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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1891
Page
3
A fragment recalls a Christmas moment with colloquial humor. The speaker mentions a festive recollection, a gift experience, and a line about "thirty days with ten dollars," attributed to Boston Courier style, hinting at a humorous, personal holiday memory.
A visiting writer in an eastern shore town recounts dining on muskrat, praising its delicate flavor and comparing it to stewed rabbit. He notes muskrat markets bustling on a busy Saturday, with both white and Black vendors selling the dish, and describes the animal’s cleanliness and cultural status as a regional staple and luxury.
The article urges that muskrat, common in New York and eastern waters, can be eaten by most people. It warns to clean the animal carefully preserving the musk sac to avoid losing its value, and suggests stewing with thick brown gravy similar to rabbit for a dish fit for a king.
A club scene features a young man boastfully detailing a plan to fortune through a simple postal card form. The dialogue references a world’s fair, debt repayment, and a girl at the theater noting De Wolf Hopper's act as well as a child’s puzzled question about a traveling crowd.
A collection of oddities and remarks from old newspapers includes a discussion of a new American restaurant menu in Hogland, a confiscation over a tonic sol fa text, a Washington portrait banned as a beer sign in Monterey, and evolving social norms for a betrothed Chinese girl. It also references Speaker Crisp, Col. North, Henry George, the earl of Russell, and Bishop Brooks in various commentary.
A collage of brief items notes Whitman improvement amid severe winter storms in the northwest. Chicago police clash with hoodlums. Hutchinson Kansas suffers arson and a $140,000 loss. Fall River jewelry store burglary yields $18,000. Chicago morgue and other mishaps include a bar-tender shooting, mud floods in Iowa, brew price rumors, a quiet shotgun party in Macclenny Florida with one fatality, domestic violence in Lowell Massachusetts, a fatal car crash near Gadadon Abu, and a gas explosion in Pittsburgh with multiple injuries.
Vera Dawson, of 86 Belmont Avenue, testifies she suffered throat pains, cough, mucus, hemorrhages from the lungs, night sweats, and weakness before trying the doctors Stackhouse and Newlin. She reports improved health, weight gain, and renewed sleep after their treatment, crediting the physicians for her recovery.
A fragmentary page notes Mrs Allie C Berch reclaiming a fence encroachment on a highway after eight years of litigation costing over $5000. Other items describe Mrs Mackay hosting a dress concert in London, Mrs William Astor’s serpentine ruby ring from Egypt, and promotions for gifts, invitations, and French candy ahead of Christmas.
Drs Stackhouse and Newlin medical directors permanently located at 203 North Tinamfest Indianapolis Ind where they treat with success all curable chronic diseases Specialties Catarrh and all diseases of the ear throat lungs and stomach Office hours 9 to 12 am 3 to 5 pm 7 to 8 pm Sundays 3 to 5 pm only Consultation and examination By mail treatment available Send stamp for symptom blank
Advertisement shows a monthly rate of five and then six for the remainder of the year for catarrh and all nose and throat diseases. Medicines furnished prepaid. Beginning treatment now will be charged at the same rate until cures.
An advertisement promotes Shilohs Catarrh Remedy claiming cured catarrh and fresh breath with the nasal injector offered free. It lists multiple Indianapolis merchants including H.C Snake West Indianapolis Chas G Tranh A Trevid & Bro North Indianapolis 4 8 Oliver Co Johnson & Schaller and others as sellers and guarantees the coughs and colds remedy.
Fragmentary timetable lists trains to Pittsburg Philadelphia New York Washington Columbus Richmond and Chicago with various departure and arrival times. Mentions trips from Louisville Vincennes Cairo Madigan and Maison with daily operations and Sunday exclusions.
Text outlines penalties and prohibitions in an Indiana act from 1891. It forbids making connections, turning on or off valves, or interfering with gas service pipes or appliances without authorization. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars per offense.
A medical note warns against opiate reliance and the risk of addiction while noting kidneys and liver as key excretory organs. It asserts that opiates paralyze kidney function, leaving harmful acids in the body, and promotes Rea’s Germs Kidney Cure as a nonnarcotic remedy that stimulates kidney activity.
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