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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1891
Page
3
A man recalls a failed embrace and breakup as he gazes on a vision of a sleeping girl. The memory bleeds into a refrain of longing and isolation, with a fatherly voice and a sense of divine bidding. The poem ends with the haunting line about being called in and doors shut.
A tale from Adams, Placer County recounts two partners Jon Saith and John Jones from Maine and Rhode Island who built a sturdy Angora shed during a Sierra storm. The animals endured the cold under the shelter while the partners argued and shared costs, ending with the goats safe on the roof and the townsfolk amused by the scene and the stubborn pride of the men.
A garbled column mixes a pistol death on a wharf, political figures and social fashions. Names such as Allen C. Myers and J M Hill appear amid exaggerated claims, with fashion notes on belts and slippers, and a final plug for Jakine Hood's Sursaparila.
A montage of diverse notes from London on American cattle imports and pleuro-pneumonia fears. plans for the steamship Prince Bismarck. Carl Schurz in Hamburg. Washington property titles and private land holdings. Russian royal marriages and royal morganatic unions. Newton vows to honor Cleveland with a street name. a German ad seeking children to amuse a sick cat. New Yorkers at Atlantic City awaiting spring. seashore cures for grip and colds. Fort Worth Gazette on Texas imbecility comparing fools and imbeciles.
A controversial exchange from New York papers notes Mrs. Langtry’s residence in West Twenty third Street being dismantled by the United States express company on orders from Mrs. Langtry and the Helvetia sailing to London. Society harshly judges a fallen woman while excusing male misdeeds and condemns moral liabilities with a sharp critique of double standards.
The New York Sun notes strict etiquette on mourning dress warning against black velvet fringes blue black fabrics and wearing diamonds in rings or ears. It advises against black ostrich feathers dull silk with wood crane based watch chains and overly deep borders on paper or cards. It also bans mourning lace and the wearing of four nuptial veils except during travel.
A survey notes 11 600 night workers in Philadelphia and reports the Salvation Army leader Booth in decline. A Glasgow woman died leaving $330 000, a Michigan sugar factory will cost $200 000 to build in Saginaw, and a Pennsylvania man keeps a $22 sulky used for 20 years. Vermont maple syrup and sugar output reaches 17 000 000 pounds with value over $1 200 000.
Indiana Medical Society selects Big 4 and Chesapeake and Ohio routes for travel to Washington DC beginning May 6. Vestibule sleeping cars leave Indianapolis May 10 at 3 00 pm with through service on the RLF V of C O arriving Washington May 6 at 2 48 pm. Fare on certificate plan one and one third. Sleeping car rates for Indianapolis set at 1 90 per berth or 8 00 per section. Tickets at Big 47 offices and doctors offices in Indianapolis.
A mixed batch of items reports Col Bob Togerson ill in New York a strangling death near Lindman Missouri a U S senate appointment Horace Chilton replacing John Reagan a quarrel leading to shooting in Arkansas City Kansas and a fatal stabbing in Newark New Jersey The killer Rose has been captured plus a note about Anna Dickinson’s controversial Broadway appearance in New York and other scattered gossip items
An Indianapolis article promotes Dr. Hale's Medical Dispensary at 25 West Washington Street. It claims success in curing chronic nervous and blood diseases using improved appliances. Free consultations are offered, with mail diagnoses available for four cents in stamps, though interviews are preferred.
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