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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1891
Page
3
A poetic meditation on renewal after deep despair. The speaker notes rain, fallen leaves, and a broken hammock as symbols of loss, yet asserts that summer and light return. Hearts once cold may revive at their core despite enduring pain.
In a New York Evening Sun tale, Guggenheim Perkins the deaf mute detective aids Billy in capturing Josie Souleathread from Leonard Bucebee. Bucebee dies of a broken heart as Perkins reveals the true identity of the millionaire recluse of Rohokus Heights, leaving Josie and Billy united.
In a busy city shop a poor old woman buys a damaged red wagon and, with a guilty plea, asks for help to fix its broken wheel. An elderly man in a brown hickory shirt steps in, pays with a practical repair, and the woman leaves with her parcel amid a bustling crowd. The piece also notes President Harrison’s theatre habit and Mayor Grant of New York with an Aunt's $300,000 will.
A fashion note urges gray tones to suit all women from dark to blonde with furs and accessories. The column then shifts to society scraps about Lizzie F Dodge defending a profanity charge, a California fencing dispute, pardons, and various public figures including Palmer, Gibson, Mills, Twain, and born stories from London wigmakers and German reception of Twain.
The Kansay Farmer notes varying daylight hours across cities: Stockholm 18.34 hours, Spitzbergen over three and a half months of continuous day, London and Bremen 16.14 hours, Hamburg and Dantzig 17 hours, Wardburg Norway May 21 to July 22 full daylight, St Petersburg and Tobolsk 19 hours and five hours, Torneo Finland nearly 22 hours on June 21 and Christmas under three hours, New York about 15 hours, Montreal 16 hours.
A roundup of disparate items includes a Bay City counterfeiters arrest, Kalispell bridge collapse with five dead and ten injured, and Cleveland’s trip to New Jersey for winter reports. Other highlights note Indian agent Bennat’s $15 000 payment, a Toledo Lake Shore crash probe, and the McKinley tariff cases entering the Supreme Court.
OCR fragment mentions trains and arrival times at a station in Indiana, with garbled station names and times such as 12:55 and 1:00 p.m. It references locations like Tarra Hautor and Burra Haute and events around 4 pm and 3:30 pm, but the text is heavily garbled and partial.
The world’s oldest man Hiram Lester aged 124 wed in Atlanta to an 82 year old bride. Observers note longevity is rising due to health knowledge and warmth of the body. The piece touts Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a remedy to extend life and prevent pneumonia.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis Indiana proposes Imp Hen No 1451891 to improve the alley west of Meridian Street by a brick sewer two feet in diameter. City not liable for sewer portions crossing streets. costs apportioned to property holders along the alley. A meeting is set December 3 1591 to hear remonstrances and take final action.
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