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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1891
Page
3
A forest scene recalls a wild bird nesting in moss and dreams, but a heaven storm ends in tragedy as the birdlings die before dawn. The speaker laments a yearling heart and the angelic call that took their babe, reflecting on paradise gates and sweet memories.
In a bitter cold morning scene Bertram Biddlewax endures a savage blizzard to fulfill a vow. He confronts danger with a frostbound swim in an icy spring and secures a dramatic outcome with a willing partner, a vow kept even amid peril and public scrutiny. The tale blends gothic struggle with a bold, period tone.
A scattered column describes rumors about Mark Twain smoking, a London literary society tracking Mrs Gen Custer, Col Eliot Vanderbilt Shepard funding Jamestown NY Presbyterian church, Albert Clagrett’s wealth and fashion status, and Rudyard Kipling’s near marriage to a Pittsburgh widow. It notes Kipling’s shipboard prank and ongoing celebrity chatter.
The column surveys society and manners with quips about Queen Victoria’s family, doctors profiting from social gaiety, funeral etiquette, and a joke about tipping hats. It notes a dying congressman seeking counsel, a Burns manuscript find, and poems linked to Glenriddell and Grizell Grim.
A banker Henry Clows owns a $10,000 bathroom while Mrs. Brown Potter flaunts four dwarf trees two pines and two cake aged 400 years and linked to the mikado of Japan. Jay Gould once gave Thomas Allen a $2,000,000 Iron Mountain check and joked about its size as Allen sought bank certification.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a legitimate medicine for female disorders and uterine weaknesses. It claims to cure organic displacements and related symptoms, improve digestion and sleep, and offers a money-back guarantee if not satisfactory, highlighting low cost per perceived benefit.
Thomas Cordylan of 28 Roe Street, a Vandalia B. R. employee, describes years of catarrh and related symptoms. After trying Drs Blackbrough and Sewlin and Stackhouse Newlin, he reports dramatic improvement and restoration of health. The Stackhoven Medical Institute at 208 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, offers treatment for chronic diseases, catarrh, and ear throat nose stomach issues with hours and mail consults.
The Indianapolis Board of Public Works invites sealed proposals by August 31, 1891 at 10 a.m. for grading and bowldering the first alley east of Pennsylvania street from Home avenue to Fifth street. Plans and specifications are on file in the Board’s office. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A. W. Conduitt, President.
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