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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1893
Page
3
A man seeking suicide meets a stranger named Charles by a rope in a wood. The two exchange stories of heartbreak, offer each other counsel, and choose life over self destruction, sharing breakfast after a fateful, almost comical encounter. The tale, translated from the French, ends with a pledge to toast life.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a Kentucky farmer discussing his son John who served in the legislature and declined a congressional run. The farmer notes all six of his sons are fine, but John is the black sheep for choosing not to pursue higher office.
A fragment cites proverbs about eating and drinking as guidance for women. It urges small meals, measured drinking, and modest appetite to avoid harm, noting wine with pears, cherries around the great, and keeping quiet when dining. The noting voice: Phil. Record.
Practical kitchen guidance covers blackberry jam with three quarters pound sugar per pound of berries, corn fritters from canned corn, and cabbage odor control by boiling with soda. Directions emphasize slow cooking, frying in hot lard, and finishing with butter or cream for flavor.
The Fall River Line unveiled the biggest steamboat in Chester Pennsylvania while other late week events include banker Little’s arrest in Kansas City for murder, Peter Claassen’s pardon by the president, and a chain of lynchings in Tennessee and Georgia.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a late night scene at a girl’s home where a weary youth named George bids farewell repeatedly. The father, overhearing from the stairs, jokes that the long goodbye proves he must be a star actor, then laughs as the moment ends.
Markets listed with fresh meats, hams, bacon, lard, sausage, and dried beef. Vegetables and fruits include street potatoes, Irish potatoes, lemons, apricots, grapes, melons, apples, and oranges with prices. Canned goods, flour, seeds, butter, cheese, and groceries rounds out the detailed market tallies for the day.
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