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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1892
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR from a 1920s Atlanta paper presents a heated, sensory piece about a city climate and a political climate. The text mixes a Bruce Whitney line with a rant about congress, legislators, and social friction. It suggests a public notice or column reflecting on overheated discourse and public life.
A San Francisco Chronicle piece recounts the myth of Santa Isabel, the vanished mission in Baja California. Explorers pry for emeralds and gold amid deserts, canyons, and San Pedro Martir, but the lost site remains hidden beyond scorched rocks and shifting sands.
A collection of hot weather dish ideas and tips from the Chicago Mail. It cites preferences for cold tongue, spiced tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and fish on ice, plus quick luncheon options like lamb fries sandwiches. It also mentions fresh bread, sponge cake, early peaches, a variety of cheeses, ice cream versus lobster salad, calves heads, and a note on bananas with new medicinal claims.
A mixed tobacco of odd trivia and small news notes: the max steam vessel speed in an hour is 26 miles. fifty Gilesian miners head to China for $3.75 daily for six hours. a new typewriting device prints on book leaves. Brussels and Antwerp charge $30 yearly for telephone service. San Francisco boasts an earthquake proof iron hotel of double hollow square design.
Sis AEB Portland Ore suffered a $500000 fire Monday night. Other items note a presidential letter acceptance planned about Aug 15, Arthur Balfour charged with election, an asylum case in Memphis, and various oddities from 19th century letters and a peculiar divorce suit in Providence involving Mrs Crandall and multiple wedding rites.
A French report claims a Paris laundryman cleans fine fabrics with boiled potatoes instead of soap. The method allegedly yields whiter, purer linen, silk, or cotton and is said to be easy to try. It notes Victoria follows Ilindustantee language and recalls Balmoral visits by Salisbury and Beaconsfield.
The notice details multiple rail routes from Indianapolis to Chicago and Denver with fares and schedules, including a daily service to Bay View and Saturday departures. It lists ticket options via Pennsylvania line, mentions specific prices, and references agents and contact details for further information.
If you wake with head ash and a bad taste, take four to six Laxative Gum Drops. They are mild and gentle, not a violent purge, helping weak stomachs and delicate constitutions. Boxes cost three cents or twenty-five cents. mail order available from Sylvan Remedy Co.
An OCR fragment lists train routes and times with stops including Cincinnati and Chicago. It mentions daily indicators, added Sunday trains, sleepers and dining cars, and references multiple cities and old station names, framed as a faded railway timetable snippet.
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