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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1894
Page
3
Poem-like tribute recalling Robert Burns and his enduring influence on Scottish memory. Mentions Annie Laurie Tam O Shanter Duncan Gray and Wallace, with lines about nature, fields, and the minstrel’s lasting presence in hills and daisy scented climes.
A Detroit woman Ella Myne endures a broken betrothal when George Lea, the traveling foreman, fails to arrive at the altar. Years later she seeks work at his company, encounters Lea, and the pair exchange restrained decency. Ella moves past the humiliation and secures a steady position, while Lea blushes with guilt. The story, told by the Detroit News, highlights silent personal tragedy.
The piece notes grim methods like water torture in some penitentiaries while citing statistics: 25 530 negro‑education schools in the south, 244 life‑saving stations in the United States with 182 on the Atlantic coast, and Germany’s money in circulation about 25 per person. It remarks on a practice of confining prisoners in tiny closets and dripping water on their heads, lasting rarely beyond an hour.
Two recipes are described with measurements for Aunt Addies sponge cake and creamed beef. The sponge cake uses powdered sugar, cold water, cream of tartar, salaratus, and two cups flour with beaten egg whites and yolks. The creamed beef directs scraping lean beef, seasoning, water, cream, butter, cracker dust, and mustard. Also mentions Rudy's File Suppository with dubious guarantee.
The column notes 24 widows and one widower in Trappe Md per a local paper. It recalls a Boston Globe quip about the widower. A party hostess added heat and novelty with blankets and hot bricks at guests, then served ice cream. The fashion piece describes new seasonwear including Persian motifs, shot crepe weaves, silk and wool capes, and double breasted coats with ornate detailing.
A reader notes a curious boy who wishes to be a Bug wump like his entomologist father. A three year old remarks a knight in armor. A small boy in town resists candy temptation but finally eats the heart and bag, returning home with a guilty face.
In Bee County Texas William Langsdorf a bachelor found a boot with a roll of greenbacks totaling 500 hidden in an out house prompting questions on its origin. Comedian William H Crane reports a missing envelope with 1815 from a Washington engagement now under police investigation after his valet and tailor deny knowledge. A beacon on the case emerges as detectives probe the unlikely stash and the vanished fee.
John E Brewster a Chicago turfman is dead Henry Carr a Denver lawyer was shot by a burglar in what occurred Sunday A Brazilian government seized a British tug carrying ammunition to rebels Saturday A Boston dry goods store and other Omaha buildings burned Saturday night with losses near 500000 President Brookfield head of an insurance firm died in Cincinnati Saturday A 15 year old Polish youth fatally shot Nathan Stuver in Hazleton Pa after being refused a drink John Roos San Diego building watchman was murdered in Chicago Sunday his predecessor is suspected
The superintendent announces a raid beginning soon on illegal penny-in-the-slot machines. Typhoid fever cases must be reported to the Board of Health with other contagious diseases. A man allegedly selling raffie tickets for new clothes is jailed by police for fraud on downtown streets.
A Terre Haute Express report details Sister Ambrose praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a health booster at St Marys, citing good blood and nerve support, strong repeated orders, and hygiene rules. The article notes the pills’ availability and wholesale direct orders from the Sisters of Providence.
Dr Spinney offers long experience in treating throat lung complaints asthma bronchitis and nervous and chronic diseases of men and women. Restores kidney and bladder problems and venomous sexual health issues cured without pain without mercury.
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