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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1892
Page
3
Poetic meditation describes swift moments slipping away like leaves on a current. The speaker compares passing time to a weaver’s thread and a lover’s dream, watching as each moment moves down a dim stair toward centuries past with tender, flowing imagery.
In Adamsville a tense afternoon ends with Phil Holmes shooting Frank Beasley in front of the Diamond saloon after a quarrel with Spanish Dick. Beasley dies. Holmes flees with Dick toward Woodruff as townsfolk debate vigilante talk and the mystery of Holmes’s past.
In Adamsville a stage brings a mysterious lady with a child to Hotel Bliss. Will Borden confronts rumors about Phil Harmon, learns he is dead, and vows justice after a fatal confrontation at Woodruff. Mrs Harmon and her child stay in Adamsville two weeks before receiving wedding cards from Tha Argonaut.
Fragments describe making a baby crib quilt from checked and striped fabrics. Use muslin foundation, sew geometric or fancy stitched designs, outline with decorative stitching and edge with embroidered trim, insert a single batting layer, and wash easily. Also shared a home remedy pomade recipe from spermaceti and beeswax with rosewater for hands, plus a whitening wash using oatmeal or almond powder.
A Maine farmer, unable to obtain water for his cattle, resorts to giving them cider amid extreme cold. The piece notes harsh conditions and widespread hardship from the freezing weather.
Report notes a variety of items including W. D. McCoy confirmed to winter in Liberia, a jewelers firm assignment by Andry & Bro. of New York, and Chicago adopting the Irish league platform. Also reports deaths, a Denver hanging date, naturalization of Po Yun in Schuylkill, and local property damage claims.
A collage of classroom banter and moral aphorisms torn from a Pittsburgh Chronicle page. It mutters lines on faith and labor, hints at biblical phrases, and promotes The Sun want columns offering free ten word ads for three days to help readers find work.
A medical note explains diphtheria as parasite driven and claims Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure destroys the microbe through its tar content. It urges giving the remedy to children at sore throat onset, touting safety and suitability for home use without poison or overdose risk.
An 1891 Indiana act prohibits connecting or reconnection with gas mains or service pipes without a permit, turning valves or interfering with valves, enlarging mixer orifice, or using gas for heating without proper mixer. Violations incur a fine between five and one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Trains depart Indianapolis Union Station for St Louis at 7 40 am and 1 00 pm with connections via Terre Haute Greenville Greencastle and Evansville notes. Additional through trains depart St Louis at 3 35 am 4 15 am 2 60 pm 6 20 pm and 7 45 pm with arrival around 10 00 am. Sleeping and parlor cars operate on through trains.
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