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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1891
Page
3
Washington Post notes a spirited song praising a baseball club called the Galsy, with lines about hustling, staying in contention, and conquering rivals. The piece reflects pride and festive tone, mentioning Mr. Kelly and a famous slide amid a history of snubs and renewed confidence.
An English officer recalls a relative who followed a doctor's order for a driving tour in Devon. After a series of misadventures the party staying in a large old inn bedded with a sleepy roommate who turns nocturnal and violent, leading to a chilling night and long illness. The aunt recovers with memory loss and the roommate is later found to have dementia.
The excerpt lists a chocolate marble cake with white part ingredients and a coffee jelly procedure. It specifies white sugar, butter, egg whites, sweet milk, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and seasoning. For the jelly, it describes soaking gelatin in water, making strong coffee with sugar, dissolving gelatin, straining, and setting in a mold with cream and sugar.
A boy in Little Rock Arkansas recently died from a spider bite. The rest of the items note assorted opinions about theater managers, birthplaces, French public reception, mint coin weights, lawsuits against dressmakers, and engagements.
Mrs. Russell Hancock, widow of Gen Hancock's son, visiting her mother in New York, will marry Lieut William Rathaday U S A. Airs Gisvaland plans to close her New York house in May and summer at the Buzzards Bay residence bought by Mr Cleveland last autumn. Washington Post and New York Continent items record society figures and travels including Thomas Nast sailing for rest in Europe and lists of prominent names aboard the Majestic and City of Berlin.
A dreamy girl exclaims over Tennyson at a book counter but her mother rebukes poetry, seeking a pudding dish instead. A stray dog story follows, questioning whether a tale has a moral or merely decorates it.
A string of fashion details from bands and ginghams to mourning attire and hats notes. Countess Annie de Montaigu in Chicago News comments on striped zephyr ginghame and garb, while records cite Philadelphia smokers, a 103 year old Brooklyn van, and Mrs. Mackey’s London house dining room seating. A New York club member loses nearly $4,000 in one card game.
Styles highlight sewing and accessories with slender silhouettes in demand. Men adopt colored patent feathers. An Aven brooch shaped like an ear of corn adds a playful touch. New striped cotton for window curtains resembles bed ticking. Corn color silk with chiffon creates a striking dress for brunettes.
A roundup of chaotic events reports fires in Oklahoma and Texas with heavy losses, a Detroit streetcar strike resolution, reports of Chinese migration, a political tour kickoff by George F Train, and a St Paul journalist's death in Georgia. Also noted are a Kentucky cyclone, coke-region labor tensions, and a string of arson incidents in Scranton with no leads.
A 19th century notice from Indianapolis claims a long established clinic at 25 West Washington Street, formerly Gun We Herb Remedy Co. now Dr Hale's Medical Dispensary promises modern science cures for chronic nervous and blood diseases. Free consultations and private examinations are offered with remote diagnoses available for four cents in stamps.
Readers unable to call may request a question blank by mail. The notice directs distant residents to use mail to obtain the blank form and participate in the matter, ensuring those far from the office can engage.
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