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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1891

Page

3

The Mouth-Organ Band Plays Through the Street

Readers note a ragged street performance by the Mooth-Organ Band led by Skinny de Kid and Bob who sells papers. The group includes a one legged singer and a boy praised as a daisy, while a colored musician leads on the mouth organ amid sorrowful echoes of historical names. The scene ends with a tearful nod to the street music and its hopeful charm as Chicago Herald records.

Bob Widow McGann Ncd Chicago Herald

Tragic village tale of Martin Lord and Isabella

In a quiet village a church bell tolls for Martin Lord who dies after a doomed prank. Isabella Ashton lures him to a churchyard night. a mock haunting ends with Martin strangling her body in darkness and dying, leaving him an innately shattered survivor.

Lear Theater Mistry Lord Flower Liege Isabella Ashton Megethy Martin Isabella de Clare Hles Retai Clereytman Sani Kiartin Heaven

Blood Purifier Claims by Hood’s Sarsaparilla

An ad proclaims 13 pounds of blood as the amount suitable for an adult and stresses the need for purity. It asserts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and promotes its effectiveness.

Encore of Global Oddities and Local Laughter

A collage of international notes mentions Americans in Berlin studying music, weather described as uncertain, and a London theatrical women guild aiding mothers. It cites a Paris toothpick mill, Parisian funerals and attitudes toward death, a child’s dinner table joke, cannibal query, and twins named Thunder and Lightning in Texas.

Berlin London Acresses N.Y Terd Lyttons Ita Parisien Lia Serena Paris

Paris Spends on Statues and Fountains

In twelve years Paris has spent 270000 on statues and 85000 on ornamental fountains. Miscall, a head baker in Norfolk Virginia, recently fathered the ninth consecutive set of healthy twins. Rosa Bonbear finished Le Depiquage the largest animal painting and refused 60000 for it. Park of Foxport Maine shot a buck and a doe with one discharge, finding the doe after approaching the buck.

Paris John Miscall James Read & Sons Norfolk Europe W.M. Park Foxfort Maine

Wall Street Losses and Trial Testimony Reported

Wall street lost 2 000 080 by the Field failure. Testimony in the Barnaby trial in Denver thickens. News items include a furious New Mexico snow storm and multiple accidents with fatalities. Local notes mention infrastructure, industry, and social events across several cities.

Wall Street Denver New Mexico Behring Sea Duccle Sam Minneapolis Dudley Richmond Patterson Sanitary Company Patterson N. J Louisiana

English fever singer to visit the United States in concerts

The piece notes Edward Lilosd an English fever singer plans a U S tour with a series of concerts. It mentions Handsome Bob Hilliard as one of the few actors who prize acting over looks. It also cites a San Francisco Examiner item about C Webster’s near fatal lava crater visit at Kilauea, obtaining lava specimens with a guide.

Edward Lilosd United States Bob Hilliard San Franciacco Examiner C. Webster Kilauea

Indiana Gas Service Connection Restrictions Act Text

Sec 2 and 5 of an Indiana Act 1991 prohibits connecting to gas mains or service pipes without written permit. Offenses carry fines of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

General Assembly State of Indiana Wy Perso

Unclear optical display sparks fashion chatter in chaotic note

A fragmentary clipping mentions spring colors and an orange hue prized by blondes while noting scarce lions and costly attractions. It also references a matinee girl and a curious act of pulling something from her bosom with a string, all in a tangled, nonstandard phrasing.

Mrs Potter Palmer Seeks Royal Endorsement for Women’s Dept

Mrs Potter Palmer writes to Queen Victoria urging royal support to spark English interest in the Women’s Department at the World’s Fair. The piece praises Reid’s German Corn Cure for croup as a noted boon to mothers, claiming it acts quickly and is safer than common remedies.

Potter Palmer Potter Europe Thea Pam Mes Reid

Detective Agency Advertises Broad Investigative Services

The text advertises a detective agency at 24 Mast Washington Street Indianapolis Indiana offering confidential criminal and elgn case investigations. It lists alleged references including Albert Gall state Treasurer W J H Henderson and mentions correspondents across the United Kingdom and Canada.

Petective Agency Washington St Tndianapolis Fone Lisaranca Compact Werebants Pubis Generaly Sone 18 Busineass United &Canada Hagland Albert Gall W. J H. Henderson Prof Galoleite Sherif Langenberg Authtor Targart H.chisster Thomas McMillin Assitant

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