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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1907
Page
5
A poor boy Tommy Brown cherishes his tin Dunk the tin man until a red balloon lifts Dunk away. Decades later millionaire Mr Thomas Brown, Wall Street veteran, finds Dunk among旧 toys. He recalls childhood joy and decides to stay with Dunk forever, abandoning return to the city.
Special to The Sun from Berkeley California May 7 a little boy valued at 87 50 cash on delivery Johnny Knicks is held for debt unless his mother pays the amount to Mrs Jesus Alcantara who cared for the boy while the mother was away The woman demands the money and the courts decide the proper disposal of the boy
A silk Directoire gray coat features a heavy soft fabric with a high girdle and 16 inch peplum. It has a full skirt with cut away fronts revealing a folded girdle, capes sleeves with lace flounces, Persian embroidery along armholes, and a black and white Milan hat with winged trim.
The piece contrasts W T Steads quip about domestic harmony with the unlikely image of a peace conference delegate voicing similar sentiments. It suggests skepticism about reconciliation rhetoric by public figures and hints at irony in public discourse.
Dorothy daughter of Lillian Russell has divorced Abbott Einstein and plans to marry Arnold Rothstein. The Beilsteins Bernsteins Ecksteins Eisensteins Goldsteins and Kuhensteins also take notices in this column.
Mrs H Brayton Powell-Cotton recounts travel from Entebbe with a large guard across Uganda and into the Ruwenzori region. She details mission life at Toro, a New Year ball for dusky children, and tensions rising as natives revolt and a caravan of 40 armed men traverses the Semliki area. A hunter’s shot unites the narrative with peril and suspense as huts burn and villagers flee.
Special to The Sun from New York on May 7 notes Marelle Gilman who sailed under an assumed name evaded photographers on arrival and reached the Hotel Gotham unnoticed. The first photo shows her and her mother entering Mr Corey's automobile at the Fifty fifth street Gotham entrance after two days of seclusion.
A New York World view notes women may propose if they can offer a good home and financial support. Clubwomen argue economic conditions shift gender roles, with rich or employed women possibly asking for marriage and parental consent.
The text records quotes from Mrs Harriet Johnston Wood and Miss Mary Garrett Hey supporting official recognition of a woman’s right to propose marriage. They argue such a change would not drastically raise marriage rates but would advance equality, noting women now pursue diverse interests and fear losing self sufficiency if the custom shifts.
London May 7 Prince Edward eldest son of the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne will have only six cents a week for spending at the Royal Naval college Osborne Isle of Wight He will be treated like the other 400 students with no special favors and will be subject to the same rules as the other cadets
A speaker laments being robbed of his last penny by an unknown rascal while another character consoles him with a quip about losing in stocks, reflecting a light exchange in a stock room or tavern setting.
The Sun offers readers access to Paris designs with 1000 spring and summer styles by mail for 16 cents postage prepaid. A leading pattern company supplies daily patterns at 1 cent each, with one cent patterns described daily. Patterns are obtainable postpaid by sending ten cents plus pattern size and the reader’s name and address to the Fashion Department The Sun.
At the soda fountain a clerk asks for a Roosevelt lemonade with a big stick stirred in. A New England paper claims history failed to give justice to the apple but will to the lemon amid romance chatter about Miss Scrapper’s engagement and who she will marry or jilt.
Diana writes of Glamor Grange being levied on by the sheriff and closed. Grocers withhold credit and Gregory Gumbell’s supporters clash with critics while plans for reconstruction are uncertain. She notes public figures press statements from his study as an express wagon awaits.
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