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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1891
Page
3
A poetic tribute describes a woman who lived in solitude and served others with quiet, steadfast care. Her life is depicted as marked by enduring tears and selfless acts of blessing those in need, carried out with divine restraint and feminine strength.
In a cafe many youths debate luck and signs as one man defends staying on the safe side of bad omens. The narrator recalls childhood in Mississippi with Aunt Molly, voodoo beliefs, a voodoo doctor, a haunted mound, and the consequences of pranks on the plantation.
A ragbag of notes cites Aunt Molly’s belief in omens and occult signs, Whittier’s praise of Lowell, seasonal frost in Connecticut, a banana drying industry, cricket lore, and weather-sign plant myths. It blends Victorian superstition with brief literary quips and curious facts.
Describes affluent social life at watering places with donkey party amusements. Notes Swinburne summering at Brockhampton Park near Cheltenham. Reports Chautauqua women joining boat, bicycle clubs, and a walking class in Elberon. Mentions a New Yorker walking 40 miles in a day and gossip about Long Branch social misdeeds including midnight poker with a theft among four society women.
A collage of brief quotes from New York papers features a park encounter with a conductor joke about age and a mother’s warning to a girl stealing a penny. The items capture moral quips and childlike mischief in turn.
Theatrical notes discuss Rhea's new play Judith exploring Hebrew society in America. The piece mentions a snow plow locomotive as a star feature and recalls Fritz Emmett filling his father’s roles, with praise and critique of actors and managers. Hood's Sarsaparilla urged as a trusted remedy amid ad clutter.
Gov Campbell shows some improvement amid reports North Dakota will sow 51 million bushels of wheat. Other items note two convict women in Buffalo jail hanged, cattle dying in Peoria due to L E and W tie up, and various regional incidents.
The article urges John P. Frenzel, elected president of the St. R. Co., to boost driver conduct by using Reid's German Cough and Kidney Care, a remedy promoted by Sylvan Remedy Co. of Peoria Illinois, and to ensure managers stock it in every house or store along the road.
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