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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
3
A nostalgic poem reflects on aging friends who remain forever young. The speaker contrasts aging with the undimmed youth of one companion whose beauty and spirits persist. The cause is attributed to a guiding duty that began at fifteen, shaping a lasting spell.
The tale follows Mark Mungen a celebrated defense attorney famed for delaying trials and retrieving time for reluctant debtors. In a heated case against Watt Wiley misfiled papers vanish prompting adjournments. At a hotel Mark unwittingly drinks poison meant for a patient, revealing he hid depositions in his pocket and dies with a confession about the missing documents.
Watt retrieves missing papers from a receptacle as a doctor visits. Mark receives a dose that leaves him weak. He insists on a trial today and cites suffering from poison while doctors and affidavits enter the scene. Bour bon pepper seasoning is claimed to be the only medicine that reveals truth.
A new self heating curling iron uses a hollow alcohol filled handle with a flame heat source. An improved hat pin features a guiding and locking fixture with a small groove and a fastening plate to prevent dislodgement by wind and reduce hat damage. Gold silver and plain wire pins now have the improvement.
Dr. Andrew Wilson recounts a surgeon who naps briefly between meals, waking refreshed and bright. The talk blends medical quip with urban miscellany about grocers, thieves, Kipling, Lord Nosebery, and a Bourget tour of New York slums ending with a slot machine ace yielding a cigar.
The London Graphic surveys cane fashions from crutch sticks to bed sticks and tall ornate canes. It notes shifts from heavy to light canes, with phases featuring oversized crooks and vast knobs, and a current trend toward elongated canes with large silver handles.
Wm. Can non and Tom Nolan, St. Louis, die after being struck by live wires during a blaze. District Assembly No 3 K of L Pittsburgh warns Congress not to ignore Coxeyites. Va farmer Lloyd Rodabaugh hangs himself and two children Wednesday. Nations Christian League denounces Col Breckinridge. C L Webster publishing firm assigned. Bark Twain files papers. Gen Harrison admonishes Stanford faculty to stay out of politics in farewell. A and Judge Sanborn seek injunction against Great Northern strikers. Company fears violence could halt train starts.
Markets steady on Thursday April 19 as egg and poultry prices decline. Provisions list includes smoked meats, lard, pickled pork, and wide vegetable and fruit assortments with detailed per unit prices, barrels, crates, and tonnage for spices, canned goods, dairy, and produce. Local dealers Moore Empire Morgan & Gray supply notable items and prices across meats, produce, and dry goods.
An old nurse advert promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims the syrup soothes the child, softens gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and is best prepared for diarrhea. Sold in a 22 cent pot.
Local advertises steam or electric power components including pulleys shafts hangers boxing bolts rods and other machinery. Located at 122 126 Kentucky avenue Indianapolis Indiana offering a range of industrial equipment.
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