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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1891
Page
3
A playful poem about a bard struggling to rhyme river with June and moon. The speaker notes the challenge of assonance and endings like liver and dune, praising the gift of one more rhyme to ease the poet's burden.
Two boarding house friends John and William debate a burning cinder that seems to foretell wealth or doom. William keeps faith in luck and industry, while John doubts fortune. Years later John fallen on hard times seeks aid from William who offers charity and insight into their divergent paths.
S. E. Parvin of Cincinnati originated a newspaper advertising agency and ran it 40 years with his sons. The firm, trusted by advertisers and the press across the United States and Canada, marked its four decades with a commemorative event.
A collection of brief anecdotes and notices including a black funeral street car in Atchison Kansas, a New York needlework guild for inmates, a Philadelphia bootblack sign about pedaling services, a Cincinnati brain-rights joke, a tombstone inscription from Avondale burial ground, and a list of ages of American celebrities from the era.
Early spring brings asparagus to the London market at a high standard. three heads can weigh a pound. Proper cooking yields a delicate dish, with the French method using two inches of heads out of water for steaming then longer boiling. Cream dressing completes the dish cited by the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A man collapsing on Hib street triggers a brief exchange between bystanders. The Columbus Dispatch and Elmira Gazette quote contrasting quips about punctuality and misfired humor from New York papers. The dialogue turns on timing and a light jokey mood amid urban chatter.
A Juxtaposed round of events from across the country includes Coke strikers resisting eviction amid feared trouble, Martin Stevens of Louisville robbed with throat cut and in danger of death, and the death of Rear Admiral Alfred Taylor in Washington from grippe. Also noted are miners killed by an explosion in Aspen, a man hanged in Carrall county, a massive $390000 Fire in Little Rock, illness of Susan Dickenson in Wilkes Barre, a grand jury indictment in Chicago over ballot box smashing, a mass labor strike at the World Fair grounds, drownings on Osage river, Chicago firemen injured, a Maryland claim over freed slaves, a Boston fire damaging property, a Sioux Falls poisoning suicide, and a Worcester reunion of historic regiments in Baltimore.
Sympathy pours for Countess Lewenhaupt and Ellen Bayard on the death of her husband. A bride and widow in 11 days, Mrs Chauncey M Depew described as handsome. Reports say Mrs McKee heads to Boston Europe and a presidential tour in one span.
Heat grinds residents in eastern cities as Philadelphia swelters while Boston and Augusta Maine report frost bite. Boston debates two story street cars for cooler roof seats and less crowding. Dogs remain barred on large city streets as doc watchers parade, whistling old tunes and marking pavements with tobacco quids.
Readers are presented with testimonials supporting Dr. Hale's Medical Dispensary at 25 West Washington Street Indianapolis. Letters from residents across Indiana Illinois and Michigan claim cures for lung debility polyps tape-worm and general ailments. The notice urges sending four cents for a diagnosis and promises personal interviews, aiming to bolster trust in Hale's remedies.
The Common Council of Indianapolis defines the city limits by a detailed survey of streets and natural boundaries. The ordinance excludes Waucruff Place and part of Haughville. It takes effect after two weeks of publication in The Suna daily newspaper. Signed by City Clerk B. B. Swiet and Mayor D. Sullivan.
Train No 22 departs for Anderson and Muncie with fare 6.90 or 4.77 while No 25 arrives from 11.00 or 4.22. No 3 arrives from Cincinnati about 9. Toral items appear in the fragmentary timetable.
A local retailer lists sack suits from six to twenty four dollars and frock and dress suits with numerous price points. Young men's and boys sizes are highlighted in black cheviots and thibets, with double breasted black crepe or cloth styles noted as desirable. Hats and caps urged after inspecting the goods and prices.
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