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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
3
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution notes joyous Georgia holiday scenes with fiddles, bells, and frolics. It mentions taters roasting in ashes and jokes by the hill country, celebrating with sweets, nuts, and romance during Christmas time in Georgia.
Louise comtesse de Viry a 22 year old widow and her dog Bally lure M Jacques de Beauchamp into an odd vow. He asks for one of her front teeth to prove love. An American dentist James extracts the tooth, Jacques wears it as a talisman, Louise grows solemn, and the couple drift apart until a reveal shows all her teeth remain intact.
An excerpt blends fiction with catalog notes from the Jewelers Circular describing ornate silver items and vanity accessories. The prose references a dramatic exchange in Gil Blas and then catalogs antique alcohol lamps ink erasers and letter openers in silver. It highlights embossed envelope boxes carved tortoise shell combs and a book marker shaped boy with the legend your pages.
A historical collection suggests toasting with asbestos for even browning, and outlines a frosting method using cold water equaling the white of an egg. It also describes a rice based luncheon dish with eggs, milk, flour, butter, salt and boiled rice baked in jem pans.
An Irish traveler in Graenock follows a woman into a ticket line hoping to ride to Glasgow. He learns the process by copying her, declaring his own name as he passes. The account contrasts naive travel with a comic misreading of tickets and destinations.
John Drew will produce Butterflies. Kiose Coghlan has purchased a $26,000 house in New York. Rosina Vokes plans a health retreat in the Swiss mountains. Wew scene will retire from the stage at season’s end.
A group of five prehistoric towns was uncovered 20 miles south of Eddy New Mexico. Details on the sites and artifacts were limited in the report.
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce s Pleasant Pellets as a small easy laxative helping prevent constipation indigestion bilious attacks and liver stomach and bowel disorders. It claims permanent good and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Advertises a $500 reward for cures of chronic catarrh in the head, asserting the remedy defeats the worst cases and urging readers to try it despite no verification in the text. The claim centers on the remedy's effectiveness and the offered incentive.
Markets steady with varied provisions among items such as bacon hams lard and dried meats. Prices cited include beans, potatoes, apples, oranges, and standard canned goods with multiple vendors listed through Morgan & Gray and Wilke firms.
The act prohibits any person or entity from connecting or reconnecting to gas mains or service pipes, turning on or off valves, widening mixer orifices, or using gas for heating without a mixer unless a written permit is obtained from the gas company. Violations carry a fine from five to one hundred dollars per offense.
The Big Four advertises more travel options via gateways at Chicago, Peorin, Bottis, Moriasville, and Cinsimsati with One Way and Round-Trip excursion tickets now available. Sleeping reservations are secured to the destination free of charge. Call Big Four Agents at Washington Street 36 and Jackson Place, Union Station.
The Monon Route announces holiday sales for excursion tickets to all points on its line including Chicago and to connections such as Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Vandalia Indianapolis Vesatur and Western Wabash Ohio and Mississippi Louisville Evansville and St Louis. Rates are to be announced.
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