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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
3
Madeline S Bridges notes a playful contrast between a bossy male writer and his typewriter loving worker. The poem portrays a bright cold morning office scene with the typewriter as a persistent, patient partner. The speaker admits mild frustration yet affection, hinting at rivalry for attention from a tall coworker.
A New York Ledger tale recounts a Glasgow man haunted by a single vision of a beauty seen briefly in a crowded street. He searches endlessly, unable to recall her, and his mind stops at that moment in time, leaving him aged and fixated on the memory.
The Cleveland Leader recounts Gov Campbell telling a campaign tale about taking his son Jim on a trip to Westernville for a speech. In Kings County a man on an elevated car faced a baby’s repeated "Papa" calls, prompting laughter as the infant clung to him and caused slight discomfort.
A reader in Health Monthly offers simple home remedies for catarrh sore throat and diarrheal trouble. Suggestions include nasal powder borax, cod liver oil in tomato juice, walking with hands behind to ease forward posture, cold cloth around the neck, baking soda mixtures for diarrhea, and a newspaper chest protector in very cold weather.
The passage honors grandmothers as central figures in youth, highlighting forgiveness patience and care. It reflects on grandma’s soothing voice, comforting gestures, hidden supplies and the warm hearth as the heart of a child’s early life across memories and common anecdotes from readers.
A collection of lines from the New York Press on revenge sweetness ego identity social status and human relationships. It notes that egotism often lacks justification and that misreading acquaintances as friends causes life disappointments. It also discusses distrust confidence quarrels and dynamics in friendships between women and the intrusion of a third party.
A mix of curiosities notes everyday life from the era, including glass-filled teeth, spring bodice styles, a lorgnette with a watch, new color combinations, shaped fried eggs using sunken molds, and a count of Salvation Army brass bands. It also mentions vast royalties for Moody and Sankey and Mrs. William Witney’s large precious stone holdings in New York society.
A collection of brief items reports diverse events and people. It includes a Boston broker named Henry L Norcross tied to a Sage bomb thrower role, Charles Marley the burglar on trial at Pillsburg who walked out, and Secretary Foster of the Treasury recovering from illness. Also noted are the execution of James Johnson in Elizabethtown for murder, a Philadelphia death of Thomas K R Davis, a New York barge labor suspicion case, a Santa Fe and U P rail collision at Abilene, a San Francisco dye works fire, and Harvey Batterman’s New York dry goods store burning.
Read this story about W. M. Rankin, longtime city water works engineer, who suffered a nasal and ear discharge with hearing loss. After visiting Drs Stackhouse and Newlin, the discharge stopped, hearing returned, weight gained, and overall health restored.
The Stack House Medical Institute in Indianapolis announces a limited time $5 treatment for catarrh. The offer must be begun immediately and will not be extended beyond January 1. The letter from a patient praises the treatment and its results, noting relief from cough and night sweats after weeks of care.
Indianapolis Methodist ministers debated literal scriptural interpretation with Rev Cooper urging strict teaching and Dr Cleveland recounting his youth’s exposure to opposing doctrines. The discussion touched on suffering from a pulmonary ailment and promoted Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a remedy claiming to be nonpoisonous and curative.
The 1891 Indiana act sections 2 and 5 declare it unlawful to connect with gas mains or service pipes or to interfere with valves, stops, or mixers without written consent. Section 6 imposes a penalty on conviction: fines from five to one hundred dollars for violations.
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