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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1892
Page
3
A mother refers to a father’s gentle gifts to his daughter from doll to pony, then faces sorrow as the child grows and brings a new dependence. The speaker recalls tender moments and the ache of parting, lamenting the changing balance of love and loss.
A Tennessee like tale set in Missouri’s misty past features Kristina the Swedish clerk and Jim Perkins who offers a hundred dollars for three kisses. The judge resolves the dispute by declaring three kisses delivered, Perkins pays, and Kristina profits from the unexpected courtroom drama.
An advertising brief asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla needs no embellishment to prove its merit and Hood's Pills are easy and efficient, presenting a plain tale of product efficacy.
A Berlin correspondent describes Berlin as a thriving European city with careful spending and lasting goods. Lima is praised as the Paris of South America for beauty, education, and luxury, while Lima housing blends adobe and bamboo with plaster finishes. Anecdotes include Neil Burgess’s grass seeding quip and Macready versus an actor in Mobile 1849, plus light vignettes from New York and Boston papers about churchgoing children and sermons.
report lists cholera in Hamburg, a Greensburg Va tenement fire death, yacht capsizing near Sydney with three dead, Detroit fireman J J Kavanaugh killed by falling bricks, a Brazilian revolution rumour, a Pittsburg street brawl killing Sparkowski, and other violent events. Also notes City of Berlin arrival behind schedule, a Wilmington woman suicide, a Filly Neb man killing attacker, and European scandal figures.
The column lists live market quotes for provisions and dried meats with regional origins Indiana California and Morgan & Gray firms. It details smoked meats hams bacon lard fresh pork tripe and other products with price breaks per 100 pounds and per tierce. Also included are canned fruits vegetables dairy and oils with regional fruit prices, commodities, and shipping terms.
Listings show a schedule from early morning arrivals from Cincinnati with additional Sunday trains to key origins including Chicago St Louis and New York. It notes fast trains with connections to several cities and provides contact points at offices in Washington street Jackson Place and Union Station Indianapolis for exact times and directions.
A truncated Sun advertisement touts ten free words for three days to rent a vacant room. It invites readers to call 880, send a postal card, or visit Tam Son at 79 Hast Ohio Street Well Of It to place wanted room notices under several sections.
Readers are urged to consider Tae Sin liners as a potential quick fix for difficult situations offering a sense of relief and renewed options. The ad emphasizes ease of use and immediate availability, presenting the product as a practical aid.
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