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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
4
Poem reflecting on loss and change across years and events. The speaker notes last night’s tears, last year’s toothache, and old burdens fading as life shifts. Strong imagery links forgetfulness to time, with lines about clothing, pins, bills, and nests, ending with a personal attribution to Robert J. Birdette of Lowelloston.
A digger tale recalls two Jim partners clinging to each other during a blizzard. After a falling out a note from a Chinaman brings one Jim back to camp and both perish protecting each other in Crazy Woman's Creek. The NY Sun item mixes in light chat about signs and April Fool contrasts.
A household tip claims eggs should not be boiled. Place eggs in a wire basket with cold water, heat slowly to just before boiling, then lift the basket to drain and serve. Following these steps yields tender, fully cooked eggs without boiling.
A street corner scene shows a traveling quack doctor delivering a crude anatomy lecture. He misnames parts and describes swallowing mechanisms while a farmer in the crowd jokes that doors must be loose when cutting bread and milk.
A young city girl spends a day in the country observing a cow with a neck bell. She exclaims the cow’s watch ticks loudly. The passage includes playful exchanges among children about mischief and household chores.
A collection of fragmented quotes references Lemnéry teaching in English schools a Greenfield quilt with 7612 pieces and a Servian army incident. The text contains unrelated moral sayings about love sin and sledding. No coherent news event or identifiable publication context is discernible from the readable fragments.
The article explains that tight shoes push the big toe inward and backward, causing the joint to swell and bunions to form. It notes smaller toes bunching due to shoe pressure, and that stockings and short shoes contribute to corns and calluses. A well fitted shoe helps, but ill fitting stockings worsen the problem.
A simple cleansing method using strong tea and vinegar to refresh silk items and a soap-based hand wash. Melt white castile soap with water, add a fragrance extract, then mix in oatmeal for smoothing skin and improving hand appearance.
Soup is dealt out gratis to 8 000 poor in Berlin every day. A decoction from the leaves of the celfice plant is a new drink. San Francisco cigar dealers will not sell cigarettes to boys under 16 years of yo. Feeth of Salvation army fame recently gave a dinner to 690 thieves in Lone en.
The piece notes old fashioned changeable silks making a comeback with simple styles in vogue. It mentions Mrs. Harrison’s fondness for orchids around the rooms of the white house and that six yards of ordinary width silk can craft a skirt, though a thrifty re maker could do more with less.
Fragmented OCR reads like a country page list noting drownings in Kentucky, fires in Piya O, political feuds in Covington, church disputes in Charlotte and Philadelphia, a murder in New Orleans, a wedding in Pennsylvania, and other scattered items without coherent narrative.
Col McCrory recalls traveling with Gen Sherman Butler on a crowded Pullman car. Miss Rachel Sherman, daughter of Gen William Tecumseh Sherman, is introduced to Butler. They discuss affairs of the South while McCrory observes, and the piece notes fashion and social trends.
An advertorial explains Scott's Emulsion as drops of cod-liver oil coated with glycerine, resembling cream and offering easy digestion. The ad promises a free book from Sie & Bowne, chemists in New York, and notes druggists carry the product.
Column on the second page highlights bargains offered in the tax sale market with listings of properties, potential prices, and brief notes from the tax assessor.
Anguished accounts trace catarrh illnesses back to childhood and note dramatic ear ringing faintness and vision issues. Testimonies praise Drs Stackhouse and Newlis Indianapolis Stackhouse Medical Institute for successful treatment and public benefit claims.
A fragmented grocery advertisement lists meats, produce, dairy, and other goods with prices and origins. It mentions Morgan&Kay and Central Packing Company, various meats like pork, ham, and sausages, vegetables, fruits, dairy cheeses, oils, and farm staples with per unit and per pound rates.
The notice proclaims treatment charges as so low they are affordable for all. Free medicines are supplied in every case.
A twenty five years' specialty claims to cure syphilis fully and rapidly by mail. It also promises quick cures for gonorrhea and grees, no operation for varicocele and stricture, and permanent relief from self abuse effects such as pimples and impotence. Medicines mailed privately from 23 Virginia Ave Indianapolis.
The act prohibits any person from making connections or reconnections with gas mains or service pipes without a written cue from the responsible company. It bars turning on off or tampering with valves or mixers and enlarging mixer orifice, with penalties on conviction from five to one hundred dollars. The draft ends with an odd question about suns nets.
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