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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1893
Page
4
A fragment from Ella Wheeler Wilcox ponders death and life, arguing that death offers calm and balm, while life clings to fear and longing. The speaker questions why one avoids the inevitable and seeks comfort despite God's enduring plan and the peace beyond.
A correspondent recalls a summer journey with Hudson's Bay Company toward Loon Lake. At Kaskongshadi rapid a canoe was driven into a raging forest fire that swept the river corridor. After a deadly ordeal the party escaped to a lake reach and recovered, haunted by the memory of the fiery gauntlet.
From the New York Sun tale Sarah Bernhardt faced official judges over all dresses for Austrian plays, a move noted as scoring ahead of Boston. Harvard’s president was promised funds to admit women by annexing the university. Adelina Patti's sister Carlotta, nearly an opera star, suffered from a deformity that limited stage presence to non walking roles.
A collage of wry quips about luck, conceit, and charity contrasts with fashion excerpts describing elaborate Victorian dresses. The items reference Atchison Globe, London Tid-Bits, Philadelphia Record, Brooklyn Life, and Philadelphia Record, noting sharp humor about morality, eye color marksmen, cigars, and a Manila-esque baby prize death interwoven with gown descriptions and velvet trimming.
In a curious note from Berlin, reports mention paper teeth and electric baking. The item also references New York operating a skunk farm, Vienna teaching chess in public schools, and a flour mill run by Death and Clutch in Franklin Ohio. An estimate claims 1090 rose trees needed to yield two ounces of tar of roges.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for all blood and skin conditions from blotches to scrofula. It claims liver benefit, blood purification, and guaranteed results with money-back if not beneficial, touting cost effectiveness as the cheapest purifier sold.
News notes a severe cold spell across France and the Saine with ice forming on rivers. Reports also mention new cholera cases in Hamburg and Dunkirk, plus a battle near Ambigal between Egyptian cavalry and Dervishes. A lynching in Lewistown, Idaho is noted along with other assorted crimes and events.
The article urges cold-water immersion and neck sponging as top cold prevention, noting a pink skin tone post rubdown. It warns quick action if clothes catch fire, advising rolling on the floor with a rug or blanket to smother flames and immediate water application, followed by lime water and oil dressings kept wet.
A London shopkeeper asks his boy to watch a customer to prevent theft. The boy reports the man did not steal anything, claiming he watched him, revealing a comic misinterpretation of caution. The piece accompanies household food tips on canned tomatoes and corn preparation.
Markets steady with widespread price listings for fruits and provisions. Detailed items include lemons, bananas, smoked meats, canned goods, fresh pork, lard, pickled meats, dried beef, and a long roster of produce and staple grocer items with varied prices by region and grade.
Dear Sirs My son George suffered with a rapture since boyhood he is now twelve years old I want to thank you for making him well and sound We cure little children as well as grown people No pain No knife No detention from business No charge for examination or consultation No pay until cured Our prices depend upon the extent of the injury not less than 25 nor more than 76 for a guaranteed cure.
Under T. M. Culver Qi D with 18 years experience the firm advertises a clinic at 10 Fair Block opposite Union Depot Indianapolis hours 9 to 12 2 to 7 4 Sundays 2 to 4. They claim to have tried remedies and promise better value.
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