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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1891
Page
4
A village tale contrasts two youths paths. One, thrifty failures, returns laughed. The other, patient and generous, grows rich and loved. Both become teachers of life. John Boyle O'Reilly reflects on fate, effort, and virtue.
Pothemus Diltz resolves to woo his wife Mary Jane again yet the plan collapses as she dissects a chicken in the kitchen. He vacillates between romance and frustration, returns home from work, and storms off to his office muttering about the quarrel. The scene ends with him vowing not to attempt courtship while she handles fowl.
A collage of anecdotes on women and society include a Toledo wife exposing her masquerade joke to her son, Bernhardt praising Julia Marlowe as an upcoming dramatic force, and comments on actress matches in cemeteries. Other items note Berlin doctors requiring white coats for coachmen, a Springfield couple’s secret marriage pact, and odd rural popcorn tales ending with a mule’s death in heat.
The item lists odd vignettes and snippets about schoolboy discipline in Ohio towns, a Philadelphia drug store joke, social editor Ward McAllister on ringing in the old and new, plus aphorisms on politeness and health cures. It cites Hood s Sarsaparilla and various patent medicines, and ends with a light verse about Richard and a fighting nag.
Snow fell in Alabama and a Memphis fire caused $150000 in losses while four Italians died in a New York tenement blaze. A Magnolia Massachusetts dance where five were razored left two dead, and Lowell suffered a $100000 fire from a bonfire. Further, an escaped prisoner, a suicide, a drunken beating, a fatal railroad wreck, and violent crimes including arson and a knife attack marked a chaotic weekend.
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