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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1894
Page
3
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a boyhood friend, Colonel Maddox, whose daring exploits in war earned him esteem. A traveler encounters the changed man years later in a French town cafe, recognizing the cheerful companion from youth despite the trials of war.
A reminiscence follows Harvey Maddox a gifted athlete and top student who becomes a Confederate colonel famed for reckless courage and marksmanship. He discovers his brother George in Union lines and accidentally kills him during a river crossing tragedy. Both brothers killed in civil war shadows, with families unaware of the fatal duel.
An Irish sentry forgets the countersign and both laugh at the moment. A Beacon Hill tobacco joke notes state committees burning 20 boxes of cigars in February costing 387.50. A Maine stage driver anecdote adds a humorous hotel dining remark as the Springfield Union reflects on political waste.
A mosaic of quotations and brief notes from a historical page mentions moral maxims of T Munger Tennyson and Feltham, humorous observations on showy horses door customs in Holland and accidental spelling quirks. It reports deaths weather disasters and various arrests and crimes including Catell death tornadoes, a Baltimore fire and court cases with scattered names and events.
A London hospital physician condemns oils as food and endorses pre-digested starch foods like Paskola as life sustaining fuel for weak digestions. The notice promotes the product from Pre-Eigasted Food Co., with market listings and prices for meats, produce, and groceries on a mid-April page.
An aged advertisement extols Mrs Winston’s soothing remedy for teething children. It claims to soothe the child soften the gums ease all pain and cure wind colic. The end of the ad cites a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
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