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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1891
Page
3
A Victorian verse laments the human fate of being forgotten after death. It dwells on the mourning custom of placing flowers and memory on graves, noting that affection clings to dust even as time passes. The poem ends with a grave inscription about Thomas Hubbard in Belford's.
A stormy All Hallows Night tale follows a narrator who sees a young woman ghost at an inn. Years later he meets her living double, Helen, daughter of a pumpkin prize winner, and they wed after a shared confession of fate. The haunting threads bind their marriage.
A damaged Detroit snippet reports a funeral moment with bittersweet language. The fragment notes Tam’s pride that she was the means of a larger act, and that long life and luck were offered in earnest tones before final words. The source text is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
A column of assorted quotes covers topics from London housing plans for workers to eight months without rain in San Francisco and heavy Kansas farm mortgages. It cites a limb dealer estimating 300000 Americans have lost limbs, a jab at political rhetoric, fashion notes on Thackeray and Paris clocks, and advice on restoring lamp chimneys.
A collage of curios, quotes, and brief notices from Chicago and Milwaukee papers. Items include a temperance classroom moment, a Chinese mission remark, a humorous child exchange about gifts, a Bogota centenarian claim, physician strikes over Koch, Schliemann's language milestones, Jerome K Jerome’s blue illustrated volume, and Allen Arthur’s England sojourn before returning to New York law practice.
A fragmented note discusses excessive guarantees in storekeeping and the reluctance behind refund offers. It argues money refunds or rewards rely on honest backing by local dealers and consumer trust, asserting that a lack of confidence undermines the business and lasting success.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a seminary girl explains mashed as being in love in English class with a male, then a nun like teacher confesses mashed on the Lord. A lace pin shaped as a question mark set with diamonds targets bashful suitors. The dinkey dink enters racing slang after baseball usage, taking hold among athletes and fans.
Wake up with bitter taste or dull head? Simmons Liver Regulator is advertised to correct bilious stomachs, sweeten breath, and cleanse the tongue. It claims to ease Sour Stomach Restlessness and sleeplessness in both children and adults, safe for the youngest infant and delicate persons, with a 40 year reputation of doing good.
The notice provides Central Standard Time schedules starting Sunday January 4 1891 for departures from and arrivals at Union Station on South Illinois Street. It specifies rain-related alterations to the timetable with route details.
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