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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1892
Page
4
A poem about a sleigh ride gone wrong where the narrator horse discovers Dolly in a snowbank uninjured but cold. He comforts her and vows to take more care for Dolly's safety in future outings, noting her rosy calm and hopeful recovery after the accident in February.
A narrator recalls a perilous ride on No 13 with No 18 showing 13 coaches. After a crash in a burning car he rescues Gould Sage Vanderbilt and Depew, pulling Depew from danger as the others perish or suffer. The tale ends with Depew offering a reward as he is saved from the fire.
Fragmented excerpt recalls a scene of passing from New York to South Norwalk via multiple rail lines, with notable asides about Prince Victor Emmanuel and cartoonist Thomas Nast. It includes quips attributed to a Boston Herald interview and a joke exchanged around a camp setting, reflecting era newspaper snips and social commentary.
The Globe-Democrat notes Berlin suppresses personal liberty with police oversight for censuses and housing. It also describes a Missouri lake perched atop a mountain that rises 30 feet or more seasonally, fed by no streams and unaffected by weather elsewhere, defying nearby climate norms.
A Pall Mall Gazette anecdote records a mother tucking in Philip who asks if the men in Wall Street are bears or bulls and if his father is a cub or a calf. A school examiner prompts a child to name Moses, and the student quips that Pharaoh's daughter found him in the bulrushes.
A young Chicago woman tabulated a grim la grippe symptom list: headache, back pain, loss of taste and smell, inability to eat, fatigue, withdrawal from conversation, indifference, high fever, chills, cravings for liquor, and a desire to die. She marks symptoms and asks her mother to summon a doctor when they approach.
A historical column notes legible folk remedies: a liniment with wormwood organum oil and alcohol. glycerine eases burns. celery as a sedative for rheumatism and neuralgia. fresh cucumbers cool the system. lettuce promotes sleep when eaten. and lettuce is calming overall.
The text presents disjointed lines on romantic refusal and marriage, statement about women as laborers in Japan and England, and notes that Mrs Hall T Dillon became the first colored woman to pass Alabama State medical exams with a high score after a ten day written test.
A historical item notes corn husks being turned into paper and blotting paper produced from cotton rags boiled in soda. It cites the three tallest trees in the world, measuring 825, 435, and 450 feet in California and Australia. The text also mentions a man in Neosho valley, Kansas, who has endured illness yet outlived ten of his doctors.
A claret cup set of red Bohemian glass bound in silver highlights elegant but uncomfortable chairs. Nail head decoration adorns hard wood furniture and doors while toothpicks move to the bathroom away from the dining room.
The sheet blends crime and trials from New York to Missouri with a Royal hotel holocaust verdict, a Baltic suitor arriving in Philadelphia, a fatal fire in Mobile, and a San Diego earthquake. It notes a Majestic steamer voyage record, a reform convention in St. Louis, and price lists for provisions and produce. The eclectic mix underscores a turbulent Thursday with robberies, trials, and public notices.
Postscript advertises bicycle or similar articles for ten words, six days for thirty cents. Call The Sun building 79 E. Obiest. Telephone 80.
The article states that the person has been appointed as agent for Indianapolis and Merion counties. He can be found at No 6 Parker block, west of court house, for official duties.
The Indiana General Assembly 1891 act forbids any wiring or reconnection to gas service pipes without written authorization from the supplying company. It bans altering mixer or valve sizes or using gas without proper mixers. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
An Indianapolis advertisement by M. D. Abbott promotes at distance treatments for syphilis gonorrhea gleet and stricture with private mail or express delivery. It claims cures for self abuse impotence seminal emissions and other health issues after a twenty year specialization. Charges are moderate and treatment is described as strictly private.
Wholesale dairy and creamery butterine offered with special inducement to trade. Agent for Bram and Fitts' manufacture, Illinois.
A promotional notice urges Brother Frenzel to give Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure to railway workers for health, energy, and digestion. Claiming no poison, the remedy is said to prevent doctor bills and aid families with sick children, with bottles available from any dealer.
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