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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
7
Guy Hilton travels with a small party to Loon Lake, falls ill and is abandoned by companions, then returns to Rockford broke. He attempts to cash a four dollar check at the village merchants, who decline, prompting him to realize he should have bank funds or a trusted contact in the city.
In a village a man named Guy Hilton tries to ride home without a ticket or funds. A passing stranger, Miss Fannie Weston, lends him five dollars after he reveals his plight. Six months later Tommy Weston’s sister learns Hilton is the man who repaid the loan and they plan marriage.
A report by Hon. Charles A. de Courcy of the American Prison Association shows London with seven million people suffering nineteen murders in the past year. In Chicago the figure reached two hundred two homicides with one hanged and fifteen sent to the penitentiary, while others were acquitted or discharged.
At a French Rural Depopulation Congress the department of Côte d'Or, a wheat and wine area, was cited as experiencing urgent rural decline. Population fell by about 840 persons annually from 1840s to 1901. 1901 to 1911 saw a drop from 359,000 to 347,000, mirroring national urban-rural shifts.
A dialogue labels an asylum for the weak minded as a deal place and mocks it as a site where the simple life is read or taught. The exchange questions this interpretation and challenges its meaning.
A unique portable electric heater assembled by three Michigan inventors. The design features a circular four leg base, a horseshoe shaped steel plate with two end projections for wiring, and a cylindrical chamber as the heating element. It can warm a room or heat mild foods before the main heater is lit in the cellar.
A device called the Calhoun photo printer allows steady electric light and automatic timing to cut off light at the right moment. It enables printing up to 200 photographs a day, or 2,000 with the described device, requiring three amperes to operate.
The Electrical Review notes a plan for wireless telegraphy along the Congo up to Katanga, 1860 miles, with stations at key cities. French Radio Electrique tech near colonies and Telefunken near German areas would share wavelengths to unify the African network from Dar es Salaam to Europe via a west coast cable.
The weather bureau expands forecast delivery through telephone companies. Many midwest and Pacific slope firms cooperate, with southern providers including Mississippi and Tennessee exchanges. Officials report high daily call volumes and note free information helps attract subscribers. Enthusiasm for the program grows.
The whistles of the Olympic are the largest ever built with two sets on each forward funnel. Each set has three bell domes of 9, 15, and 12 inches in diameter on a branch piece weighing 764% pounds. Electrically controlled, they are tuned to produce the White Star navigators recognized sound.
A French scientist proposes using the Eiffel Tower as a weather protection instrument. He has demonstrated a 100 foot electric column that protected land within two miles, arguing that a taller tower could offer agricultural benefits for Paris and its surroundings.
Steel dies now engraved by electricity and forty five gas companies in Japan show rising electrical adoption. The United States issued nearly 60 000 patents for electrical inventions while Australia treats the telephone as amusement. Over 250 000 electric flatirons sold in North America, a machine seals 20 000 envelopes per hour by electricity. Edison’s weekly movie earnings reach 8 000 dollars, a Massachusetts firm makes a gold mounted electrical fan for Queen Mary, Grand Trunk Railway plans telephone dispatching, and Times Square signs lease for 25 000 dollars yearly.
Madame Merri recounts a leap year party in a city suburb at a club house with chaperoned young couples. Guests arrived in formal dress, with flowers and carriage calls, and wore gloves and period costumes. The event featured coffee, cake, and a 12 30 PM farewell to Home Sweet Home with creative crowns.
The table featured a low glass bowl of white carnations tied with satin ribbons ending in guest initials formed from rice. Eight glass candles with white silk shades, bride and bridesmaids favors, date in gilt, wedding bell shaped ices, slippered almonds, heart shaped cakes, and finger bowls with orange blossom petals.
A hostess famed for inventive entertainments hosted a "Crowned Head" dinner inviting 20 guests to five small tables. Attendees wore the usual evening gown while replica head and shoulders mimicked a royal figure creating a distinctive entertainments scene.
The article notes straight silhouettes returning in dresses with a focus on brilliant oriental coloring. It highlights waistlines returning to normal, slightly wider sleeves, high waist draped bodices, and skirts that widen at the base in thin fabrics while tailored skirts stay narrow. Scarves remain a dominant accessory, with satin and velvet among the materials.
An analysis traces the change in headwear styling from Victoria era to the present. The study notes dramatic costume shifts that alter silhouette, with emphasized collars and restrained features shaping the bust and overall figure.
A illustrated page shows a white Liberty satin dress for a little girl with thick white silk embroidery, a blue frock with satin bands, a Puritan lace collar and cuffs, and a leather belt. Also featured is a white satin coat with fur trimming and a velvet fur cap. A pale pink party frock with lace and a satin cord waist finishes the set.
Fragmentary dialect inspired musing on baking and rules. It contrasts chefs not following rules with sermons shaping virtue, implying cooking as belief and practice.
A guide to elegant desserts including Fruit Souffle, Marlborough Pie, Macedoni of Fruit, Chartreuse of Fruit, and a sponge cake with orange fondant. Instructions cover layering, baking times, jelly molds, and garnishes for refined entertaining.
During cold weather desserts shine while ices fade. Plum Pudding uses flour bread crumbs suet molasses and mixed fruit steamed three hours. Baked Indian Pudding blends cornmeal milk sugar molasses ginger butter baked three hours with optional suet crust. Silver and Gold Custards combine egg whites yolks milk sugar almond extract and molding. Cottage pudding pairs a plain cake with lemon or vanilla sauce and hot serving.
A wife swore she never told her husband about a man, and he threatened to cut a notch in the piano when he learned the deception. She objected, claiming the piano would be ruined by such a gesture.
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