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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1891
Page
3
A fragmented poem describes a mother cradling her child and the awakening of love and pain. It explores the threshold between sleep and waking, the soul and emotion, and the strange world where joy and woe mingle. The piece reflects on love, suffering, and the desire to shield the infant from truth.
A gifted youth visits Emperor Tai Tsung with three tests and a trick rope ascent. He reveals a painting of a cow that seems to move and vanish, proving skill beyond the court. The emperor, impressed, declares the youth a worthy adviser.
A mosaic of tales spans ancient jugglery and early telephony as a prince meets a talking string and a moonlit cow picture illusion. The piece also surveys elite 19th century interiors by Philetas, Thackeray reminiscences, and fashion notes highlighting grenadine trends and pearl blue parlors.
A large firm promotes its patent medicines to the public, claiming definite and absolute guarantees. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for blood diseases and Favorite Prescription for women's ailments, priced at $1 a bottle if effective. otherwise free. The ad notes newspapers pay for the exposure as part of heavy advertising investment.
An Ohio cow named Mol lie yields black milk and cream for butter, puzzling chemists who cite a blood pigment rather than a usual flavor. The piece glosses over a London Gallia voyage with two boys Doris and Abeleon headed for the wild west, armed and dreaming of Indian wars, while social bits poke at society figures and miscellany from New York to Chicago.
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