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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1891
Page
3
A brief verse from the Hostou Courier extols a bird’s effortless flight across urban landscapes. The speaker marvels at the bird’s freedom from roofs to wires, longing for heights that reach beyond this world toward heaven.
Julius Comstock a young assistant cashier succumbs to gambling temptation betting on Starry Flag after a string of losses. He steals from a bank safe to fund a bet, wins, and later dies when he is found dead floating off Sandy Hook days after his fatal gamble. The tale follows his fall from a decent salary to ruin as he chases a thousand dollars for love.
A collage of quotations and observations spans slang cautions, fashion trends, and social quirks from Paris to Berlin. It notes electric cures for tippling, rail safety and cooling devices, reverse fashion, putty frames, and whistling corsets. Prominent mentions include Sarah Bernhardt and John Strange Winter, with a tidbit on George Washington kin Fanny Washington Finch.
The notice warns buyers to avoid discounted pills and imitators and confirms genuine Pierce medicines with fixed city prices for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, and Pleasant Pellets sold only by authorized agents. money-back if no value received. Also includes Indianapolis public works notices from 1891 detailing street improvements and bid openings.
A sweep of late week incidents includes a Dallas fire valued at 400000, a Burke Idaho powder explosion killing four miners, a Chicago Irish league convention planned for next month, and strikes in Cramp shipyards Philadelphia. Also noted are a St Louis quake, Midland rainmakers, a Bonham Texas school cruelty report, and the suicide of Omaha magnate Clark Woodman after stock losses.
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