heavy raft-lined glove with elastic wrist, and outdoor white dogskin gloves with color matching back decoration. It notes practical wear with various sleeve lengths.
A theater ensemble features a white broadcloth skirt with a lace waistcoat trimmed in broadcloth appliqué. The lace is crochet and the waistcoat is edged with gold braid and gilt stars on the face of the bodice. A black chip hat with a blue quill sits atop, adorned with large blue ribbons on the bow.
New York city transit expert Dr George A Soper reports subway air carries microbes and bacteria due to dirty roadbed and unsanitary toilet and station areas. He exposed 2500 plates and found pneumonia bacteria can survive up to three days in tunnel conditions, urging rapid action by officials to improve sanitation and cooling.
Special to the Rum reports Miss Edith Hackenburg, a Lawton teacher, fleeing from a school event to elope with Harley Glenn of Lawton. Parents opposed the marriage. friends drove the couple to the Minon home where the ceremony took place.
Special to The Sun from St Louis reports four veterans at the Pas teur institute, 3212 Pleat, moved from Leavenworth, and an employed staff member are being treated after being bitten by a mad dog a huge Saint Bernard. Wounds described as substantial. Names listed include Thomas D. Carter George Beasley William Westfall and Withers Malis. West Leavenworth noted as the source of the injuries.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs presents a traveling art gallery now in Denver after a long southern tour. It features works by Rembrandt Laurwen Campers Charles Partridge Adams and others. Mrs Jean Bherwood of Chicago chaired the art committee and selected the pictures. EVA BOOTH IN BOSTON: Eva Booth opens a campaign in Boston with a dramatic red uniforms production by 12 performers and a golden harp on stage during services.
A garbled humor sketch features a congressman’s bill, railroad steerage of regulation, Castro’s threats, a hero saving a town, and assorted rants. References to Rockefeller, Nelson, and a Virginia incident mix with office shortages and a comical subplot about a stenographer. The piece ends with a reader’s tip about Bryan attending a wedding.
Mareoh and Tacie Rob took me aboard their new ship the Acorn Cup. A heavy sea arose as ducks appeared on a pond, complicating the journey.
The tuberculosis exhibit organized by the Commercial club and city doctors opens Monday afternoon for public inspection and runs through the week. Mayor Rockwalter, Charles R. Williams and other speakers will headline the formal opening Monday night. Prominent physicians including Arnold C. Kibbs of Chicago Dr G W McCaskay Fort Wayne Dr Robert H. Babcock the blind Chicago physician Dr Theodora Potter and Dr J N Kvety of Indianapolis will give lectures in the campaign against the disease.
In Lexington Kentucky a member of a local mysterious Commercial Travelers order was injured Saturday night while initiating a new member. The incident occurred at a lodge event and the extent of the injuries remains undisclosed. The organization refused to discuss the details surrounding the incident or the circumstances of the injury.
The article promotes Dr Pierce’s medicines as superior non secret remedies. It asserts physicians endorse the products, highlight pure glycerine as a preservative, and warns against alcohol in the formulations. It notes endorsements are based on ingredients and medical authorities, with emphasis on openness and safety.
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