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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1889
Page
3
Poem reflecting on a mother's hands as beautiful and enduring. The speaker contrasts aged hands with youth, cherishes their toil for children's happiness, and imagines reunion in a future hopeful scene where the hands are praised and clasped again. The Bloomington Pantagraph published the piece.
A Rio de Janeiro refugee recounts a cobra coiled around Manuel the sleeping servant in a two room house near stables. A father uses a rifle to shoot the head from the serpent, saving Manuel as the cobra is killed midstrike.
Corporal Tanner relies on his private secretary, his 20 year old daughter, who calms his ire by stroking fur. Miss Jennie Stack tends 35 acres of corn, milks six cows, and helps on the farm, yet refuses marriage. Miss Lillian Hampson of Philadelphia earns fame for rescuing a Pittsburg boy in Atlantic City. She swims 2000 feet, enjoys sailing and dancing, and also does not want to marry.
A miscellany of curiosities from opossum bounty in Southold to lazy legends in Ohio, a London monogram craze, ancient printing in Egypt, Paris dog thefts, spring fashion shifts, and odd ads and anecdotes. Notable items include a Brooklyn baseball curse, movable-type histories, a Dutch automatic pill machine, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotions.
A mixed collage of humorous quips and fragmentary odds from a Newark Journal page. The piece features a flamboyant plea to a baggage trunk, assorted literary clippings, jokes about English usage, travel notes, and advertisements. It reads like a late 19th century column of wry import.
Advertises a broad selection of furniture carpets stoves and related house furnishing items. Encourages buyers to call before purchasing to find favorable prices suitable for all budgets.
A Georgia man reports curing a 26 year blood poison with Swift's Specific after mercury and potash failed. He says ulcers and sores disappeared within thirty days and has remained well for five years. The testimonial notes a prior invalid period and claims no return of the disease.
Gas stoves now in 1500 homes in the city provide clean efficient heating with no kindling coal or ashes to manage. Prices range from two to ten dollars, offering a practical modern alternative for households seeking simple cooking and heating options.
A newspaper listing proclaims half price on ladies muslin underwear and quarter off on gauze Balbriggans and children's hosiery. Corsets, laces, shirts, ties, parasols, fans, linens, lawns, challies, and wash goods slash prices with many items at 1c to 60c, plus Palm Leaf Fans at one cent and fabrics at 15¢ to 26¢. Open every evening.
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