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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
5
A nameless tramp wakes from ten years of aimless wandering to a meal from a compassionate old woman. She patches his ragged coat and offers kindness, sparking a life renewed by work, ambition, and a desire for a dress bought with his earned money. He accepts labor, earns $20, and purchases a black dress, then carries the parcel home as night falls.
Ventura, an Italian condemned to death in 1866, was spared when a malfunction halted the execution. King Victor Emmanuel III ordered his release after spectators were moved and secured a commutation of the sentence.
A health note explains bowel function and warns against laxatives like Castor Oil and Calomel. It promotes Cascarets as the safe daily aid, describing their gentle action, packaging, and price ten cents a box from Sterling Remedy Company stamped CCC, with caution to buy genuine tablets.
In Salerno province a famed highwayman gang led by Cecilia Amiella robs four times weekly while eluding police. Once a stage star and befriended by bandit Parisi, she now heads the group, aiding the poor and captivating local peasants in a tale echoing Dick Turpin.
In San Francisco on May 16, L S Darland and partner C W Owens with J W Ryan unveil an air ship that drops balloon methods, uses gasoline power, and employs eight wheels and wind beaters. The inventor asserts each wheel lifts 1000 pounds and that the craft can fly, relying on a bicycle like frame and integrated propellers.
The hat features Copenhagen blue in varying shades as its chief color with a Milan straw white as the base. Blue trimming blends into the blue-toned straw. A large high crown sits largely hidden by a wreath of Copenhagen blue roses encircling it. Two large wings flank the left front, shading from dark blue to a pale blue white.
The Boston Transcript notes grape fruit has become a popular staple, appearing at table three times daily in some households. It cites its fine flavor and healthful properties, and reports Florida orchards expanding as grape fruit trees outpace orange trees, signaling strong future demand.
An oversight reveals a suitor professing love to a baron and insisting he cannot proceed without the woman, while the baron questions the suitor about his father’s means and the marriage prospects.
A health note explains that intestinal lining acts like suction pumps drawing nutrients, and slow digestion leads to decayed food forming poisons affecting head neck heart kidneys and even brain. It warns of liver kidney illness and diseases if habitual and promotes Blackburn's Tastor-Oil Pills as a purifying remedy sold by druggists.
The article surveys bridal veils as symbols of maidenhood and modesty across cultures. It details practices in Arabia, Persia, Bedouin tents, Zulus, Assyria, Yezeedees, and Morrocco, including uncovering rites, veils, weddings, and post ceremony concealment.
London hosts the Parsee magnate Dhunjibhoy Bomanji of Bombay, a major shipping and labor employer who recently entertained British notables at the Ritz. He is a Sandow admirer and paid for physical culture treatment, and he organized an expensive royal excursion during the Prince of Wales visit to India, which was not used.
An imperial dispatch to the Russian czar noted the large flow of revolvers and arms to revolutionists via Finnish and other ports. At the margin, he wrote “Bad business” and the remark is recorded in the imperial archives.
Room 5 at the Odd Fellows Building on Pesa and Wash reports recovered buttons.
The Sun offers readers seam allowance patterns from exclusive Paris designs. A catalogue with 1,000 spring and summer styles by mail costs 16 cents postage prepaid. Patterns described daily, ten cent patterns supply latest designs via mail.
An Indianapolis based company requests guidance or confirmation on sending a Paris Pattern number for a product order. The brief note seeks instruction or approval to proceed with the Paris Pattern identification. The item appears to be a transactional inquiry lacking additional contact details or dates.
A guide to mending kid gloves using color matched sewing silk. Start with a first row of buttonholes, then a second to fill the area, forming a durable net over the tear. If seams split, buttonhole around and whip edges together. avoid tight netting on finger tears to prevent further splits.
The article describes jumper dresses as a popular summer fashion for women of all ages. It highlights a youthful style preferred by young women, noting a strawberry cream pink linen fabric and a pleated skirt with front box pleats, tucks, and a simple hem.
A Denmark native petitioned a Tennessee court to change his home state name to Hamm to avoid repeated annoyance from being called Damm. The court approved the request, and his surname was changed to Hamm.
A tiny church, possibly the world’s smallest, sits beneath a nearby volcano. About ten feet tall and twelve feet wide, it fits just enough room for a bride and groom to turn at the tiny altar during a marriage.
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