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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
3
A colorful narrator describes a man tangled in fashion obsessions and vanity, from squeaky patent leather to tailor passions. He pursues style clues and a restless search for meaning, until an aesthetic heiress meets him and critiques his rustic image in a clothier context.
Boris Mirakov recounts a sensational episode of a Parisian prince deemed the Moltke of cartes and a princess of coquetry. A furious tzigan maid confronts the pair, the prince is seized and a deadly duel of ecarte follows, ending with a fatal wager written on an ace of hearts.
A brisk column surveys fall fashion whispers from London to Lowell News, noting the dull finned trend in cloth and stricter neckwear rules. It praises the tailless shirt craze, argues shirts work without tails, and cites shifting preferences toward utilitarian garments and color tones like burnt umber and cinnamon.
The piece outlines interior decoration guidelines, stressing the darkest wall base and gradual lightening toward the ceiling, with color contrasts in upholstery to avoid monotony. It also offers practical health tips like hiccup remedies and proper face-washing directions, plus methods to obtain cold cloths without ice.
A compact survey notes whortleberries thick as leaves, a record rattle snake crop, few country tramps due to harvest fears, and hogs barred from France unless disguised as tourists In remarks echoing editorials from Boston World and Baltimore American the piece muses on home life and politics at summer resorts as a third party remains unpopular on the moonlit piazza
The text offers practical farming notes such as feeding hogs, soaking oats in drink water, and using paper bags to protect grapes from birds. It also suggests a ginger molasses harvest drink and the fertility benefits of weeds on unused land, with caution to cut them before seeding.
A fire in Grinnell Iowa ratcheted total losses to seventy five thousand dollars Wednesday. No further details on cause or origin were immediately available. The incident joins a string of local disasters reported this week across the region.
A public discourse on selecting a new probate judge emphasizes careful choice to spare estates and families from trouble. The piece notes health and personal management matters, while promoting Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a safe remedy for cold related ailments, advertised for sale by druggists.
City ordinance proposes licensing all liquor retailers in Indianapolis with annual fees of 230 dollars, prohibits sale without license, and sets penalties. Also public works notice to assess benefits for a White River levee along the east bank from Chestnut to Ream, with remonstrance hearing scheduled August 2, 1691.
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