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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1889
Page
3
The excerpt presents a satirical hybrid of a melodramatic romance about Peninsula, a naive New England maiden, and a rapid-fire collage of contemporary notes. It juxtaposes scenes from Diemarton life with detached remarks on public figures and a presidential inauguration, blending fiction with today’s brief curiosities.
A garbled passage notes a patch on a boy's trousers and a doctor who can cure biliousness. It reflects on lawsuits, judgment, and the weight of money, as the street-clot machine owner comments on human folly.
The column surveys random facts from beliefs in preaching and births to money counterfeits, cremation losses, and odd local anecdotes. It notes Spurgeon’s letters, Canadian divorces, a Florida streetcar remark, Montezuma horse swaps, and a Philadelphia club of daring women wagering wives bonds in a corset substitute hunt.
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