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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
6
A young man visits the narrator's daughter and they share music and conversation on politics sports and art. The elder recalls courting days with rustic charm, detailing old routines from buggy rides to midnight cider suppers and farm chores before dawn.
The Japanese government will send Miss Matsu Okonoki, a recent graduate of Tokio high school, to Wellesley for the study of English language and literature, reflecting equal concern for female students.
Sarah Bernhardt, over sixty and a grandmother, has taken on the task of teaching at the Paris conservatoire. She is poised to receive a medal she desires while listening to the amateur acting efforts of her pupils in class.
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery promises broad cures from blood enrichment to digestive and chronic respiratory relief. It claims to treat catarrh skin sores and ulcers with internal use plus Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy for nasal cleansing. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and offers free medical adviser with small mailing stamps.
The United States uses paper produced entirely in Mechanic Falls Maine for postage stamps. Each month the firm processes a requisition for 1,000,000 sheets of paper, with each sheet capable of producing 361 stamps.
The W C T U women aim to own the Willard temple in New York to stop paying $300 yearly rent for Willard hall. The movement notes that more conversions occur there than in all Chicago churches combined.
A Cape Town letter from a Surrey passenger paints Tristan da Cunha as barren and overrun with rats. Sixty inhabitants remain, most women and children, with no bread for six months and subsistence from potatoes. The island follows a strict equal share rule for all resources.
A dangerous voyage ends with passengers helped ashore as a canvas boat parts under heavy weight. One passenger swims to shore while others are aided by officers. The ship rides high, surf roars, and the group escapes the surf before landing. The island receives an annual warship to stay connected with the world. The clergyman plans a multiyear stay.
Rollo and his father flee the city for a rural excursion in search of springtime harbingers. They spot daffodils violets lambs and a wagtail while noting farm life and a rheumatic father’s joke about sassafras roots for surviving the balmy season and ague.
Women continue to publish new works with May Sinclair Mrs Wilson Woodrow and Margaret P Montague releasing books. Mrs Wilkins Freeman draws broad readership though opinions vary as readers engage with current titles.
Mrs Annie Durand, who died in Chicago, left 25000 dollars to fund two small hospitals in the citys poorest, thickestly settled areas. A separate 75000 dollars will finance a public bathhouse and swimming pool. Some wealthy residents consider libraries and colleges, but the hospitals will aid the sick poor.
The naval recruiting station in the federal building, led by Lieut George W Steele, seeks applicants. Enlistees face strict physicals, with many from rural areas. Navy offers education, training, and possible advancement to commissioned officer, plus a promising retirement path with savings.
Mrs Lillie Deverax Blake and Mrs Donald McLean are praised as the best women speakers in the United States capable of delivering impromptu talks with substantive discussion and humorous anecdotes, a skill few women possess even in prepared speeches.
The fire at Helicon Hall, a socialists' community center, swept through the building leaving the hall’s core social center in ashes. Carpenter Lester Bridges of Providence R1 died in the blaze as writers and residents gathered to discuss pressing concerns in the evening. A photograph documents the extent of the destruction.
London story notes the lord mayor Sir William Treloar in full regalia at the opening of the new Newgate prison. The article contrasts his ceremonial appearance with a plain democratic American mayor, describing his cocked hat ostrich feathers jeweled clasp ornate robe and a heavy badge weighing about a pound.
The Queen of Holland, a devout woman, holds daily religious services in her dining room attended by the household. A psalm is read, hymns sung, and a scripture chapter read, marking each service. Rumors of family troubles circulate, including alleged cruelty by her husband, yet sources say these accusations are untrue, though the queen remains unhappy due to not having children.
Some Illinois teachers condemn the pension plan as high school principals oppose it. Principals earn about 4400 dollars annually and allegedly should save, not begrudge, pensions for teachers who barely earn living wages.
An old Rouen timepiece by Jehan de Felains began in September 1389 and still marks hours and halves as a regulator. Weighing six feet eight inches by five inches, the case houses a foliot mechanism that ran for 325 years without a pendulum.
Special to The Suan from Lennington Kentucky reports a shift toward prohibition as many distilleries close or rot. Madison County prepares for a local vote on saloon bans while Richmond saloonkeepers voluntarily close to show how a dry town would look.
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