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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1892
Page
3
A speaker recalls buying a doll for his daughter after she asked in simple speech. As years pass she grows, asks for a pony, and he provides it. The memory ends with the speaker acknowledging happiness without a single sorrowful trace on his aging heart.
A New York Navy Yard incident recalls a long standing feud between two aged retired officers, an admiral and a commodore. Neither recognized the other as they argued over a simple check in the paymaster’s Office, tracing back to a 60 year old dispute over a ship’s sail handling and a reprimand in a prior era. The paymaster, surprised by the silent rift, learns the men once clashed as junior officers in a state liner after the last war with England.
A Russian physician uses musical tones as a remedy for nervous diseases. A Philadelphia street sign reads coal oil wood milk and other nations. A railroad superintendent claims fastest trains are the safest to ride. Druggists report daily calls to treat perspiration. Hawthorne notes each person has a place in the world, voluntary or not.
A collage of short clippings notes women editors salaries in America, a Port Huron invention to watch oven bakings without opening doors, and a contrast with English hostess dining durations. It observes social norms and gender roles with brief commentary on decorum and departure times.
A compact collection of lighthearted quotes about home life and publishing. The Washington Post recalls a prayerful remark about a good cook in Washington while a child jokes about a misaligned magic lantern. A humorous exchange with an editor closes the excerpt.
Use raw potato to remove mud from black fabrics. For large sock holes or worn merino underwear, cover with strong net and darn through it for a stronger neater mend. Boiled rice cleans figured wool gowns better than soap. boil one pound rice in five quarts water, then rub soaked goods and rinse with part water poured off first, avoiding clear water.
A vintage recipe notes a Huckleberry cake best on the second day after baking. Ingredients include butter, sugar, flour, eggs, milk, soda dissolved in hot water, nutmeg and cinnamon, and ripe huckleberries dredged with flour. Cream butter and sugar, add yolks, milk, flour, spices, stiffly beaten whites, and soda. Fold in berries gently and bake in a moderate steady oven.
The exchange features a hotel clerk denying lodging to a troupe with a theatrical man quipping about elephants and trunks. A joke about a new law forbidding men from whiskey unless bitten by a rattlesnake follows, noting the only snake is weeks behind on orders. Kate Field's Washington notes the humorous, rapid-fire banter as social satire.
The British parliament is prorogued to September 4. Kansas City readsied for Knights of Pythias convention. St Petersburg reports 8456 new cholera cases and 4207 deaths. Delirious Carlsbad youth killed his mother. Carroll Rutherford and wife slain near Memphis. Beverly freight collision kills two, injures seven, horses killed. W T Baker resigns as world fair president, succeeded by U N Higginbotham. Fatal fight in Lion county Kentucky over old grudge leaves two dead. St Louis stable provides ice water to carriages. Quotations and jokes intersperse the news from Horace Walpole, Pittsburg Chronicle, N Y Sun, and Chicago Journal.
O city Macketa lists extensive provisions and canned fruits with prices on meats lard and bacon select and packed goods. Includes Indiana lard and various canned fruit standards with per pound and case prices across numerous items.
The text markets Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Dis panaty with claims of year round benefits and a money back guarantee. It asserts curing various ailments from rhoum and eczema to goiter, boils, and erysipelas, touting it as inexpensive and universally beneficial. The fragment reads like an advertisement asserting wide efficacy and value.
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