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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
5
Hats for Easter appear in a festive span of styles and colors. The verse catalogs great and small hats from turbans to Panamas, with lavished fabrics and pastel hues, promising rakish shapes and cheerful tones.
The advertisement touts Royal Baking Powder as a wholesome food aid that prevents irritation and slows digestion problems. It highlights its active ingredient, grape cream of tartar, as the healthiest fruit product, making foods finer, lighter, more appetizing and anti-dyspeptic.
Public notice condemns use of alum and alumina salts in baking powders. It warns the constant use irritates digestive and internal organs after absorption. Royal Baking Powder Co. of New York endorses prohibition.
Two village girls in red gowns dream of city life as night falls. One longs to escape small town confines and marry a village boy. In New York a brown-eyed girl seeks stardom while a Salvation Army worker speaks of protection, revealing the city’s lure and danger.
A bundled coupon offer invites customers to Haeg's Drug Store at 112 N Pennsylvania, corner of College, for a 50 cent bottle of Dr. King's Cough Balm and a 1 dollar bottle of Dr. King's Restorative Blood Purifier and Tonic, with a guarantee under the Food and Drug Act of 1906.
Special to The Sun from Lexington Ohio reports W H Hainer owns a hen that lays enormous eggs on alternate days. The largest measured 8 by 10 inches in diameter, with the owner claiming these are the biggest eggs ever produced by a hen.
Emma Dunn alleges F Richard Mansfield battered her during performances in Peer Gynt. She claims he lifted her, slammed her on a roof, and bruised her back and nerves. Dunn seeks $30,000 for personal injuries and says Mansfield dislikes others' acting.
A rambunctious column raspingly riffs on public figures and daily life. It pokes fun at John L. Sullivan, Chicago rail politics, theater fire law, and hotel quips. It lampoons subscribers, levity about doom from a comet, tax and crime notes, and a painterly array of wry one liners about life, misers, and miscommunications.
Fashions favor chiffons as a light airy fabric for dress materials and tailor gowns. Walking suits showcase short hip and Eton coats with diagonal closures and velvet accents, while seven-gored short skirts and plaited skirts rise in popularity. Sleeves remain a focal point with rumors of a long sheath sleeve from Paris. Lace flounces with removable edgings and La Savelle inspired crinolines influence ensembles, along with point d esprit gowns trimmed in net and lace.
Astronomers state the Moon experiences extreme temperatures, with scorching heat during two long lunar days and frigid cold during two long lunar nights. The peaks occur at lunar noon and midnight, surpassing Earthly temperatures in both warmth and cold.
The United States government pursues valuable foodstuffs with returns. Macaroni wheat imported from Prussia costs 310000 annually and yields 10600000. Sorghum from China in 1864 costs 2000 and generates 40090060 annually.
A Paris cablegram from a Chicago dress goods firm reports a fashion wave to America. Gowns, shirt waists, lace waists, silk waists and tight jackets will button up the front. The princess gown with bone knob studs is set to go out, delighting husbands who have long struggled with back buttons.
Rhode Island former governor Garvin announced engagement to a blind girl much younger than him. He supervised her education at Perkins Institute for the Blind for years. The bride-to-be is described as accomplished and will be a pleasant companion despite her infirmity.
Newport prepares for a gay season with two duchesses hosting their daughters. The duchess of Marlborough and the duchess of Roxburghe, Mrs Ogden Goelet and Mrs Belmont, will entertain, promising a delightful summer for the duchess.
The piece describes a spring outfit for a child, a smart bagging suit with a long Russian blouse, tunic reaching nearly to the knees, and visible white mohair trousers. A son of four wears white mohair plaid with pale blue lines, blue silk stitching, French knots, and a white patent leather belt as finishing touches.
A current magazine argues there is one proper action at a wedding and identifies the bride’s mother as performing that duty. The piece emphasizes tradition and etiquette, centering on a single recommended behavior amid ceremony and reception details.
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