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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1894
Page
3
A fragment from the Boston Courier presents a narration about behavior toward others and the consequences of impertinence. It centers on a female figure, a car scene, and a warning to heed the adage do unto others as you would have them do to you.
Olaf, a poor widow’s son, loses flour to the North Wind who returns later with gifts. A talking tablecloth, a magic ram, and a stick grant wealth and power, but each item proves unreliable. Olaf’s attempts to cash in the gifts backfire, ending with a tricked stick and continued hardship.
Olaf pretends to sleep then commands the stick to punish the land lord causing chaos. The ram is confiscated, the tablecloth returned, and Olaf leads the ram home with the cord as North Wind’s flour sale ends in peace and plenty for the widow and her son.
Senator Voorhees recalls meeting Abraham Lincoln in eastern Illinois where Lincoln retold a joke about a noted speaker. The piece ends noting Confederate muskets left on the field at Appomattox, burning grass firing to salute surrender, and Grant halting a 100 gun salute.
A brief, quaint fragment from Youth's Companion and Phil. Record humorously contrasts a moon joke by a child with Alfred's comic twist on dancing. The piece reflects light, everyday observations through simple dialogue and a playful tone.
Beat sugar with butter until light. Add milk flour and egg whites with baking powder. Bake 25 minutes in quick oven. For filling whip egg yolks with sugar and cream, fold in egg whites and chopped walnuts, then ice with sugar icing.
The midwinter exposition opens in Frisco in fine style as French police gather against archists. Prohibition votes sweep Ontario towns. Pension spies may be sent to Indiana. Locomotive boiler explodes in Chattanooga killing two men. Jackson Park reopens to the public amid relic-hunt crowds. New national prohibition party forms in Pittsburg with six men and six women present. A White House incident ends with Mrs Losey detained. Olney slated for supreme court, Bissell to be attorney general, Quincy postmaster general. Miss Shelton shoots Miss Allen in Hadenaville, Ky. Senator Teller discusses Colorado special session reactions.
Market report lists varied provisions from smoked meats to lard and canned fruits. Prices cover bacon, sausage, dried meats, vegetables, dairy and commodities, with per barrel and per ton figures and regional product names across several suppliers.
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