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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1890
Page
3
Cyrus Winterbottom thwarts a midnight intruder in his home after a tense standoff. The burglar is forced to kneel, surrendered, and searched, with Cyrus seizing multiple weapons and ensuring the thief carries the baby to safety. The intruder escapes at dawn as the family reflects on crime’s punishment.
The item recounts Audigit and a companion self inflected tragedy after a backfire near Newhall California, a Shapleigh Maine wedding corrected to be legally recorded, and a curio laden estate in Wellesley Massachusetts with mechanical yard ornaments. It notes Emperor William buying Lorraine land, a large forest area, and a deep frozen well at 116 meters. It mentions a German English island transfer with no harbor and no naval base. It ends with domestic tips on laundry and ammonia use, plus local ads and an invitation to send wants to THE Sun.
Poem reflects on a steadfast helm and a voyage from port to port. It contrasts fixed aims with the world bending words and the flexible paths of thought and will while noting the ship’s course toward a curved sea.
An 1890s style note mocks women readers and comments on novelty shoes made from large fish skin, likened to alligator. It cites a New York Tribune outburst requesting a method to curl straight hair without heat and jokes about Edison’s possible solutions. It contrasts London maid service beauty to aristocracy, noting shop girls and maids as often more attractively dressed.
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