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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
5
Mrs. Owen hands Billy to Grace for a car outing with Jack. The plan unravels as the infant’s cries draw wary glances and a police escort. The car crowd becomes involved, a bystander lends milk, and Grace finally clutches the child as a mistaken child abandonment scare ends with Jack proposing marriage.
Fashion notes describe a child’s bretelle frock trimmed with rosettes of white satin and black velvet ribbons across the shoulders. Headpieces feature large halo-like rings secured to combs, with hair dressed high and a Grecian knot. Coats show many buttons, some side slits, and velvet or metal rings. A blue mull dress with white lawn sleeves and a rose pink girdle is paired with a brown tulle hat and pink roses.
A playful exchange centers on a local rumor about a new baby at Mr. Skiddlehop's and the myth of the stork. The dialogue questions where babies come from and humorously probes the origin, hinting at orphan asylums and family lore in a quaint domestic setting.
A humorous exchange imagines a stork bringing Mrs. Smithers triplets in one trip, while a cat allegedly had seven kittens on a prior visit. The banter playfully questions count and delivery.
Gastonia North Carolina columnist Gilson Gardner surveys the south’s mill economy in 1900s terms, noting a shift from agriculture to cotton manufacturing with 20,000 workers in mills and a large share under 21. He cites 60 percent under 21 and 60,000 children aged five to fourteen employed up to 12 hours daily, including nights.
The Sun offers ten cent patterns and a pattern description daily, with orders sent to the Fashion Department. Elsewhere the piece condemns child labor in mills, noting twelve hour days, school neglect, and ruined childhood, urging stronger protections and enforcement against underage work amid railroad and industrial pressure. It laments emigration schemes and false wages to lure rural families to towns.
Home style dessert and bread recipes with steps for a blueberry cake and salad rolls. The cake uses sugar butter eggs milk flour baking powder nutmeg and blueberries baked until browned with a straw test. The salad rolls list scalded milk butter and flour in a large amount.
New York socialite Miss Gulia Morosini, famed for lavish dress, rejects straight fashion. She plans three 1907 gowns in princess lines, including a $1990 baby lamb and black net ensemble and a topaz satin creation, all with bold accessories and gold heels.
Recipe directions describe combining sugar salt yeast and liquids with butter, adding flour to form dough, kneading until smooth, allowing to rise until doubled, shaping into small finger rolls, placing them in a pan, brushing tops with butter, letting rise again, and baking in a hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes. The passage emphasizes simple steps and timing for light, individual rolls.
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