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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1890

Page

3

The Stranger Performs Amid Crowds on Pacific Coast

A two week run draws packed houses for mB cell THE STRANGER at a Pacific coast venue. A beggar-hero figure in a one armed man disrupts Una Howard’s audience, helps her after a staged peril, and vanishes as the mystery of his identity remains unsolved for a devoted observer.

Pacific Coast Towas Graham Theo Una Howard Tanust Una Tully Una. Will You Be So ‘Kind As To Wait One-Half Hour?’ . S Cheerhuly Gna "Howard Tam Silenes Cos Egil Colette Tam Thave Atlantic Pacific

Odd Bits and Amusing Tales From The Times

A quirky collection notes a Crude man hugging a Detroit lady, alarming two passersby, a 65 year old man in New York underwent tongue surgery, and Indian belief about white deer carrying a poison‑absorbing stone. An Alabama captain found a spongy stone in a doe with hydrophobia use, plus a string of witty exchanges about portraits, face massages, and a bulldog’s loyalty to a home.

Detroit New York Cant. Wilson Alabama WW. B. Somers Fort Worth Tex St. Louis Republic

World-traveling postal card completes 58 days

A London mailed postal card circled the globe in 58 days. Dr. Benjamin Lee, secretary of the Pennsylvania state board of health, estimates 1,120,000 cases of cmp in the state during the epidemic with 7.89 percent fatal. The text also notes four American industries—cotton picking, car coupling, dairy milking, and baby spanking—as long struggled with incentive.

London Benjamin Lee Pennsylvania State Board of Health

Your Money or Your Life. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad

A period advertisement urges readers to choose Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse blood and restore vitality. It claims cures for skin diseases, ulcers, sores, boils, eczema, erysipelas, goitre, and gland enlargements, presenting the product as a tonic and blood purifier from World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Pierce World's Dispensivy Medical Association Main Street Buffalo

Oddities and hazards in Arctic and daily life

A Boston Globe note on Arctic exploration urging calm under peril and a wind driven prayer cylinder. A Philadelphia Record item mocks a merchant’s seal coat and animal cruelty pamphlet. A Sun stockholder mentions dividends funding a bandhoe and a local rivalry. A New York Press blurb warns of a police club with a hidden dirk and danger in its wielding.

Central Asia Boston Globe Amadriot Market St Philadelphia Sun New York Press Mdia Memphis

Excellent Medicine and Christmas Rail Excursions

An Excellent Medicine promotes Simmons Liver Regulator with testimonials from A. H. Stevens and Bishop Pierce. Holiday rates offer Big Four Rauta excursion tickets at one and one third fare for round trips on select dates, to Dec 24 25 and Jan 1 with return by Jan 6. Information at multiple agents. Debentures and loans offered with 10 percent yield secured by first mortgages, payable semi annually.

Simmons Liver Regulator A. H. Stevens Bishop Pierce Z. E. Hanvison M.D Gordonsville Seeesr Rauta BIG 47 Washington St Southlinois St Union Station Massachusetts Ave Indianapolis CO. W. Phillips E. Marketst

Chinesh Herb Remedy Co testimonial in Indianapolis ad

A dated testimonial praises a tonic from Chinesh Herb Remedy Co of Indianapolis claiming cure for female weakness after years of illness and harmful self-medication. The ad offers parlor hours and promises discreet mail delivery of remedies nationwide with opportunistic sales language.

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