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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1890
Page
3
A weary mother and her child escape to the country for rest. The girl gathers violets while a blue-looking bird flits near and a farmer’s family observes city folk. Back at night the child dies as flowers await at her bedside.
Mrs Grant drafts a memoir of her famous husband while Patti builds a grand theatre at Craig-y-Nos Walesa. Washington ladies join chaperoning services with variable pricing. A Westminster training school for women in journalism opens led by Hill sisters aiming to enable home press work.
Philadelphia trends include sunrise beach strolls favored by young couples this season. A New York visitor offers London tailored suits at £6, promising perfect fit and comparable to $55 in the U S. A debutante hosts a heart themed dinner with pink satin, moonstone pins, and carnation centerpiece, while the hostess wears a silver heart accessory.
The text outlines simple cookies for an 18 month old using graham gluten or white flour with thin cream, noting better digestibility than sugar rich cookies. It also describes making a decorative sachet bag from colored ribbons, silk, cotton stuffing, sachet powder, and a rod for display.
A Philadelphia Press piece notes a doctor in a small state village filled a death certificate incorrectly by placing his name in the space for cause of death. It also contrasts Vienna’s new museum and social customs in India and Guadalajara, Mexico, where riders bow to conductors and drivers before leaving.
A Pittsburg Post letter notes Southerners in New York mingle at social events with provincial charm yet adaptability. John L. Sullivan, in a New York box, ignores a flirtatious fan while his companion reveals her attention to the famous fighter. The scene ends with the disappointed admirer nursing her bruised vanity.
The piece surveys trends such as women wearing top boots, the waltz fading, promenades alive with music, and a Paris stamped glove with alternating kid and pallase material. It notes high prices for novelty items and describes floral bonnets edged with hawthorn briar roses, light green foliage aigrettes, and moss green velvet ties.
A testimonial touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a powerful remedy for torpid liver and related symptoms. The claim states it restores health and vitality, curing dyspepsia constipation and stomach and bowel issues with no disappointment reported by the user W J McBaroy of Macon in a dated promotional notice.
A Indianapolis reader writes of dramatic improvement after using Chinese Herbal Remedies for a chronic catarrh. She describes prior nose damage and life disruption, then reports weight gain, healed nose, better digestion, sleep, and breath, praising the doctor and offering a printed letter as testimony.
Consumers' Gas Trust Company announces from April 10 to July 16 it will connect service to dwellings on low pressure lines under new terms. Six room or smaller homes pay for one stock ($25), larger homes pay two stocks ($50). Applicants must apply by July 10 to help fund extended gas supply and field work. The company notes $90,000 of old certificates paid, $512,000 remaining, and that revenues for debt service limit funds for extensions. By order of the Board.
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