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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1892
Page
3
Poem fragment quoting Christina G Rossetti about longing love and loss. The speaker pleads for the beloved to come in dreams to relive life and share breath and pulse, recalling a time of deep affection and sorrow.
A humorous desert tale set near Dos Palmas on the old Arizona stage road recalls Jim dining on tender beef that proves to be mule meat. After learning the truth, Jim confronts the Dos Palmas proprietor, who feigns honesty until a fatal confrontation ends the joke.
A collage of tidbits: a New York Herald anecdote on women in a hammock, a $125,000 Lady Lichester necklace, a Boston mishap with milt dye, and portraits of Miss Mary B. Wilkins and Princess Louise. Observations compare Japanese simplicity, cleanliness, and adaptable living spaces with Western fashions, urging mutual lessons from both cultures.
In a Pennsylvania mountain school a bright Irish girl struggles with geography. After weeks of teaching, the teacher asks for the capital, and the girl answers Washington. She then wittily exclaims, Why, I thought he was dead long ago.
A prominent businessman was approached to accept a bank presidency with a $5,000 salary and no duties beyond abstaining from poker. He declined, noting the pay disparity compared to his poker winnings. The bank then chose another leader.
Eight pounds or a peck of small tomatoes with three pounds brown sugar are peeled and scalded until syrup penetrates and tomatoes look clear. Drain and dry, then in a jar layer tomatoes and granulated sugar, pressing to seal. Aimed as a conserve, a favored relish per Harper's Bazar.
Conversation notes anger at the silk traveling cap. A conductor complains such headgear prompts swagger and loud orders on trains. A separate Irish servant joke recalls a teakettle lost at sea and the master’s calm denial.
A humorous taste of daily life features Willie’s remark about a two member baseball team after poem reading, a logical office boy riddle about eye loss, and a child’s rhyme about feeling bad for being good yesterday.
Orange peel yields a yellow powder for flavoring cakes and puddings. To remove ink stains from fingers, moisten the spot and rub with the head of a parlor match. Teapots wash with strong soda and water, rinse, dry, and air to avoid hay like odor. Some housekeepers use sapplio for this purpose.
Summary: reports from across the country include Giulio Valensin's death in Cleveland Ohio. 40 Cleveland milkmen arrested for adulteration. discovery of a large glacial field and lakes in central Idaho. a 128 degree reading in South Dakota bad lands. hangings of Gen Snowden and Col Streator by Chicago militiamen. a $75,000 Delmar fire rendering 300 homeless. indictments of Asa P Potter J P French and Tom Dana in Boston for Maverick bank wrecking. missing Boston broker J B Gilman accused of stealing $300000. a Houma Iowa schooner carrying 15 businessmen sinks with all aboard. A Canton Minnesota church window image of a woman and child sparks belief of a miracle. A lone witness says he saw a head severed near Illensburg Washington at the hands of three highwaymen who then were lynched.
White silk stockings should be washed in a strong lather of castile soap with warm water. Soils are rubbed with the hands, then rinsed well and dried in a cloth with the wrong side out. As they nearly dry, stretch and rub to smooth, but never iron. Black stockings follow the same method. keep whites and blacks separate. Some rub dry stockings with a cold iron, but this causes creases and is advised against.
A farmer's wife recalls feeding a tramp who still has the pie, while quotes from Life and the New York Herald reveal playful digs about heaven and exclusivity as two other speakers trade lines. The exchange ends with a judge remark about the tramp.
Mrs Lizzie Zink of 205 Hayetie Street describes three years of catarin symptoms including emaciation headaches and a persistent cough. She credits Stackhouse and Newlin Medical Institute Indianapolis with a curable diagnosis and improvement through their treatment and care.
Central market listings show varied prices for smoked meats, canned fruits, groceries, and produce. Indiana lard, dried beef, bacon, and sausage priced alongside canned peaches, blueberries, strawberries, and pineapples. Fresh pork, hams, and sausage on sale. coffee, sugars, and flour quoted. assorted produce and dairy items included. poultry and livestock prices noted.
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