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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
3
A doughty aid tar Absalom Hughas sails many years on the main aboard the ship Mary Jane. He keeps to his posts while the ship pitches and rolls, singing a sea ballad as they cruise the roamin’ seas with Leon Mead aboard.
In a large provincial town a failing understudy plan for a new romantic play collapses two days before premiere. Gerard Langton arrives from the Queen’s Hotel to rehearse live with Beryl Verner, revealing a past romance. The two actors perform a charged scene, ending with a real reconciliation and later marriage, while the audience remains unaware of the real life drama behind the performance.
An old ad touts Dr Sape’s Catarrh Remedy claiming it cures or benefits, with a strict refund promise of $500 for uncured cases. The copy seeks customers by offering a free “situation” and uses sensational claims about health and welfare.
A garbled news column cites Samuel Pasco reelected senator from Florida and references snow in Minnesota. It notes a Beeton postmistress Lucy Larcoum dead at 68, a tornado damage at Fayatteville Arkansas, Yale receiving a dormitory, and Cleveland attending naval review and World's Fair. Mentions a monster exhibition gun, a potential Acn Arbor railway strike, and the schooner Badger with 390 Italians aground at Lake Huron. Reports a congressman’s wife ill, Behring case coverage, Union Pacific labor tensions, and a failed effort to seize Galopezos islands. Also cites a steamer Choctaw disaster, $31,000 found on a Michigan farm, a cyclist risings at the Capitol steps, fortress Monroe boats, four boat races, a Dynamstein pipe explosion, and a fatal District game incident in Tower Minnesota.
Pondering moral maxims, the speaker cites Dickens on mothers and children, Shaftesbury on virtue for self, and Adam Clarke on happiness. The author argues against stifling effort, insisting that many irons in the fire fuel progress and energy rather than hinder it.
Genuine curative marketed for chronic constipation rheumatism and liver and kidney trouble. Claims spirated formula and superior efficacy. Sole agents Kisners and Madison Co at 102 and 164 Franklin St. N. }
An Indianapolis physician advertises specialized treatments for male sexual ailments including seminal weakness caused by self abuse and syphilis related conditions. The ad claims long experience and offers discreet, mail and office care with prompt replies from Dr Abett at Virginie avenue.
Sec 2 and 5 of an 1891 Indiana act declare it unlawful for any spy or unauthorized person to connect with a gas main or service pipes or to turn on or interfere with valves stopsocks or appliances. It bans enlarging mixer orifices or using gas for heating without consent, and imposes fines from 100 dollars to not less than ten dollars per offense upon conviction.
Fragmented OCR text mentions cleaning help and a request for assistance. Readable parts include a phrase about Ayala and potential help services or contacts. No clear person, organization, or event details emerge to frame a full news item.
A comic dialogue shows Little Johnny asking his mother to have his father buy him a bicycle before the Paris bonnet. He reasons that purchasing the bonnet first would leave father too poor for the bike, but buying the bicycle first would still secure the bonnet. The humorous exchange reflects kitchen-table economy and family bargaining.
Markets steady in Tavus Bay on April 20 with detailed price notes for ham bacon sausage lard and fresh pork. Prices cover Indiana California New York and regional items including dried fruits canned goods and produce with numerous brand names and pack sizes.
Fragmented OCR shows train times and routes including Benton, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Neverend, New York, Albany, and Buffalo. Entries list departures arrivals and vestibule trains with multiple numbered services and station names.
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