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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1893
Page
3
A distressed mother, driven by sorrow, plunges into a river during a storm and drowns with her child beside her. Onlookers pass by as the city endures the new year’s chill, the tragic scene leaving a somber imprint on a cold night.
Silas Tripp refuses his wife’s dress reform push while she counters with practical support. A later interview sparks public intrigue as Mrs. Tripp’s fashion crusade gains sensational attention through a vivid, humorous clash over domestic roles and expenses.
A sprawling column recounts Stevenson style wit with an and of an old Kentucky tale, including a profligate joke about spelling horce and a mayoral humorist, plus anecdotes from J Proctor Knott and a market beggar tale. It notes Kentucky humorists and a ledger of rustic quips, featuring a stone cutter and a beggar’s plea for supper and new clothes.
A fragmented note argues that many women are ignorant of dress propriety and that modern hotels are too expensive for the average person. The text hints at social expectations and rising costs but remains unclear and incomplete.
A paragraph of quirky cautionary lines advising household care includes keeping covers on canisters, washing oilcloth with skim milk, rubbing lamp chimneys with dry salt, throwing chloride of lime in rat holes, heating carpets on the wrong side first, and using newspapers to cover apple barrels. It also mentions applying hartshorn to insect stings, pouring boiling water through fruit, and drinking cream for a burned mouth or throat.
A mixed set of headlines notes brewing beer market tensions in St Louis and Illinois farm output falling, typhus spreading in northern Mexico, a $20 million iron pipe trust forming, Dr. Edward McGlynn’s Rome invitation, Archbishop Ryan reporting Mer Satolli’s accord, and Berlin’s army bill. Also, Cleveland wife murder suicide, an Illinois professor rumor of reburial, Dovey family gas explosion in Pittsburgh, Maurice Bernhardt’s slander feud, Diaz declining interview, Niagra icicle injures two photographers, U.S. payment claim over Hallinger killing, and ancient California relics found in Santa Maria Suimama valleys.
A mosaic of old editorial quips notes a Globe-Democracy writer lampoons widows misunderstanding spouses. It cites Newburg women running village street work for a decade, employing twenty men and collecting herself. The piece jokes that cekology will brand household labor as a science and mocks urban couples overrushed by town life.
Gray fingr ribbed corduroy bags for little girls feature initials in Roman font and draw with silver rings. The piece recalls old fashioned purses. An unrelated health tip advises slow chewing to raise stomach temperature to 98 degrees for better digestion.
Readable market list shows January 9 notes with steady markets and gains in provisions. Offers details on smoked meats hams sugar cures Indiana items and a long catalog of canned fruits vegetables dairy and produce including salmon, fish, pears, apples, and various meats priced per unit.
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