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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1889
Page
3
A humorous memoir recounts a string of mistaken identities and close calls from Decatur Alabama to Nashville. The narrator survives beds, trains, and sheriffs while dodging claims of theft and horse stealing, ultimately proving a mix up with another man and ending freed with lighthearted relief.
In a Detroit Free Press yarn quoted from M Quad a hungry Waterbury youth buys rumors, misidentifies a man, then later spots him in Cincinnati. The narrator, a Nashville detective, awaits at the right door of a post office while the man exits the left, leaving questions unresolved.
A nostalgic survey of Christmas toys notes a large Jersey cow that lows like a real animal and a bamboo doll bed with 30 cells. French mechanical dolls, a cat tea party with four white felines, and Grandma knitting toys delight children. Shoppers report earlier purchases as toys move toward mechanical variety in an era of frugal spending.
The note mentions Misa Leiter praised as Washington’s beauty and suggests Mrs. Parnell’s remarks harm her son. It cites support from affluent New York women for the world’s fair exposition, a $300 prize for women wage earners essays, and mentions social tensions amid public discourse.
A London insurer offers a burglary policy covering the entire contents for 62 cents a year with payment within 39 days after loss. Conditions cap any single claim under £5 and require the thief be unaffiliated with household staff. The firm reports strong business. Women in England sew melon pillows for railway comfort, while a noted Atlanta educator recalls a cigar shop encounter in Europe highlighting national stereotypes.
A collage of dialogue snippets and cheeky ad blurbs from early periodicals. Includes a domestic conflict hint about Miss Prentice and a $20,000 settlement, a brief sermon quip, a fatherly exchange over debts of honor, and light humor from Munsey's Weekly. Also mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to cure catarrh and a local goods ad at 122 S. Illinois Street.
Ward McAllister promises a notable New Year's ball signaling a new era of social entertain ment in New York City and the abolition of the 400. French tenor Albert Lotis Guille, after three years in the south of France, debuts at the Paris opera comique singing Il Trovatora. Ex-Gov. Garcelon of Lewiston, now a physician, poses a riddle about a large family living under one roof with many relations.
A brief dialogue fragment shows an old man insisting no more doctors are needed after six months of illness. A druggist touts Rogers Royal Nervine as a remedy but warns it may not suit him and suggests seeing a doctor.
An advertorial claims Rogers Royal Remedy helps thousands of debilitated people including those with dyspepsia nervous conditions paralysis impotence and dropsy. The pitch urges readers to buy a bottle, touting a large value claim of 31 000.
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