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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1892
Page
3
A whimsical rhymed verse about Daffy-down-Dilly describing a lively child. The speaker notes her chubby size blue eyes, sunlit hair, and muddy play with mud pies, while praising her sweetness and mischief as the sun shines on the lawn.
A New York World excerpt depicts a bus ride banter about sensational tabloids and a mother’s hardships. The exchange touches on a wife who killed her husband, another who ran away with a tainted husband, and a physician’s claim about women's feet while a passenger jokes he has not missed any news.
A collage of overheard quotes and an uneven cake recipe from an old paper fragment. The text blends a Christmas gift exchange about a music box with a Brutus Caesar quip, a marital joke, and a dense pudding recipe with misspellings and archaic terms.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a traveler meeting a fever-stricken man on the highway who asks to tell his wife he has quit and will not return. They find the shacklety cabin and the old woman, who calmly smokes as the news sinks in. The piece blends ragged country life with wartime anecdotes about loyalty and resilience.
The note discusses dissolving rubber with benzine, mispronunciations of aught versus naught, and a French study comparing strength across 60 men and 59 women. It mentions knee-trotting of children as harmful and likens infant handling to engine jolting, warning gentle movement is kinder for children.
The page surveys 1841 events with immigration figures for Philadelphia, a New York Senate appropriation for a world’s fair exhibit, fire losses in Brady's Corner, a Missouri jeweler failure, and various violent incidents. It notes Alabama flood damage, a proposed fast mail between New York and St. Louis, show acquisitions, murders, mine explosions, and local incidents. The text also advertises sales, printing services, and job notices in a typical 19th century newspaper column.
Public notice declares a guarantee on the lot of Shiloh, with warranty by W. H. Stocker, Tinsler, F. C. Tingley, and Wood Browning. The damaged text confirms guarantors and the item name, though specifics are unreadable.
In Indianapolis a medical note extols Reid’s German Douglas and Kidney Cure as a universal remedy for grippe. It claims to ease frontal headaches by reducing stomach irritation and digestion disruption, warning that failing to curb parasites could lead to grave risks.
JM Balfour and Co of 205 West Washington Street offer special inducements to the trade. They act as agents for Bram and Fitta's manufacture in Illinois, inviting merchants to inquire about offerings and terms.
The text warns that any person who violate provisions of this act shall be fined not less than five days offense. It references gas or valves and unions with corporations, prohibiting interfering with gas, healing uses, or other related interstero matters. The wording is archaic and garbled, but the core concerns enforcement and penalties are stated.
The garbled text outlines a train timetable with arrival and departure times around 7:50 am 3:30 am 2:20 pm and 7:45 pm. It mentions St Louis, Ferra Heuta, Green Castle and Branevilis sleeper service with car areas and feeding on a line to Terre Heats AGG.
Vague OCR fragment notes a union site event with times 10.45 10.40 10.80 and place names Wianaperg and Alenagolle. Details are unreadable but indicate schedule or pricing data. No clear people or organizations fully identifiable.
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