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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
3
A New York World report describes a newborn infant left in harsh cold with no clothes or hair, eyes reddened and kept shut to avoid light. The child is deemed homely and unwanted, with neighbors noting the infant has no name and is pitied by the household.
In a village tale from the New York News, a bungling bugler falls for Miss L- as he plans a serenade. The flute player and crowd witnesses laughter when Miss L-’s donkeys bray on cue, exposing the doomed courtship and ending the musician’s bold scheme.
A collection of quirky vignettes and wry observations from Washington and other locales. Moments range from a barber’s oddity to a tramp’s reflections on life and class, with sly references to politics and the grippe. The tone is satirical and brisk, sketching street figures and social manners.
A Globe Democrat clipping offers home advice on avoiding mosquitoes with ordinary soap in thick lather that dries on skin. It also explains how to tell if bananas will ripen well by inspecting the thick end of the branch for green or black ends.
Berlin divorc es number about 150 couples yearly while 27 000 American women earn own living Americans spend 700 million annually on liquor In Germany over 130 600 married women work in shops and factories Berlin homeless shelter aided 108 000 men and 15 500 women Easter donations to a Philadelphia orphan asylum included 530 eggs and 50 oranges In Boston 36 200 rely on work for food lodging and dress Yaulus the singer refused an offer of 0 000 francs to sing in Berlin Five children in Gould box at the Metropolitan New York. speculation of millionaire potential New England's largest apple tree in Cheshire Connecticut measures 13 ft 8 in trunk girth and 60 ft height Largest grain elevator in the world built at Minneapolis Junction 846 ft long 92 ft wide 175 ft high capacity 2 000 000 bushels carpenters used 6 560 000 ft of lumber 40 000 000 nails. engine handles 175 000 to 250 000 bushels per day and 250 cars in ten hours
A collection of aphorisms about wealth health and personality features from Gen Sherman Blaine Barrett Jerome Stockton and others. It notes Jerome K Jerome using a pen name and J W Arrow Smith from Bristol. John Broderick a New York letter carrier killed himself after sickness and trouble from smoking.
Recipe notes describe a lemon sauce made by beating butter and sugar with egg yolks, lemon rind and juice, then folding in stiff egg whites and cooking in a double boiler. Apple snow requires stewed tart apples pureed, beaten egg whites, sugar, almond flavor, and blanched almonds for a pretty finish.
A Milwaukee paper reports that the ground for a U S Grant monument will be broken in New York on April 22. It also notes grippe deaths in Chicago, a fatal railway collision in Florence Colorado, a suicide in West Bend Wisconsin, and various crime and tragedy items including an alligator gift and a family murder in Cincinnati and Berry Pennsylvania.
A fragment cites a French savant presented with a priceless jewel and a noble duke’s exchange over sharing possession. It shifts to a playful couplet from All the Year Round and London Tit Bits about romance, then a regional advertisement urging Hood's Sarsaparilla over substitutes.
A Willows California item from September 16 1959 notes a long history of using Siamons Liver Hoga as spring medicine since 1674 in Virginia and later the West, praising its effectiveness. This brief snippet appears in a local journal column edited by W. A. Saunon.
Public notice for consultations at 1 and 2 Fair Block corner Tuinels street and Jackson Place Indianapolis Indiana. Distance patients should request a question blank for wall-impairment guidance.
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