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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1889
Page
3
In a perilous voyage a brig encounters the schooner Marie Richmond in distress. The starving crew pleads for water as the captain refuses to share scarce reserves, citing survival needs over aid while danger looms of boarding or mutiny. A dramatic scene unfolds with muttered threats and desperate entreaties.
A Thousand Island letter reports Philip Luther of New York landing thirty pickerel weighing 149 pounds from the St Lawrence River. The piece also notes ex President Cleveland’s superstition about fishing and a porpoise shooting craze near shore. Stories feature a black bass debate, a pond-planting plan by Stanley, and a caper involving a four man fishing party in which one man dupes others to reclaim losses.
The article surveys summer fashion trends with French influenced dresses, Vandyke collars, navy and white color clashes, white olsters for yachting, and new ribbon use on lawn skirts. It also notes British dietary curiosities at seaside resorts, jokes about balky ice cream, and a humorous ring inscription. It closes with a health ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
A collection of brief vignettes recounts a terrier raising a tomcat, a turtle with initials Th. T. and 1771, wicker coffins from Boston, a long five thousand eight hundred sixty four piece cane, a Philadelphia night car driver fired for overcharging, a Danbury mouse in a shop window, flood predictions on Pond Creek West Virginia, Poland China pigs stolen by rats, a Pike's Peak snow-melting correspondent, a scenic line offering seasonal excursions with dates and routes, and an Edmondson optician offering free eye tests.
A historical notice promotes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething with claims to soothe gums ease pains curb wind and aid diarrhea priced at 25 cents a bottle Also an recruitment blurb seeks 100 good men per ward to try free liners in THE SUN.
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