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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1894
Page
3
A collage of distorted poetry and garbled prose excerpts from a historical newspaper page. It mentions forests, death, slavery estimates, Chinese deities, Arctic auroras, and odd notes about toques, clocks, and public notices alongside fragmented quotes and stray dialogue.
In a rough valley near Huckie berry Creek Stumpy Gleason grows as wild as the woods while moonshiners hide from revenue officers. A life of poverty and fear leads him to a brave stand, a gunshot, and a final sacrifice at the creek bank. A preacher mediates at his burial as Allen Sykes’s store and frontier danger frame his youth.
An OCR garble lists currency figures, persons like Gompers and Woods, a Atlanta white capper trial, and varied catalog items from food to fashion. It mentions Canada, New York, and Corinth with stray prices, products, and decorative flowers, all presented in a jumbled newswire style.
Fragmented OCR notes describe headaches and fatigue from exposure to heat and exertion. The text references whiskey as a tonic linked to digestion and nervous irritation. It mentions Dully's Malt whiskey and Mountain Spring water in a promotional tone.
Readable fragments describe a bustling city market with aisles of provisions. The list catalogues meats, produce, dairy, and household goods with prices from various stalls. Names of products include smoked ham, bacon, beans, lard, onions, potatoes, peaches, and butter, alongside generic items and ad hoc vendor notes.
A garbled OCR page lists assorted goods with prices across meat dairy and produce. Mentions turkeys, geese, butter, flour, sugar, cheese, and imported items with price cues like 6.40, 1.00 per unit, and various weights. Includes scattered vendor names and locations, reflecting a chaotic market roundup.
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