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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1906
Page
5
A set of rough kitchen directions for baked bean soup tea rolls and chocolate cake. Instructions mention water, corn beef, onions, beans, straining, and no yeast, plus a tea roll dough with flour yeast butter sugar and milk and a chocolate cake with eggs sugar butter flour milk cocoa and vanilla.
The article describes delicate pink silk stockings with basket and vine embroidery including forget me nots, heavy black silk stockings with elaborate orchid embroidery, and white silk stockings featuring black lace medallions and fine treeurey embroidery.
A column offers an omelette recipe with step by step guidance on beating yolks and whites, seasoning, folding, cooking time, and serving, followed by advice on hosting a whistling contest for after dinner amusement and care for cleaned utensils to avoid off flavors.
English visiting teachers led by Alfred Mosely say married women are common in London schools. The country’s school board would allow two months' absence on half pay to a good teacher. Educators generally believe marriage enhances teaching ability.
Mrs. Alice O Day, widow and former Frisco Railway magnate’s wife, converts her country mansion to a convent near Springfield. She plans to fund a new monastery for the Visitation nuns, renaming the estate St de Chantel Monastery of the Visitation. A chapel to the Sacred Heart and a Lourdes shrine replace prior amusements.
In a Philadelphia mansion Edith Lowrie pursues a love with Luke Clerk then repays him with a cold truth about wealth and affection. Years later Edith returns to Walton to comfort Dr Clark as his life ebbs, seeking forgiveness that is finally granted in a quiet deathbed moment.
A period description details a blue satin felt hat with a rolled brim, short in front and long behind, feathers at the back, and a ventee lace scarf draped beneath. Also advertised is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething at twenty five cents a bottle, claimed to soothe gums and relieve wind and diarrhea.
A garbled overprinted page mixes wedding chatter Thanksgiving plans and wry social notes. Includes casual jokes about a Kansas professor predicting touring tramps, San Francisco mayor taxes, beard care tips, a missing earring amid Harry Lehr news, election chatter, and socialites in South Bend with a photo caption and hush money humor.
A curious 11 year old boy pointed a toy gun at relatives, causing a fatal gunshot that killed 1 year old Lottie Pittied. The incident occurred at Henry Tillloch’s home on Suitr avenue near Jittiga, as other children watched in fear. Police and family sorting through grief after the accidental tragedy.
Diana recalls a torn idol moment as Tremayne Marblebrow, the shining matinee star of the Olyric stock company, is revealed to be married. She describes a scene of personal shock after visiting a downtown lodging and a kimono-making room. The memoir ends with her hurried departure and a sense of sorrow.
The piece warns parents to monitor boys from age ten onward to prevent degeneration into criminal behavior. It contrasts a father’s old fashioned, honest guidance with the temptations of violent gangs and vile peer associations that lure youths toward theft, swearing, and disrespect toward women, urging strict supervision and engagement at home to steer them toward virtuous adulthood.
The Gun has arranged with a pattern company to supply readers with new easing patterns for ten seats each. A different pattern will be described daily and is the only tone cons pattern allowing for exams. Patterns may be obtained postpaid by sending ten cents plus the number size and name and address to The Sun Fashion Department.
In Havana on November 2 radical Liberals threaten to split from Alfredo Zayas's leadership, charging treachery as they push for a distinct presidential slate. Jose Miruci Gomes, Beata Clara governor and Palma ally, leads the revolt with Sen. Martin Delgado courting Morvaña’s black bloc and seeking Gualberto Gomes to rally the negro vote.
One trend is to include a pen and ink sketch of the guest on dinner cards. Hostesses with friends skilled in drawing are lucky, as most cards feature a simple name at the top with minimal decoration.
Mrs Mary Grace Quackenbes famed New York lawyer and assistant attorney general is reported in Atlanta gathering on peonage cases. She is about 35, tall and brunette, head of the People s law firm with around forty attorneys.
Bourke Cochran wed Mien Anne Ide last week at the St Regis in New York. The bride wore a gown entirely of lace with a white satin girdle, orange blossoms ribbons, and a crown holding the veil. Her bouquet featured garden flowers, completing a very beautiful bridal display.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the best remedy for women’s ailments, emphasizing open ingredient disclosure, American sourced components, and lack of narcotics or alcohol. It cites endorsements by medical writers and invites readers to request a free medical pamphlet from Buffalo, New York.
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