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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1907
Page
5
Mrs Mark Squire a Cleveland society figure joins Lew Fields burlesque company and will debut soon in Chicago. She left Cleveland after a divorce suit by her husband drew notoriety and seeks custody of their three year old son.
In a moonlit scene aboard air ships Jack pursues Norette who resists a rival suitor. Amid daring leaps and romantic tension she signals a preference for Jack. They reconcile and vow to marry as Aunt Mary notes the plan and offers fruit on the roof.
Special to The Sun. Emma Summers, known as the oil queen of southern California, claims a $500,000 fortune from oil and smart investing. She sold all her wells months ago and now buys and sells oil, runs a paint factory with her husband, and directs a large workforce from her two desk phones. Summers argues women have equal business rights and sharp vision.
Colorful report on children’s party frocks and hats highlighting lawn pique and tartan gingham fabrics. Describes short skirts long blouses box pleats up to the belt line, and diverse hat styles from coarse straw to lingerie trims with ribbon accents.
A Cleveland entrant nominates John D. Rockefeller for a national beauty contest. Supporter cites Rockefeller as a plain people figure while noting he’s rarely in the public eye except for legal notices. The piece touches on political, military, and social quips surrounding public figures and events.
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved against E. H. Harriman's Southern Pacific, which notified that its 1902 tariff agreement with the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is abrogated. The accord aimed to control California freight for 99 years and was signed by Harriman and W. A. Clark. Abrogation cited as necessary to comply with anti trust laws after Los Angeles investigation.
Rose brown suits feature jaunty street attire with a high corseted skirt and a brown cream taffeta waistcoat. A small brown cream waistcoat, deep cream lace trimming, and striped taffeta accents create a smart ensemble with Japanese sleeve detailing and lace underbodice.
Paris May 6. Suzanne Talbot designs a new black velvet hat that embodies the season’s Parisian style. The tilt and droop remain but are enhanced by a high curved brim and ostrich feathers cascading from the crown toward the back, creating a striking silhouette.
Paul W. Bartlett, who created the Lafayette statue gifted by American school children, has finished major changes after its plaster debut at the 1900 Paris Exhibition. The revised bronze presentation shows a youthful figure imbued with mystic inspiration, reflecting Bartlett’s ongoing labor.
The narrator describes distressed children kept in a separate cottage at Glamor Grange. She reports wild-eyed kids, scarce food, and a harsh scene as she buys ham sandwiches to feed them, questioning the approach and calling for more nourishment and humanity.
A solitary artist facially experiments with hat lines and backward coiffure to match his backward pose. He drafts a wooden shack in the woods offering food and sweets to lure animals and birds for tame, splendid sittings, creating a likely leading American animal photograph collection.
Consul General Alfred L. M. Gotts Chalk of Mexico City reports a conservative private estimate that American capital invested in Mexican mining and smelting ventures since 1902 amounts to about 12 million dollars in gold. He notes this could lift the earlier estimate of American investment in Mexico to 750 million dollars in gold value.
The Sun offers readers exclusive Paris design patterns with 1 000 new spring styles via mail for 16 cents postage paid. A leading pattern company supplies the latest patterns at ten cents each postpaid, with a different pattern described daily.
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