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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1891
Page
3
A literary fragment by William Cory explores the tension between earthly joy and spiritual restraint. The speaker longs for human warmth and beauty while wrestling with the call to renounce desire for a higher, timeless reality.
A dramatic 1860s balloon ascent by Cornwall and Glaisber from a ceremonial station on September 8 shows science demanding brave risk. The craft rises through thousand foot thick clouds, seven to eight miles high, where air is lifeless and freezing. The steersman and observer struggle, revive with brandy, and descend, escaping two deaths by sheer nerve and skill.
The report highlights Cape May season decorum in bathing attire and seaside pastimes like straw rides and drag hunts. It notes 54 trunks for six society women at Congress Hall Long Branch and Ocean Grove seeing only one pair of tights, worn by a Washington visitor staying briefly. The Cleveland cottage at Buzzard's Bay is gray with six gables, dubbed Gray Gables, designed by Mrs Cleveland.
A garbled miscellany notes bachelor life in Singapore as endless summer, cites Stevenson on oppression, and recounts a Wilkes Barre cemetery tale where two men killed a venomous adder with nicotine in three minutes after a tick, a reed, and a fatal misadventure.
Garters costing 500 dollars a pair belong to a New York actress while Paris adapts round belted waists and buckled coats. Modjeska is styled as Mr Bozenta in a playful yet formal tone. Prominent women face scrutiny over photos, and fall hats plus small capotes are forecast. A wealthy American bride in Paris is described as exceptionally tall and Amazonian. A Philadelphia merchant’s daughter writes from seashore asking for a dollar, describing seaside amusements and travel expenses.
A collage of satirical notes and trivia on domestic servants hats, bald tramps, bulk sensational novels, Sun's size relative to Earth, teeth lost at depots, Americans abroad in Europe, and Parisian shopping abundance. The Springfield Republican quote about false teeth and Bon Marche in Paris reflects crowding and rising American tourism advantage.
Read how pulverized oyster shells mixed with egg white form a cement and how onion odor can be removed by washing in cold then hot water. Instructions cover buttering eggs for preservation, alum in water to clarify dirt, whalebone soaking for flexibility, lamp color effects, and making jellies from fruit skins and cores including peach, apple, quince, grape skins, and pear skins.
Kentucky voted Democratic on Monday as did Utah in a separate state contest. A rainfall damaged Louisville by about 30000 dollars. Detroit hosted Gen. Alger as old vets presented a diamond pin. Georgia legislators balk at Crisp for speaker amid hostility. A new steamship line with capital of 100 million was incorporated to sail the United States to South America. Reports of violence in Houston Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Kansas City requires drinkers to hold a license costing 30 dollars a year, signed by wives. A sensational murder tale in Wayne county West Virginia was deemed a fake by officials.
A New York Herald view features humorous exchanges about wills and marriages. Mrs Enpec quips she could not prove her spouse is crazy, while Hicks muses about time after death. The column riffs on domestic foibles and delays in final arrangements.
The Sun weighs in on Mayor Sullivan in a surrounding battle for Indianapolis leadership. A Democrat writer notes two-year support for Sullivan and urges the mayor to take Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure to bolster his campaign, claiming it aids lung and throat health and foes alike.
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