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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1894
Page
3
A humorous piece tracing life from birth to old age and romance. It humorously notes newborns seeking parents, awkward hospital scenes, and the progression to finding a lover, marriage, and aging with a fairy queen figure and unexpected twins. It ends with time’s final stroke.
A humorous dialogue frames the traveler’s tall tale of a voyage in a balloon 7000 feet up over a Brazilian valley called Greenland and a boa constrictor attack. The skeptical boarder questions the implausible events as the traveler recounts falling, being squeezed, and an earthquake that reorients the landscape.
An archival slice notes various tidbits from Youth's Companion and Atchison Globe. It cites Swiss porters, women in physical culture, liver squeeze as exercise, Confucius on table manners, and stray maxims. It includes a tale of a man saved by needing a $75 operation he could not pay. Short facts mention turkey hunting, chrysanthemums, beef bleeding, Delaware and Colorado elevations.
A historical recipe describes bread and apple pudding using apple sauce butter sugar and bread crumbs baked to brown then inverted for serving with sugar and butter. It also reveals a cleansing hair remedy claimed to imitate lime juice and glycerine but actually mixes olive oil with lime water to form a white cream.
A notice notes Miss Susan B Anthony will deliver 475 speeches in Naneag supporting woman suffrage. The digest mentions the stomach as a mainspring of action and cites historical views on digestion and national destiny. It also references plant counts and vaccination data from 18th and 19th century sources.
A lighthearted list highlights a baby's power to exhaust shoes, occupy beds, amuse mothers, and provoke reactions from neighbors. The rest reports various political, labor, and crime items including prune health claims, tariffs, strikes, a Buffalo lawyer’s murder, a New Orleans hotel fire, Beecher housing costs, and other scattered notes.
A Kansas City Journal report recounts the cure of Hattie Barber, 18, from a nervous disorder in Edgerton, Kansas, attributed to Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. L L Barber testifies the pills restored health, with notarized sworn statements supporting the claim.
Markets hold steady with extensive price lists for provisions and produce. Items include hams, bacon, sausage, pickled meats, lard, pork, dried beef, and vegetables with detailed prices from Moore Empire Morgan & Gray and other suppliers. Also listed are fruits, berries, bakery goods, dairy, fish, cheese, butter, poultry, and canned goods with per unit costs and package sizes.
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