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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1891
Page
4
The speaker describes waking thoughts at midnight and a ghostly, recurring noise from a washstand. The night is filled with haunting sounds and unsettling imagery as sleep evades him. Returns to sleep only after the eerie, choking soundscape subsides.
The narration follows Clarence McFadden seeking to dance, an eccentric professor teaching him steps, and his mishaps as he falters through a comic waltz. The tale ends with a chorus promising better luck and a buoyant future for McFadden, as townsfolk hum the refrain.
A collage of anecdotes on historic figures Roscoe Conkling Morton Arthur and Bragg with Morton quotes, wartime memories of Wade Hampton, jokes, and brief tidbits on Nellie Grant Sartoria Nellie Rankin, Kate Claxton and Mrs Rankin, Lotta Age claim, Frederick Vanderbilt, and New York Italian boot blacks. Also mentions Denver elevation, longevity stats, and fashion trends like open trimmed hats and cheverette gloves.
An advertisement from the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York touts Dr Pierses Golden Medical Discovery as a guaranteed remedy for torpid liver and impure blood with money-back guarantee if no benefit. It highlights cures for skin infections goitre enlarged glands and various ulcers and promises rapid healing under its influence.
Official report of the New Orleans lynching received by the state department. Dr E D Salmon to head meat inspection in Chicago starting Friday. A Baltimore & Ohio Express freight collision at Gaithersburg, three killed and three injured. Roanoke gamblers Nick Freed and Charles Rose duel, both killed. China declines Blair as minister over senate speeches. Drawbridge fire in Lexington and a freight plunge killed a brakeman. Minneapolis man pays bribe to policeman to guard his money. Sweden requires tipping of hats to the poorest. Germany trains women in farm and dairy work. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as premier remedy. Horses clipped by machinery at Wood’s stable. Florists Betterman Bros. Mass Ave ad line.
An advertisement touts K.B. FX RA RAZORS with claims of easy, precise shaving and a starter offer. It promises four of the best strops included, each priced at about 1.25 dollars, and a razor with strop for 1.99 dollars.
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