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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1890
Page
3
A river hunting tale describes a six week trip with two young companions. A monster deer a wildcat three otters and many ducks were brought to market after a foggy dawn voyage. The crew faced bears a rattlesnake and a monster rattlesnake under a blanket in camp.
The ad describes show shou'd har mIncnize with patent leathers for spring, including a patent leather boot for promenade wear and a French Dongola boot with round toe and stitched outline. It also markets Sarsaparilia as a stomach aid, claiming it cures indigestion and improves appetite, sold by druggists.
A humorous TSV of oddities and curiosities from a newspaper page. A Coolbaugh PA farmer killed a 300 pound bear after a brief struggle with his son. Reports note pigeons’ eggs yielding one male and one female, and London Zoo plans an eight child elephant howdah. Jumbo’s legacy is recalled with a wry glance at animal acts and public fascination.
A jumble of notes recalls six Frost brothers in Kansas City with unusual names, a North Dakota rider who narrowly misses the track, a weight guessing game in Allentown, a humorous exchange about climate change, a mishap in Grand Haven with vitriol, a Woodworking charity in Grass Valley, and satirical curios about travel, medicine, and an English observer in Boston finding no old master paintings in a schoolboy festival.
A fragment of a period column discusses fashion trends such as framas and stands resembling oyster shells, Morse like fortunes of English style, and social hints. It then shifts to practical home care advice, recommending ammonia mixtures for cleaning, sun or fire drying, and using borax to keep dish towels and skin soft, all presented in brisk, instructional voice.
The article notes rich color brocades to pair with velvet and bengaline and announces spring millinery with gold and silver braids and embroideries. It prescribes slim women for spring styles and outlines draped yokes for fuller figures, with corsetry and petticoat buttoning details. It also references a dotted net ceiling with a Van Dyke border and fringe to alter facial appearance, alongside unrelated vignette dialogue and ads.
A Chicago Tribune fragment presents a mix of prison, police, visitors and banter about drunkenness, a camphoric aroma, moths, and a flirtatious line about a grandfather. The dialogue glides through odd lines and character quirks, evoking a satirical mood in a busy scene.
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