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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1892
Page
3
A poem fragment recalling a child’s grief and a prayer to die first to comfort a dying beloved. The speaker, a white haired child, recalls the dead darling and longs for reunion beyond Jordan. A sorrowful hymn-like meditation closes with the vow that a song will rise to keep the child strong in death.
In a Civil War era tale, Helena Royal persuades Sue to answer a soldier ad. Helena falls for Lieut. Felix through letters, engagement follows, a hospital-like omen when a portrait is injured, and Felix is wounded but returns home to wed. The couple thrives after war, with Felix earning a captaincy.
A 24 000 bicyclists parade may draw crowds at the Chica 0 exhibition. A Maine town trial ends with a fined mother and contempt for husband. A justice of the peace records a domestic disturbance with injuries and overturned stove. Reflective quotes on gentleness conclude the item.
Massachusetts passed a law raising the governor’s pay from 5000 to 8000 dollars, with initial proposals to double and a compromise to 3000. Ohio also pays 8000, while New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania pay 10000. Vermont Oregon 1500, Rhode Island 1000, Delaware about double RI. Gov Russell said he would not approve increases before term end.
A reader shares practical tips to deter vermin in carpets using salt, cucumber peels for cockroaches, and turpentine to remove paint from wool dresses. Apply turpentine to the stain, let sit, rub to crumble paint, and repeat if needed as turpentine evaporates.
Steel locomotive tire makers plan a trust. Martin clothing of St. Louis assigned assets 175000. Sheriff Little of Cherry County ND arrested for cattle stealing. Bridge over Mississippi at Memphis nearly finished. Only 120 saloonists arrested in New York for Sunday law breaches. New York offers 2000 for Tom O'Brien, banco king. J J Lidllowell bank defaulter captured in Philadelphia. Ed Manning, famed minstrel, dies in Columbus. Slenny Schalle dies by own hand in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati ministers deny politicizing religion amid charges. Gas explosion in Steubenville fatally burns Sadie Crawford and injures others. Reading strike impacts Lehigh Valley workers. M J Kraft of Jackson Michigan in legal trouble with mother-in-law. Babbit of Mansfield robbed of 24000 in stocks. grandson detained. Schurz and Toers terling jailed in Chicago for assault on non-union men. Lucy Foster and husband fight in Houston. Andrew Saunders killed by peacemaker act. Near Millington Vermont, Dr J M Wl murdered. throat cut.
A humorous Utica Observer note describes a man seeking local street gossip via long distance telephone. The distant town asks him to step outside and ask the first passerby while the toll board keeper watches the store from afar, delivering a clever, lighthearted exchange over forty miles away.
The article notes Florida grows not only common fruits but also pineapple, fig, paw paw, guava, and aspadilla. It highlights soil and climate favorable to guava cultivation and the chance to develop a domestic guava jelly industry of considerable value to the state.
An exhortation urges using speech to comfort and encourage others. It calls to speak loving words, to lift the disheartened, warn those in danger, inspire holy motives, and kindle heavenly aspiration in cold hearts. The message emphasizes the moral power of kind communication.
A Chicago Journal piece cites Dr J C Spray of Chicago in a lengthy discussion on confinement in asylums. He links kidney disease to mental illness and endorses Warner's Safe Cure as the best remedy, claiming it stops and even cures many cases before structural changes occur.
Section 2 of an Indiana General Assembly act declares it unlawful to connect re connect or alter any gas service pipes or valves without written permission from the customer company or corporation. It also prohibits enlarging mixer orifice or using gas for heating without mixers. Sec 5 imposes a fine of five to one hundred dollars on violators.
The agency at 6214 South Illinois Street Indianapolis advertises services for bankers, insurers, merchants and the public in criminal and civil cases. It claims nationwide and international correspondents and cites Albert Gall, W. H. Henderson, Prof. La Follette, Gherist Langenberg, Auditor Taggart and others as references for competency and integrity.
The article explains lungs kidneys and skin as excretory organs and warns that opiate cough remedies paralyze coughing. It claims Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure stimulates kidneys and circulation to relieve the lungs and stop the cough. Available in small bottles 25 cents and large 50 cents.
Provisions and groceries listed with prices for smoked meats hams bacon dried beef and lard lard general groceries including canned vegetables fruits and dairy items with prices per pound per quart and per barrel. Includes notes on fresh pork loins college hams tenderloins and various beans and fruits with quantities and regional suppliers.
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