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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1893
Page
3
Preston rides a barge home after a theater, slipping toward sleep as memories of family and work swirl around him. A pale driver and rising night push him toward the unknown, and death suddenly claims him before he can reach land and loved ones.
A humorous tale recalls Mollie and her black ram at a church where the deacon kicks the animal. The ram overpowers the crowd, then drops the deacon, scattering worshippers as the minister tries to tame the scene and the ram bolts toward Yuba Dam.
A miscellany of seasonal observations and moral reflections. A Spring Hill woman bakes bread aged yeast thirty years. A railroad restaurant worker is called a biscuit shooter. Miss Mary Merrick in Washington launches the Christ Child Society to aid waifs at Christmas. Poems urge charity and hospitality as Christmas virtues.
A sweeping digest lists events from Philadelphia to New Orleans. Notable items include deaths of Samuel Sinclair and a lynching heirs case in New Orleans yielding $3,000 and $1,500, plus train and burglary incidents, fires, and political remarks on silver.
Markets steady with wide lists of meats, dairy, produce and groceries. Detailed items include sausages, bacon, lard, pickled meats, flour, sugars, potatoes, apples, berries, and various seeds and feeds with individual prices.
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