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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
5
A drunken husband assaults his wife in a brutal kitchen scene. He later confronts a burglar in the house, dies after a struggle, and reveals to his son Sonny a grim warning and the truth about his past crime. The judge’s sentence is read as the story closes with Grouch’s death and a haunting message to his child.
An unsolicited advertisement claims a home remedy to cure various female ailments without medical help. It promises quick, easy results for conditions like headaches, fatigue, back and spine pain, and “green sickness.” The message urges women to send money for an illustrated guide and assures free samples, aiming to empower readers to self-treat with a mail order cure.
Kansas City May 18 during the University office building fire 22 people were saved. Ladderman Charles Braun carried piano teacher S Ellen Barnes down from the fifth floor amid smoke and peril. Prof Georges De Mare died jumping from the same floor. Braun to be honored by city council as a fundraising drive begins for his bravery.
A mash of humorous vignettes and quick quips features a comedian’s serious craft, tongue in cheek as bank cashiers, tobacco talk, and political opinions drift by. It riffs on Sunday school, owners of horses, a child’s dream of wealth, and a New York magnate’s lavish residence amid light satire and playful dialogue.
Potato dumplings use large boiled potatoes six tablespoons flour two tablespoons baking powder one tablespoon butter three eggs salt nutmeg grate potatoes mix with flour and baking powder add melted butter and eggs salt and nutmeg form balls boil salted water fifteen minutes serve with fricasse or pot roast Grange Omelet beats four yolks with four teaspoons sugar add pinch of salt fold in whites whip until dry and firm pour yolks over whites orange rind juice fold cook in hot butter garnish with orange sections and pulp
Nine Negro inmates of the parish prison in New Orleans will be fed molasses for five weeks to test sugar producers claims that no harmful chemicals are used. The test, sanctioned by the government pure food bureau and the State Board of Health, is supported by sugar exchange members who cite healthy longevity among sugar samplers. The final decree rests on the test results.
A Westminster gray dress styled for early summer features a delicate white taffeta foundation with heavy lace and cobweb net trims. The vest and yoke use lace and cobwebby fabric, with button molds covered in silk and lace bands. Bodice revers and girdle are in white taffeta. skirt is round with a front seam and double inverted back pleat.
A tender meditation on a infant’s babble and first words. The piece notes da da goo goo and mum mum as possible keys to meaning, wonders at blue eyes and a cherubic smile, and suggests the baby’s words carry a gentle, almost heavenly message from child to parent.
The Bun partners with a top pattern company to offer readers ten cent patterns. Each day a new pattern is described and the pattern is the only ten cent one that includes seam allowances. Send ten cents, size, and name and address to The Sun Fashion Department for postpaid delivery.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as the sole artificial exercise for weak bowels. It links constipation to decay in the bowels and toxin spread, urging one candy at a time for natural action and fresh breath. It cites price, ubiquity, and daily use by millions of customers.
Details of the thirtieth annual Indiana Music Teachers' convention in Noblesville from June 26 to 28. Includes business meetings, round tables, receptions, and concerts featuring Clarence Dicksnood, Ernesto Consolo, Janet Spencer, Mario Green, Glenn Dillard Gunn, the Schaefer String Orchestra, Grace Hamilton Morey, Joseph Schenke, and Adolph Klein.
A fragment notes Room 8 in the Odd Fellows Building where PURO DISTILLED WATER COMPANY items, including half gallon bottles at unspecified prices and five gallon demijohns at 40 cents, are mentioned with a new phone number 2177 and old main 73.
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