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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
3
A special to The Sun from Escanaba Mich describes a lake trip detailing the towns of Kewaunee and Algoma, the canal to Green Bay, and Sturgeon Bay. The landlubber narrator visits dockside sights and a pea canning factory, noting Ike Stevenson the senator-elect and local opinions of his lumber wealth.
Women in Madagascar drape their shawls in a style likened to ancient Roman togas. The wrap covers the body with one shoulder left exposed, resembling historic senators’ garments.
London reports Kaiser has picked Prince Leopold son of Prince Henry of Battenburg to wed Princess Victoria Louise Adelaide Matilda Charlotte daughter of Emperor William. Victoria is 15, too young for a betrothal, but the Kaiser plans to arrange formalities with King Edward during his autumn visit.
Miss Adelaide Hanscom of Seattle designed the official seal for the Alaskan Yukon exposition to be held in Seattle. She received 500 dollars for the design which features figures representing the Pacific trade by sea and land, the Orient, and Alaska between the two regions.
A Paris-traveled study reports milliners anticipate continued popularity of large hats through winter and into next summer. The styles will be revised with a shift toward medium large hats remaining most fashionable for the season.
A Baltimore reader reports gains from replacing meat with four heaping teaspoons of Grape-Nuts and cream at two meals daily, rising from 185 pounds to 195 in five months. The ad extols Grape-Nuts as a ready to eat, nourishing cereal rich in diastase, claiming improved brain and nerve vitality with minimal preparation.
New York sept 5 archer way of san Francisco tells Tommy Magruder about Ike Smalley and his brothers flamboyant pursuit of glass eyes. Ike travels from Cripple Creek to san Francisco and beyond buying dozens of eyes in colors and designs from glass-makers in newark and paris. He owns 21 eyes at a time in a velvet case and trades up for ever more elaborate portraits from fish to steamboats and presidents, even planning a trip to paris and geneva for new works.
Ergin, a coal tar derived hydrocarbon, has found wide use in Germany as an oil fuel for internal combustion engines. It matches gasoline in heat value, resists premature ignition under compression, and works reliably in alcohol motors. Berlin prices it at 1.8 cents per pound, yielding about one cent per horsepower hour.
Government officials warn that rapid spruce timber loss to paper production endangers U S forests. The tariff on lumber drives most demand to U S mills, while Canada remains a potential source. Paper output and employment rise with growing newspapers and magazines, aided by new typesetting tech as U S publications expand.
Cleveland September fifth report details Thomas Conkey of Wade Park Avenue rising from a Euclid Avenue dry goods store owner to grand opera principal in two months. After singing in a Singers' club and in a church he joined Joseph Sheehan's company, debuted in Martha, then The Bohemian Girl and Il Trovatore, advancing to Wagner roles in Faust guided by Sheehan's reorganization.
Cardinal Van Nutelli bishop of Palestinia will arrive in the United States to open the fourth Eucharistic Congress in America at Pittsburgh Oct. 151. He will preside as temporary president, visit Archbishop Farley in New York, preach at St Patrick's Cathedral, call on President Roosevelt, visit Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore, and tour major cities.
A fragmentary line exchange depicts a character in a theater setting questioning love of sawdust while another reveals allegiance to a saw mill melodrama. The dialogue hints at work life contrast and a shift from circus to mill themes.
The August weather study by W. T. Blythe, section director of the weather bureau, notes 20 cloudy or partly cloudy days and 4 sunlit days. The high reached 90 on August 11 and the low 54 on August 2 with thunderstorms on August 1 12 15 and 31.
United Press reports that under Georgia prohibition law taking effect January 1, 1908 it will be unlawful to administer wine at communion. Grand juries across the state adopt resolutions warning ministers and deacons they face indictments for sacramental wine distribution and call for amendments to allow worship according to conscience without violation.
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