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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1890
Page
3
A lanky speaker from the western plains recalls a grim Dakota incident after an after dinner talk on spooks. The narrator describes a missing companion, a frantic search through night shadows, and a chilling encounter with a veiled, lifelike figure in a willow circle, revealed to be an Indian woman in a navy blanket.
The piece recounts tales about Senator Berry of Arkansas, Jay Gould, Daniel Drew, Burr McIntosh, and an Alabama incident. It blends humor and cautionary notes on ambition, crime, and misadventure, citing political rise, tabernacle confessions, and a jail and fine episode during a stop in Alabama.
In Bombay a predicted tidal wave on October 1 led to a jail sentence for the seer, later clarified as October 1, 1990. Edouard de Lafayette quips that the family remains linked to America despite being near extinction. A Cincinnati man complains a Longislow set is incomplete after finding Thanatopsis missing.
The note highlights Cyrene the Spanish dancer drawing male crowds in Chicago. Estelle Clayton stars in Iza at Emenceai Ease. Shenandoah tours successfully this season. George S. Marion shows strong comedy in Hoyt's SA brass monkey as Jonah.
Reader cites an article titled Jenks Dream recommending Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The letter describes rapid relief from sick headache and eventual immunity with prolonged use. It touts pellets as a gentle laxative and claims benefits for constipation indigestion and bilious attacks. Manufactured at the World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
Fudge Turpie described as small and soft voiced yet fluent in speech. Lady Wimborne becomes the first Englishwoman to run a Dorset laundry on her husband’s estate, yielding profits. Henry George recovering from illness after Texas lecture tour, advised absolute rest and possible southern health resort. Yvette Guillert is hailed as Paris’s new concert idol, a tall blonde with delicate features and melancholy expression. Her songs are labeled absurd though she’s called modern and fashionable.
The readable bits show a fragmentary schedule with times like 6:20 am and 10:05 am, references to Bally and Sanday, and partial lines such as SDREE-27 29 am and 941 2 am, suggesting a disrupted timetable or timetable header from BT. No clear events, participants, or locations are consistently identifiable.
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