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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1893
Page
3
A fragmentary poetic note describes wild winds over steep and plain and the winter woods appearing pure and white. The speaker mentions Nature resting, lovers finding beauty in winter, and references Francis 8 Palmer as the presumed author.
In August I lie in a hammock smoking and thinking when the door of a cottage across the street opens and a moonlit beauty appears. I am engaged, I cave to whim, elope with her, marry in a rush, and then discover the other woman is Phyllis and the whole scene was a misread. I confess I thought too much and learned to quit thinking for good.
A compiled fragment lists diverse aphorisms about women from Shakespeare Balzac Byron Diderot Chamfort and others. It includes remarks on misunderstandings kindness love marriage and social roles with notes on wives widowhood and female behavior. The collection presents varying attitudes and cultural stereotypes from historical voices.
A collage of domestic tips and humorous quotes. Lime water and oil aid burns while air and odor facts appear. A joke on drug store prices mirrors a remark about a shoe's comfort and pinching. The origin of a phrase traced to Plutarch’s Life.
The San Francisco article laments a region wide shortage of girls across California with Alameda County as an exception. It jokes on fashion costs and trimming styles, then shifts to Italian royalty using a phonograph to preserve improvisations on piano.
A dated guide advises washing willow ware with salt water and hair brushes in weak ammonia water. It suggests rubbing stained hands with salt and lemon juice, purifying jars by soaking in strong soda water, and soaking mildewed clothes in buttermilk before sun drying on grass.
A promotional notice hawking a treatment for catarrh and related headaches. The ad promises a permanent cure regardless of duration and offers a $500 cash prize if it fails, touting a remedy made from certain chemicals and claimed healing properties.
Mrs James G Blaine prepares a brief Washington departure likely for the south. Milwaukee hosts a major glass industry strike and trade gathering. A Chicago lamp explosion kills Mrs Burgeson and her child. Italian bank scandals broaden with three top Italian statesmen implicated. Chicago switchmen threaten disruption unless more wagons arrive. A Wilkes Barre mine blast injures nine. gas from lamped huts ignites. Mrs Jacob Phinly shoots her husband then dies by self inflicted wound. Planters compress boiler explosion at Vicksburg wrecks building. three men die and dozen injured. A snow slide on the Durango line near Tallc Colorado injures many passengers but no fatalities.
A mother laments relying on nurses for child care, wishing she had stayed with her babies to protect them. She recalls lasting fears in her grown children caused by nurses and urges young mothers to care for children personally whenever possible.
Weipay notes a market listing with extensive provisions including smoked meats hams sugar cured indiana and california items, dried beef and bacon cuts, fresh loins and cottage hams, lard and breakfast meats. Fresh fruits and vegetables priced per crate or per box, with standard staples like ghee, cheese, salmon, peaches, apples, and coffee also cataloged.
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