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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1894
Page
3
A fragmented poem fragment recounts Juanita and a traveling man meeting in Wingate. A drummer questions her beauty while a confidant declares her fame has faded. The speaker hints at a publisher named Warman and a dead figure named Hiley.
In a Detroit Free Press tale, Miss Jennie Andrew, wary of children and short on money, crafts an entire wardrobe for her niece Jennie’s doll. The gift awakens love, softens her heart, and reshapes their bond into friendship as the doll becomes a living companion.
A playful NY theater gag has actor Pete Dailey at the footlights asking for a doctor in the house. A shy, bespectacled man rises and admits he is a physician. Dailey jokes he will sing a song and the moment passes as the audience laughs at the ruse.
Lace and ribbon trims set a popular tone for summer gowns across fabrics from 10 cent gingham to silk. Inserts and edgings shape bertha and epaulets while belts and waistbands use narrow moire ribbons. Moire and satin bows and rosettes decorate street and evening wear.
An old 18 inch key and heavy lock rest on the door of Temple Church in Wieetsi London. The key and lock date back to distant times with the note that the lock was made for the key. The church was built by the Knights Templars in 1485.
A collection of fragmented quips and lines from 19th century humor columns. It includes stray references to a cat tale, a narrator’s remark on women’s voices, a joke about a man with a large family, and a pointed line about travel cases of pneumonia tied to saying good bye.
Swedish historian Madame Hwasser and French scholar Maxime Du Champ are reported dead. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch office shooter was disarmed after aiming at clerks. A Virginia & Truckee express car near Carson, Nevada, was robbed of 1000 dollars to fund pay for section hands. A box of a thousand chameleons escaped to Montreal, prompting a cautious capture. In Kentucky James Todd challenged A C Dunn but fled after Dunn fired. A lynching attempt at Fort Blanchard failed as officers intervened. John W Love, Watkins village president and bank cashier, absconded with 90000 from the First National Bank amid real estate speculation.
The column advises preparing a mayonnaise dressing as the recipe, then adding onion juice capers cucumber pickle and parsley finely chopped. It describes a caper sauce as drawn butter with lemon juice capers and anchovy essence optional. It notes mint improves mutton or caner gouse served with new potatoes and green peas.
A humorous Atchison Globe quotation notes that before marriage a man should enjoy warmed-over things and a woman a preference for made over pawns. It mocks marital storytelling, claiming wives constantly contradict husbands and spoil tales with corrections.
A De Kalb Record item recalls a sharp schoolyard moment where a pupil was asked to compare the adjective sick and exclaimed sick sicker dead. The exchange continues with a quip about knowing the ten commandments by sight, illustrating a lighthearted yet pointed classroom scene.
A dense listing covers provisions fruits and vegetables with numerous prices for smoked meats bacon lard and hams, dried beef, pork, beans, and various staples. Also includes fruit, dairy, and beverage items such as strawberries apples oranges cranberries and syrup, alongside spice and chemical goods and general market rates.
John J. Broughton recounts years of wasting illness with loss of appetite weight and fatigue. He describes poor medical results with cod liver oil and other remedies, then credits a pre-digested food called Paskola for restoring his strength and weight within six weeks, urging readers to seek the product from the Pre-Digested Food Co. in New York and offering to answer inquiries.
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