This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary verse describing inner fears and longing for solace. The speaker asks about wellbeing and teetering on forgiveness while voices fade and the soul seeks release. The text hints at unseen crimes, wounds, and the hope that all remains well.
A colorful Missouri figure, Colonel John Smith, T, of Saline County, famed for eccentric bravery and odd name, John Smith, T, which led to a famed tale told by Maj. Rollins about a Rising Sun hotel standoff and a pistol bluff over whisky, shaping his temperance lectures and legend.
An exhortation to daughters to cherish their mothers with daily acts of affection. The piece urges waking to feed a mother and sharing a kiss, recounting maternal sacrifices, late years of care, and the ache of eventual loss as a reminder to appreciate now before it is too late.
A collage of humorous and odd snippets from early 20th century press. Notes on a naturalist proving bedbugs in ancient armies, a grave epitaph about quacks, a Maine encounter ending in a street scuffle, and Honolulu’s telephone boom transforming daily life and social manners. Includes voices from Chicago Times and Pittsburg Dispatch.
A profile of Mrs Ingersoll wife of a prominent thinker, praised as a strong self reliant woman with striking dark looks and refined manner. The piece contrasts her stature with her husband and notes her calm confident presence, modest demeanor, and family oriented role. It also includes unrelated home remedies for injuries and bruises.
The bell skirt remains a novelty while large hats dominate. Velvet yokes appear on cotton gowns, and black stockings grow more popular. Frinted delaines excel this season as Cleopatra toques with colored ends gain favor. Pink and black emerge as the season’s favored color pairing.
A Victorian style notice touts patent medicines as cures for common ailments. It attacks doctors’ knowledge while urging readers to follow remedies from Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, priced at fifty cents, with strong claims of radical cures.
Testimony from C I Broner, contractor of 63 Oak Street, praising Stackhouse treatments for catarrh and systemic disease. He details years of symptoms, weight loss, headaches, breathing issues, and eventual recovery after seeking care at 203 North Illinois Street Indianapolis. Free consultation, hours listed, treatment by mail available.
At the earnest request of many patients with friends and relatives seeking treatment and for the benefit of a large number who plan to begin after August first the program will treat all patients arriving before August fifteenth at six hundred dollars per month including medicines until cured.
Summer resort ad promoting Spencer Mineral Spring and Bathing Establishment with hotel rates from two dollars per day and nine to twelve dollars per week. Baths priced 26 cents, mineral bath with attendant service, and a special train from Indianapolis to Spencer every Saturday at 6:30 p m and return Sunday at 6 20 p m fare 2 15. Free carriage from depot to hotel. Address Fred F Needham for circulars and rates.
A truncated notice discusses housing rental difficulties and pricing. It mentions terms for rent and suggests a free liner concept related to Tar. The readable text is fragmented and unclear.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.