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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
3
The readable lines present a fractured verse about severed souls, longing, and a pushed cry. References to farewell, depth, and scattered phrases suggest a damaged poetic fragment with unclear context and attribution.
A fragmentary dialogue from a train trip recounts a girl Ruth and Jack discussing losses, Kipling, Stevenson, and a smoker encounter with a curiously old man. The scene blends casual flirtation, literary banter, and the conductor’s presence as topics shift between seats and stories.
Mrs Smith wife of the Rev J H B Smith of Overbrook Kansas preaches well and supplies three churches along with several stations. An old gent with many daughters allowed a suitor to address the youngest but asked him to marry them all, so he married the eldest. Harper's Bazaar Traveler mentions Beecham's pills.
A Manchester teacher reconnected with a former pupil who entered her street encounter claiming to recall a 17 year old classroom interruption. The tale shifts to Chicago Herald noting Mr M with a talkative parrot and an apprentice mocked by the bird, provoking the master’s collapse as the boy’s revenge emerged.
Dark green velvet petticoats with gold trim and blue gowns dominate New York society this season. Pale blue bengaline, a striking evening choice, accompanies a swell brown velvet coat priced to dampen the most hopeful shopper. A black felt Paul Jones hat with Persian lamb lining and orange ribbon rosettes tops the look, while Russian sable remains exceedingly rare and costly.
A Detroit Times snippet recalls Smeles lingering late to court a country girl now 22. He bides past 11, she yawns, offers to sing only if he stays longer, but he declines. A separate vignette has Landford quipping about nights’ sleeps lost to a tenant’s daughter and a piano-playing mother.
The week brought pardons from the president for convicts in various states and reports of political maneuvers. A Kentucky accident killed Richard Simms by a live wire and a St Louis school stove explosion injured pupils. A Bowling Green assault on Miss Kate Anderson led to four arrests and imminent lynching risk.
The article notes frugal Christmas décor using holly sprays, mantel adornments, and window stars, suggesting Florida moss, lichens, and native greens as attractive, economical choices. It praises natural materials like ferns and autumn leaves, and hints at reusing summer treasures while warning against imported mistletoe.
A dense OCR page lists smoked meats and groceries with prices for Indiana market items and farm produce. It includes a public real estate sale notice in Marion County, Indiana, detailing parcels and payment terms, with dates, locations, and the parties involved.
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