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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1891
Page
3
A poem recalls a vision of a fearless maiden with golden braids, described as unmarred and marvelously fair. The speaker laments not knowing the source, time, or place of the vision, yet vows perpetual worship of the dream face.
The 1862 Yellowstone expedition narrative recalls Henry T. Geery choosing death by self-inflicted shot to spare comrades as Indians closed in near Bannock. Geery steadied his pistol, urged Captain Stuart to tell others of his fate, and died after the weapon misfired twice. Gov. Sam Hauser notes the somber burial in a soldier’s coat before the group pressed onward past the gorge.
A fragment notes a small group hidden in sage brush miles away and making a perilous retreat to Bannock after a sacrifice proved not in vain. No further life was lost, according to the Hartford Times.
A street encounter tests Col. Ingersoll's beliefs on a hereafter as he concedes mystery of existence. A hotel scene recreates Rider Haggard fleeing an interviewer, described by a New York World correspondent with vivid, cinematic detail.
A collection of kitchen notes with jelly roll ingredients and method, fried chicken instructions, celery on toast variations, plus a brief miscellany. It includes Household tips and a humorous roundup about Vienna’s Freihaus and other curio items.
The paper reports P T Barnum gravely ill and a Chicago death toll of 966 last week. It notes Galveston celebration for Harrison, Cincinnati and Cleveland voting Republican, New York approving 200000 for the world fair, and a string of incidents from fires to drownings and a bizarre claim of revival for a Lima widow.
Abouyl Wosten and family move to Asheville, North Carolina with William to follow. Mrs Nellie Blessing Slater, president of the Women’s Press Association of the Pacific, is identified as Barbara Friet chie’s grandniece. A Washington photograph trade shows demand for Mrs Cleveland’s picture with an alleged 50,000 copies circulated by a Cincinnati firm. Senator Davis of St Paul is praised as among Washington’s handsomest women, described as tall and striking with gray eyes and vivid scarlet lips.
In Willows California on September 16, 1859 the journal reports Tirvor to 1874 used Sinanons Liver Heed ler while living in Virginia and continuing in the West, praising it as an excellent spring medicine by W. A. Sesorn, editor.
Consultation in English and German free offered by the parlors at ATR BLOCK corner Hiineis st. and dackeor Place, Indianapolis, Indiana. The notice invites inquiries and suggests appointments on Sundays and select mornings.
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