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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1892
Page
3
A fragment from James Herbert Morse in Century explores a cheerful, teasing view of life and love. The speaker urges youth to enjoy life and to say so while impermanence looms, urging a merry world despite frowns and farewells.
The Raw Recruit recounts a midnight march as a battalion advances the fall air close behind. Mike Degan, nervous and pale, balks at drill and picket danger, ultimately dying by a sharpshooter’s bullet after a failed attempt to pull a stone from a frozen ground, a white handkerchief around his throat marking him as the doomed.
A column mixes fashion gossip with domestic tips and social notes. Queen Victoria’s matchmaking chatter heads London society news while a royal betrothal looms. Household advice covers washing methods and mothproofing perfumes. A Cincinnati home for at risk young men, funded by E. P. Bradstreet, offers shelter and matron care with plans to expand if successful.
A collage of statements covers Brazil coffee acreage at two million, 25 years with no Kentucky court, fleas repelled by sweet fern, New Mexico’s rainy season after four years, a Somerville man with a 27 year steel pen, Massachusetts’ four ex governors born in 1818 Baptists Boutwell Claflin Rice and Butler, gender age longevity trends, single women longer life, married women longer than single, a 40 year marriage probability of 216 percent, and a higher rate of sudden deaths among men.
An old housekeeper lists weights for common groceries. Eggs: ten eggs weigh one pound. Butter the size of an egg weighs one ounce. Coffee, sugar, flour, and butter amounts vary from one ounce per tablespoon to a pound per pint or quart, with specific measures for brown and granulated sugars.
A ship from Chile met heavy icebergs near New York as 900 foot fields of ice loomed. Private Joe Fifer launched the Republican campaign in Pekin. Gen J W Denver of Wilmington killed a congressman in a duel and disappeared. St Louis carpenters and joiners plan next year’s meeting in Indianapolis. A Charleston to Sullivan's Island boat capsized with eight deaths. Kolb of the People's Party proclaims fair Alabama governor election. Cleveland’s daily letter to a boy in Gloversville, NY. Forepaugh’s circus tents toppled in Cohoes. rider costumes damaged. A body in a sack fished from the Louisville river identified as Mary Lange. Gladstone and Salisbury faced cabinet in Commons over elections showing loss of public confidence. A Santa Fe wreck near Denver injured General and two women, one possibly dying.
A seven foot mountain ash grows on a Utica church tower, age about 15. Maryland cures biliousness by boring three holes in a tree and walking around thrice while reciting go away bilious. People wear potato rings or carry potatoes for rheumatism. theft of a potato enhances charm. Hep in pocket reputed to fend rheumatism in Michigan. Fashion shuns colored shoes on the street. Park benches host gray philosophers in University Park after a recent break in. Bargain sales show in street outfits worn by locals.
Mrs. Anna Richel of 212 Hast Washington Street credits Drs Stackhouse and Newlin with curing most catarrh symptoms after weeks of treatment. She highlights weight gain, restored appetite, headaches relief, improved breathing, and better sleep. Also advertises therapeutic services and remedies offered by Stackhouse, Newlin, and other products, including Sanative remedies sold with guarantees.
A surgical clinic advertises guaranteed cure of rupture with no pain no knife and no charge until cured. It claims patients of all ages including children are treated and may throw away a truss, with free examination and consultation. The firm asserts it will not take a case unless curable and offers city referrals.
A brief notice highlights the Tufailitile Hermia Care Co expanding through circulars and notices. It notes outreach efforts, service scope, and community role without detailed dates or locations. The item emphasizes local promotional activity and organizational presence in public notices.
The page lists varied market items with prices across provisions meats canned fruits vegetables and dairy. It notes Indiana hams black hams dried beef bacon sausage and various cuts, along with canned peaches apples apricots and berries, coffee and tea, vegetables like tomatoes beans corn and onions, fish and cheese. It also covers baking staples flour meal oats and poultry with prices and shipper payments, ending with general trade notes.
Indiana General Assembly 1891 prohibits any person from connecting or reconnecting gas mains or services, or interfering with valves, mixers, or appliances without a written permit from the gas company. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
A terse line notes a room inquiry reference likely from a column titled formant room on the second page of Tuxsuw. It hints at guidance about securing lodging or a room but lacks concrete details or names. The readable fragment suggests searching the formant room column for instructions or contact.
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