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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
5
By Harry M Bitner Yoruba the great high priest dies. Bombay mourns as streets fill with women and Parsees honor the dead. A dark girl from Sim plans a bold farewell at the Towers of Silence, guided by Yoruba’s secrets and love.
In Franklin New Hampshire on September 20 Louis Cole shot and killed Nellie Clark Pennock after her repeated refusals to marry him. He then cut his throat with a razor and died beside the body of his victim in a jealous fatality.
Special to The Sun from Kansas City notes President Roosevelt orders Surgeon General Wyman to collect epidemic statistics linked to contaminated milk. The move mirrors a dairy purity push from the American Veterinary Medical Association meeting led by Dr. M. H. Reynolds of Minnesota. Reynolds cites infant deaths and numerous disease outbreaks tied to impure milk and urges standards on butterfat, normal milk, bacterial counts, contamination checks, and license tests.
Wen Wing a 27 year old Chinese man caused unease at Union Station Midway after buying a ticket to the east with money that was in circulation. He reportedly escaped quarantine six weeks ago.
A sweeping romance set in European royalty, chronicling Louise of Tuscany and Hungary’s loveless marriage to Frederick Augustus of Saxony, her secret passion for tutor Andre Giron, and the ensuing scandal, exile, and shifting loyalties across Dresden and Geneva. The narrative blends portraiture of a doomed princess with reflections on power, honor, and human frailty.
A playful column mocks romance and money with a reader quiz about marrying an older, richer partner. The piece riffs on age, wealth, and romance, prompting readers to ponder what would sway a suitor.
The piece notes Americans drift into penny arcades tucked downtown as small amusements lure visitors and locals alike. It observes how signs and entrances draw crowds, offering cheap songs and scenes to pass moments, with adults using them to kill a little time.
Washington reports two Erdmann act appeals to settle labor disputes. The Missouri Pacific threatens a strike by engineers and the Chicago St Paul Great Western faces boiler makers and machine shop workers issues. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Knapp will visit St Paul to handle the latter case. Neill travels to St Louis to pursue the Missouri Pacific matter.
A historic recipe collection describes making a snowy popcorn treat by caramelizing molassas sugar and vinegar with butter, then mixing with popcorn and letting it cool on buttered platters. It also outlines a macaroni or spaghetti bake with layered cheese, salt, pepper, butter and milk or cream, baked until tender and golden.
Leon Clark, private secretary to Victor Metcalf in Congress and as a cabinet member, resigns after seven years to take the post of deputy state district attorney in Oakland California starting next Monday.
About 1,500 shoe cutters in St Louis factories walked out beginning a strike for higher wages and shorter hours prompting a city labor action scene as workers protest across the footwear plants.
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