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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1892
Page
3
A reflective piece from William Whiter praising a mother’s aged hands. The speaker recalls childhood scenes and a lifetime of labor, acknowledging pain and impending loss yet envisioning a peaceful rest beyond life and reunion with faith. The verse honors enduring care, memory, and the hope of reunion in a bright afterlife.
A German tale recounts a cunning prince who glazes a dish of fish and uses three wishes to gain marriage to the emperor’s daughter, the king’s treasure, and finally the power to punish those who spoke of his crime. The plot ends with truth prevailing as no witness could be found and the prince wed, the emperor declaring justice done.
The Buffalo News notes Andrew Johnson uniquely stood on foreign soil while in office during the swing around the circle at Niagara Falls. He rode to the Canadian side by carriage, then realized the breach of a precedent only afterward, with a secretary sworn to secrecy. The piece contrasts his action with a Persian merchant’s joke about foreign goods. A newborn aboard the Challenger Pacific train near Hope Idaho was christened Ida Glyndon, honoring Idaho, with gifts collected by fellow passengers.
Fragmentary observations describe seals guarding baskers with a quick flipper clap, rabbits signaling with forepaw passes and calls, and a note on a dry wart inside a horse foreleg. The text ends with references to sweat and a geranium revival and is largely unclear.
The piece cites Fox WOMEN and Maurie Roze on abstaining from pastry and potations, notes Chinese native Christian women forming a society against foot binding, and praises Julia Ward Howe and Millicent Garrett Fawcett for promoting women’s knowledge and freedom. A Cincinnati streetcar anecdote ends with a humorous fare-change quip.
Reading a sprawling roundup of crime and calamity, the Bangor indictments of 200 saloon keepers, and various tragedies. The notes mention Boyd becoming governor of Nebraska, violent deaths and injuries from boiler blasts, shootings, arson and accidents across multiple states, with local names like Kethel Ark Lima Ohio Cincinnati and pleasures in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
The report notes 143 divorce cases in Scothand last year, 110 deaths the prior year, with 63 actions by husbands and 80 by wives. In France one fifth of 10 million families have no children, another fifth have only one. In the United States, 328,716 divorces were granted in 20 years, 65 percent to wives seeking dissolution of marriage.
Historical advertisement and price listing note Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills claiming recurring cures. Includes merchant notices and a long, dense day’s market and grocery section with multiple items, prices, and vendors for February Tuesday.
Section 2 declares it unlawful for any person to make or connect with gas mains or service pipes without a written permit from the gas supplier. It forbids turning on or off valves or enlarging mixer orifice or using gas for heating without mixers. A violation is punishable by a fine from five to one hundred dollars.
The Chicago Mail notes women are purchasing long fine Hoem stitched towels and face veils to match hats. Crepon tea gowns with satin, large single silk flowers, black grenadine with jets, and satin stripes appear among early season fabrics.
A collage of humorous snippets and social chatter from various papers. Includes a sweet exchange between a girl and her Papa about marriage, contractor price complaints about street cleaning, a quip about a debt and the afterlife, and a brief note on a running ice factory.
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