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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1892
Page
3
A compact poetic fragment describes a childlike figure with smooth skin and rosy lips, maidens and fair features noted in a delicate, woven frame. The verse ends with a signature-like line “As Jigital Laughter. soft as Love -W., Trego Webb.”
A Poor Law inspector recounts an Irish famine journey toward a relief station. He and driver Mick revive a woman found helpless on a road after feeding her and warming her with a flask. They later discover the woman is Mary Canavan, transformed from a gaunt 40 year old to an 18 year old by food, underscoring famine’s dire effects and fragile recoveries.
A fragmentary column notes a noisy incident in a new girl's dorm at Vassar, mentions fashion details of striped socks and blue umbrellas, then recounts two unusual anecdotes from Maine and Ohio about death, life, and social misadventures aboard a train. The Maine tale describes a centenarian inmate revived before burial, while the Ohio story features a staged seating exchange with directions from a railroad president and a playful exchange about meeting Mrs President.
An early 20th century style guide describes elaborate fish servings and pastry-free timbales, noting the impact on hosts and a market for expensive ducks. It highlights table linens, napkin folds, doilies, embroidery, and Russian buttonhole edges, plus the refined tea table centerpiece and decorative sprays such as mignonette and maidenhair feral.
A storied Gulch dance night loses its spark as Dandy Jim withdraws from revelry. Three visitors find him in dejected condition, explaining he cannot attend due to worn revolvers and a sick Winchester, leaving the party without a proper outfit for the dance.
A fragment discusses beauty and fat, claiming plumpness signals health. It promotes a free booklet on careful living from Scott & Bowne, chemists, inviting readers to choose health along with beauty. The text includes garbled OCR remnants and mis-spellings.
The New York Recorder discusses how to craft letters and business notes. It covers greeting forms, signatures, dating practices, and suggests modern shorthand dating like 92 for year and month. It notes many prefer abbreviated dating though customs vary.
In Denver a shop sign proclaims Money is the Root of all evil and a Winterport Maine family preserves a relic from old days, a bed cord woven from whale sinews. The cord recalls pre mattress times with cords of deer sinew and Manila strands used to lash ticks filled with feathers or straw. The Moodyvs of Winterport claim a unique link to maritime craft through this whale sinew bed cord.
A fragmentary World’s Fair cost estimate places the total at 17 million dollars. Reports from New Bedford, Boston, and Cincinnati mention anti-Pinkerton measures and a note about a Messiah quest among Tidian groups. Obscure items include a wreck in Lincoln Nebraska and a Chicago horse sale, while a New York assembly passes anti Pinkerton legislation amid broad market listings of groceries and produce.
A City of Indianapolis ordinance repeals a prior disannexation act from 1891, despite a mayoral veto. The measure passes by two-thirds, becomes effective upon two weeks publication in The Sun, with signatures of City Clerk Randall J. Abrams and Mayor T. Suliavan dated February 1892.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis announces an assessment of benefits on properties fronting Sixth Street linked to the Mill Street opening. The notice lists assessments of $12.00 for one parcel and $18.25 for another, with a meeting set for February 24, 1892 to hear remonstrances.
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