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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1904
Page
5
An old newspaper snippet promotes Royal Baking Powder with a free sample offer. The ad mentions its use for bread biscuit and cake and invites readers to request Gratis copies or information by mail or address to Royal Baking Powder Co. 100.
A collage of home remedies and etiquette guidance on cleaning leather, teeth, starch, and polishing silverware. Includes how to revive leather with orange oil, prepare or polish knives, and maintain dental hygiene with brushing and thread. Contains multiple stray instructions and tips for daily domestic care.
Vera and James Holmes plan a seaside excursion interrupted when Vera spots Mr Pompus approaching the camera obscura. They fear exposure as he reads a newspaper nearby, while they monitor his distance from their hidden vantage point during a bustling parade.
Vera and Jimmy use a camera obscura to outwit Mr. Pompus at a seaside pier. The plan involves disguises, staged movements, and a staged reveal as Pompus is duped into chasing a faux scandal while the couple funds safety and plots a brief return to town. The ruse culminates in Pompus discovering the truth amid a public beach scene.
Uncle Nev tells a crowded village tale about ghosts and bravado. Characters include Sandy, Benny, and the dwarf, with villagers debating courage and a planned graveyard night mission. The scene blends humor with eerie atmosphere as the group contemplates a ghostly challenge.
A rambling narrative from a rural setting recounts a ghostly tale in which villagers fear a spectral prank. A dwarf, frightened, hides near a gate as others recount eerie encounters and a sheep becomes a focal point of the haunting myth. The tale evokes local superstition and the memory of past incidents.
A melodramatic tale unfolds with Vera and Jimmy eluding captors aided by a camera obscura. Proposals clash over a future with funds for a wedding, as Mr Pompus contemplates a business deal and reconciliation. The tale shifts to a London news snippet noting Sir Wm Vernon Harcourt and a humorous stage-children feature.
Citizens appeared before the city board Friday to seek an extension of a boulevard from Raymond to Garfield. The debated project involves a controversial street name inspired by local cultural references and features a tree motif connected to Tibetan alphabet imagery.
A fragment describes a strange creature labeled as a Simid American amphistesi type with unusual features. It notes the creature lacks ears, appears to lack visible eyes, and hints at slow, methodical movement and subsurface burrowing behavior, framed as a stumbling block to natural history.
A fragment describes South American birds with young born with clawed wings and mentions lizard-like features. The text notes these creatures as among the nearest to Nizarda of livings beings and references a short bite by reptiles.
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