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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1891
Page
3
A fragmentary verse by Austin Dobson depicts dawn awakening as a strange chord rings out. The scene unfolds in a silent room where the violoncello string snaps and a tired voice, uttering Make room for a tired little fellow, King God, marks the moment before sleep.
In a harsh winter amid the Hungarian conflict with Habsburg forces two years of struggle end with Iskender Sitta racing across ice toward Belgrade. Surrounded by Austrian police, he dodges rifle fire, plunges into an ice hole, then blasts away to safety at Bal kirade, a feat recounted by the N Y News.
A Buffalo dinner table tale centers on a boy named Paul and his mother with remarks about curls and a remark about Mr Smith. The piece weaves juvenile foibles with social snatches from a Buffalo Express note and touches on fashion and household tips.
A column surveys fashion shifts with aged hair returning to gray and perfume giving way to subtle powder in garments. It notes Queen Margherita’s glasses causing royal friction and a Japanese matrimonial ad satire. It also mentions cremation boilers, a Johnsonian tavern demolition, a venomous snake incident, and a drug provers study at a New York homeopathic college with profit and risk considerations.
The text lists a dark fruit cake ingredients with sugar shortening sour milk eggs flour spices and fruits plus a soda. It also describes a baked hash method using onions iron spider water butter or pork drippings salt pepper and compares favorably to fried hash.
The item discusses women limited by fatigue and weakness from many occupations. Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is promoted as the premier tonic and cordial for women, guaranteed by makers and sold by druggists with a money back offer. The piece notes the remedy’s long standing success claimed by its manufacturers.
A mosaic of spring fashion notes and curiosities including light fabrics with floral motifs, new gloves, open crowned hats, velvet ribbons, and daisy-adorned gold thimbles. Also mentions corduroy returns, lily-of-the-valley wedding flowers, and Mrs Langtry’s jewelry. The piece weaves in odd facts about Real estate near Chicago, tokens of clergy, and a swath of commercial and cultural notes.
A humorous verse recalls Richard a cranky king, a folly of a staged royal bargain. The punning satire hints at Tom Son and daily publication lines while urging readers to seek Home Sweet Home bargains in today's real estate columns with catchy sales lines and values.
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