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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1907
Page
5
John Williams lies pinned beneath wreckage after a street car collision near Panther Hollow bridge. He recalls money troubles and a shattered plan with Edith awaiting news as relief crews work amid cries of the injured. Edith Jackson arrives, commands the rescue effort and assumes control of the scene.
Amid debris Edith commands five workers to lift a heavy timber and free Jack Williams. She bandages his ankle with a handkerchief then places him in a car to take him home, kissing him as the car departs while she wonders about Billy.
Recipes describe Irish moss blancmange using milk vanilla and a soaked moss bag. English pudding blending molasses butter milk raisins spices and flour steam for three hours. sweetbread croquettes with mushrooms truffles folded in cream set on ice then formed and fried. quick boiled macaroni or spaghetti finished in milk with butter and seasonings.
A humorous dialect sketch features Mr Chones and a narrator joking about baldness hats and hair growth remedies. The dialogue pivots on faux Germanic accents and a fox hunting term to lampoon vanity and social chatter. The piece ends with a mock 감사 to Ms. Chenes.
A playful climate of jokes and wry misdirection. a chorus divinity and ten marriages tease gender roles. A humorous streetcar quip about room on a car and a boy’s father as a ballplayer adds local color with quick punchlines.
The Wandering Minstrel played his harp in Pousse sur-Cafe in the Fish Net department and, after a village handout of champignons and champagne, sang a lively chanson. Lizette teased him, and the crowd asked what absinthe he drank, while he bragged of his hat and charm.
A striking black satin felt hat with cream trim features two large black and white birds poised at the front. The birds stand straight out at the back on each side of the crown, creating a bold decorative silhouette.
Fashion note predicts heavy use of silk dresses with trims of cloth or velvet. Taffeta and sarah gain street wear favor, mirroring spring trends. The cheap sale of pretty silk gowns boosts silk dress popularity for street outfits as old fashioned patterns return and plaids rise in demand.
A London Sphere description notes a costume made for the Dublin races this week. It features pale gray cloth, a round full plain skirt, green velvet collar and cuffs, a coat opening over a green and white frilled shirt, and a gray hat trimmed with green velvet.
The piece notes metal gray as the prevailing color in eastern shops with trims of another gray for some. It forecasts purple shades in early fall giving way to gray and predicts black will be the smartest color for winter costumes.
Miss Mathilde Townsend of Washington, famed for many engagements, is announced as engaged to Count Hermann von Hatzfeld of the German embassy rather than Duc d Albe. Townsend is noted as one of Washington’s wealthiest young women and her mother, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, counts Queen Alexandra as a friend.
A 1900s Sun feature promotes Lillian Russell as a Roly Poly Roller, claiming rolling each morning helps women shed fat. She touts the method as quick, strenuous, and effective, urging fat ladies to roll daily and combine with other exercises while warning against unhealthy dieting.
A fragmented street conversation blends fashion talk with personal taunts. Participants tease, question relationships, and joke about sleeves and outfits while trading remarks about frugality and sibling help in a rough, slangy style. The exchange ends with a heated, chaotic shout.
London dispatch describes an exhibition of David Frazier photographs from Asia during the Russo Japanese war era. Notable images include a Kashgar mother and a Leh girl, highlighting Kashgar and Zanskar scenes and the Cashmere valley with rugged Himalayan settings.
Hat pins are large with colored stones in gold or silver. Cameo design is modern and pins are chosen for each hat for added trimming effect. New phone number and prices for distiller water and demijohns listed with a cigar ad.
The Calico price will rise to ten cents, higher than since 1865, with a 10 cent limit cited by manufacturers. The cloth, sold at 4 and 5 cents the previous year, now factors in higher cotton costs and manufacturing expenses, a burden on the poor’s living costs.
Local coal and fuel business advertises as successors to Logsdon Bros with contact details for both phones, signaling continuation of services under new management and brand.
Chintz is widely used in refined bedrooms and preferred to cretonne for its beauty. The article notes Americans wash chintz less effectively than the English and achieve a calendered look, but chintz retains its shine long.
Miss Clarke of New York heads a leading advertising firm after starting in a department store at 33 weeks, packing envelopes for six dollars a week before rising to a prominent position in the flourishing enterprise.
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