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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1891
Page
3
A friend’s one year old recites a poem at a Sunday school festival but grows unwell with a severe cold. The child’s garbled lines evoke winter scenery as the audience endures the dramatic moment before a final sneeze.
A vivid New York Home Journal scene in Rome shows Diana of Ephesus with maidens and a bound old man, a young senator Flavius defending Clytie, and a climactic death as lions are restrained. Interleaved are quips from the New York Press and brief jokes from other papers amid Christmas season chatter.
The Boston Transcript reports on gifts of roses as favors, a Philadelphia girl said to flirt with trousers on a line, and a Springfield WCTU-led boycott of stores selling cigars. It notes pin manufacture output reaching 14,000,000,000 annually and implies men can easily meet women, a sensational contrast in social behavior.
A nameless girl nicknamed Little Golden arrives as a charity case. She dies unseen and unclaimed, murmuring only Came alone as friends register her brief life. Her grave marker repeats Came alone beside the violet bloom.
A Victorian confection list details Walnut Creams flavored with rose water and filled with walnut pieces, Crème Almonds shaped like feet with whole almonds, and Chocolate Cocoanuts blended with cocoanut and nuts. Chocolate Caramels describe boiling chocolate with molasses milk brown sugar butter vanilla then adding blanched almonds and forming into squares.
The piece profiles Congressman Hatch of Missouri as a farmer sportsman and after dinner speaker, notes Cyrus Field's ties to Queen Victoria from Atlantic cable days, and quotes Jay Gould on wealth and public misperception. It highlights Gould’s claim of being misunderstood and wary of personal gains from others.
Cyrus W Field improves. Senator Plumbs body lies in state in Topeka Kansas. Fires devastate Cook Hancock pottery in Trenton North Dakota and Baier Hamilton’s agricultural house in Sacramento with losses around 100000 dollars. Post office robbery at Catlettsburg Kentucky prompts new mail outfit. Lectures cancel as Sir Edwin Arnold flees with funds. Oshkosh suicide of Tra Bailey. Mrs Thorpe confined to insane asylum after London New York visit. Denver boy accidentally shoots and kills Mattie Crews. Farm hand Thomas Dashen shoots Eda Ratzen then kills himself in Libertyville Illinois.
Wholesale dairy and creamery butterine offered with special inducement to the trade. Agent for Bram and Fitts' manufacture in Illinois.
The report notes fifty tank steamers fleet between the United States and Europe hauling about 5,000,000 barrels of oil annually. It cites high priced whips presented to William H. Vanderbilt at $2,000 and to W. K. Vanderbilt at $350, plus Pierre Lorillard at $500 with ivory, gold and jewel work. It contrasts American straight whips with lash whips from Europe and mentions a Connecticut-made costly whip for a Frenchman.
For coughs and colds use Shilohs cure sold on guarantee. For dyspepsia and liver coin print you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shilohs Vitalizer. It never fails to cure guaranteed by W H Stouker B C Tinsley F C Tinsley Wood Browning.
Investigation shows sudden heat cold changes trigger pneumonia beyond cold exposure. It claims contagion and kidney linkage, citing Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a treatment that supports kidneys and lungs, removes uric acid, aids digestion, and strengthens nerves without opiates. Sold by dealers.
The notice designates Sea Jim at No 6 Parker block west of court house Sec 2 as their agent. It declares it unlawful to connect or recon nect with gas mains or service pipes without a written permit. Violations are punishable by a fine between five and one hundred dollars.
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