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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1894
Page
3
A ballad style poem recounts Billy and Mary Jane with playful rural imagery. The speaker reflects on love, delay, and changing hearts as time passes, ending with a note on youth and longing from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Noted yet unknown Texas inventor Harney P Ruggles famed for a silver throat tube to aid breathing during diphtheria and for horse theft. He survived prior hangings, evaded pursuers, built a fortune across western Texas New Mexico and Arizona, leaving son Frederick S to carry on the business.
A mix of home remedies and domestic tips appears, including salt gargles for sore throats, salt baths for restlessness, and substitutes for odors, burns, and cleaning. Also shared are miscellaneous anecdotes, humorous quips, and brief news items about politics, transportation, crime, and local events.
A fragmented column from the Chi Tribune recounts child dialogue about speaking rules and a banana stand episode. The piece features a mother scolding Johnny for unclear remarks and a fleeting mention of a policeman and a banana table, reflecting humorous miscommunication.
An association of medical doctors offers a plain language treatise on preventing and curing nervous disorders and immoral habits through home treatment. A copy of the book can be mailed securely in a plain envelope to interested readers for ten cents postage, addressed to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N Y.
Markets steady with slight changes in provisions and produce. Listings include smoked meats, bacon, sausage, pickled and fresh pork, lard, dry salts, canned fruits, flour and feed, cheese and dairy, canned vegetables, and grain prices with numerous brand names and weights.
A terse line references varicocels and nightly emissions with mentions of NEAPO and an Indianapolislabeled sale. It reads as a fragmented health or insurance notice, possibly advertising a product or service. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or dates.
An essay asserts the new fad is collecting wild flowers across America, praising accessibility and sociability while promising a lifelong diary of memories. It argues the trend will spread from cities to cottages, with The Lux and The Sun promoting wild flowers of America as a premier cultural phenomenon.
Dr E C West offers nerve and brain treatment targeting hysteria dizziness fits neuraglia painful nerves and many male and female weaknesses caused by overexertion and self abuse. One month’s supply offered at four dollars with a six box guarantee refund if not cured. West's Liver Pills also advertised for headaches biliousness liver issues and digestion with dealer Henry J Huder Indianapolis Indiana warnings.
On March 9 1891 section 2 the ordinance prohibits any person or company from making or reestablishing connections with gas mains or service pipes or turning on gas for heating without a written permit. Violations carry a fine of one hundred dollars per offense and include alterations to mixers or valves or other appliances.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain wind colic and general discomfort in children. The copy emphasizes its soothing effect on the child and claims to ease crying and pains.
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