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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1894
Page
3
A playful verse urges leaving work as March turns toward May. The speaker imagines nature in bloom with daisies dew and birdsong and invites companions to a lighthearted dig for violets with the girls in springtime countryside.
In Amsterdam a banker Brounker confesses to a jealously guarded past involving Col Birkenrode. He reveals a hidden closet and a deadly plot using eel and poison. The truth emerges when his wife Clotilda restores his secret key and unveils her own discovery. Grote exposes Brounker by the end.
Workmen on the Hartford City Indiana courthouse project uncovered a live snake hidden in stone. The reptile measured 14 inches long and startled the crew as they cut the rock. The break in normal activity halted briefly while the snake was removed. The clipping ends with an advertising slogan from Printers' Ink about identifying customers during dull times.
A column mixes old style recipes for Strawberry short cake with notes on peaches, Florida snakes and hogs trained to hunt them. It reports on a Boston man praising snakes, a Florida excess, and a series of brief notices including robberies and marriages.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming to cleanse and renew the whole system by purifying the blood. It asserts cures for blood and skin diseases from common eruptions to scrofula and lists conditions such as eczema erysipelas boils and carbuncles as direct targets.
The ad cites Mrs. Clarence Cross of New York sharing relief from chronic dyspepsia after using Paskola. It claims Paskola as a perfect substitute for cod liver oil, promising weight gain and renewed strength for thin, ailing individuals and directs readers to request a pamphlet from the Pre-Digested Food Co. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Syrup for children with soothing, analgesic effects and a 25 cent bottle price.
April 13 ERipAY market reports steady wholesale prices across meats, produce, dairy, and groceries. Hams, bacon, sausage, lard and pickled meats show varied pounds and per pound quotes, while vegetables feature potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, onions and peppers with crates and per bushel rates. Fruits, berries and tropicals follow with oranges, bananas, pineapples and lemons, alongside staples like flour, sugar, coffee and canned vegetables priced per unit or per case.
Travelers' Register notes new train times starting Sunday April 8 1884 with service between Union Station and South Illinois street under Central Standard Time.
W C Smith, age 74, of E Market Street, is reported to have passed away. Details on funeral arrangements were not available at press time.
The town board of Irvington invites sealed proposals dated May 7 1894 for cement grading and paving the west sidewalks of Lowney avenue from the P G C St L A R to Washington street. Plans and specifications are on file with engineer W C Smith at 742 Market Street.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Down Board of Irvington on May 7, 1894 for grading and paving with cement the north sidewalks of University Avenue from Downey Avenue to Butler Avenue. Plans and specifications are on file in the Engineer W. C. Smith offices, 14 E Market St.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed bids at 10 o clock a m on April 16 1894 for improvements including alley grading and paving with asphalt, Wyoming Street paving and brick sidewalks, College Avenue sidewalk paving, and Maryland Street widening with brick on concrete foundation. Plans and specifications are in the Board office. the Board may reject any or all bids.
The town board of Irvington will grade and pave the west sidewall of Ritter Avenue from Washington Street to the C. H. & D. B. RR with cement. Plans profiles and specifications are on file in the office of engineer W. C. Smith at 7456 Market Street.
On May 7 1894 the north sidewalk of Oak Avenue from Central Avenue to the east property line of D M arry will be graded with cement. Work overseen by the engineer in charge W C Smith fug 74 E Market St.
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