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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1891
Page
3
A reflective verse describes lingering evening shadows and winter chill after a loved one returns home. The speaker mourns an empty house, noting untouched pillows and a lonely heart. The robin’s song and laughter are transformed into sorrow as days grow dim and doubt-filled.
In a harbor tale told aboard a river steamer, Moore the Mississippi gambler charms crew and passengers with music and wit. A young player accuses him of cowardice after a high stakes hand, Moore lays down his cards, but the moment reveals deeper ties to the boy and his mother, ending with Moore reflecting on the clash and a mysterious mercy.
A curio of dress goods shows cavalry-yellow tones and floral swans for table decor. Long opera cloaks replace short ones while baby scales enter infant ward robes. London plans move dinner hour forward. friendship canes with ribbon segments mark social fashion and obligations among friends.
Astringent snippets from Harper's Bazar and Chicago Times parodying rural life and fortune telling. Characters Tim, Araminta, Charley debate moons beams and a platform audience shouts for preserves while vendors tout a Consumption Cure at 98 cents. Humorous vignettes reflect commerce and superstition.
A collage of opinion and quips on women’s status and fashion, plus culinary recipes. The piece cites Queen Victoria’s wealth, Harriet Hosmer, and New York social figures, contrasting gender norms, then presents apple fool and chocolate souffle recipes, a Carolina corn cake, and an English steak method from the Boston Herald.
An advertisement extols Dar ty s Prophylactic Fluid as a remedy for sore throat and throat inflammation. It claims to destroy contagion and diphtheritic germs, offering relief and acting as a safeguard when used as a gargle at first symptoms to prevent diphtheria.
The New York World notes the gloom of city life yet celebrates Southern women who win top prizes in journalism. These brave, gifted daughters, some widowed, rise through talent and virtue, drawing pride from Southerners as they advance in the great city. Heaven bless their path and work.
A London industry diverts to selling seawater while a German firm begins artificial mushc production. A Boston publisher claims annual Uncle Tom's Cabin sales reach 30,000 copies. Carlton House Terrace commands the era’s highest London leasehold price at 850,000 dollars.
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Soup claims to soothe teething children and ease wind colic and diarrhoea. It notes the remedy softens gums and cures wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price.
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