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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1892
Page
3
Fragment from James Beckham contrasts sleep and death, describing sleep as gentle yet binding and death as patient and sister to sleep. The piece depicts eyes closed, breath still, and a soft call opening ivory gates as life yields to rest.
In 1850 three men Hall Goff and Horace enter Colorado hill country near California Gulch Lake County They split up to mine a shaft and Horace and Goff abandon Hall leaving him alone to die trapped in the shaft Hall improvises a rope bow and arrow from clothing belts and a pick to attempt escape while enduring thirst hunger and terror with only the blue sky above and the windlass bar for company
A miner climbs a rope toward freedom but an old letter warns of danger. The rope fails near the top and he falls to his death. Miners later find his body. the Cornichman and Juarez vanish without trace.
A collage of curiosities and notices: a Truckee child with two different eye colors. a New York jeweler’s cigarette holder worth 450 dollars. Colorado cliff dwellers dated 10 000 years ago. Boston benevolency aiding eyeglasses. giant crabs in Japanese waters. Oliver Dunster’s Bernardsville fortune. a 10 million grippe microbes claim. Yellowstone’s bottomless hole. an 8 000 foot line not touching bottom. a Chicago Post quack remedy for grippe.
A New York Herald strip notes a curious exchange among workers with Flippdoodie Johnson Dudeway and John arguing over a milk cache while a judge and editor discuss a hopeful junior journalist, revealing backstage newsroom humor.
A public school pupil contrasts balance and remainder in a classroom example. An office boy complains to his employer about a cashier kicking him, highlighting everyday language quirks and small disputes in local life.
Justice Harlan advertises for a lost Angora cat and offers a reward for its return. Gen Meigs' handwriting is described as villainous and hard to read. Gen Sherman endorsed one of Meigs' papers with a humorous misgiving. President Montt, praised for bravery, is labeled not painfully brilliant and admired by Chileans as commander of the O Higgins.
A survey of scattered notices reports the deaths of George K Schoenberger in Cincinnati and Mrs Sarah Hobbs in Philadelphia. Burglaries, strikes, and court actions are noted in Texas, Boston, and Nevada Missouri. Various officials report on safety, divorce reform, and ballots while a sapient eggsafety tip accompanies the mixed items.
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales dies at 28 after contracting pneumonia during a hunting trip. Kidney complications worsened the case despite English medical care. The text promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a remedy claiming it rallies kidney function and lung relief.
Unemployed man aims to secure work by placing a short notice in the classifieds. He offers a three day window and ten word limit for responses. Free service emphasized.
The piece invites reflection on memory and its power to recall health and happiness. It cites anecdotes of illness followed by recovery and highlights Warner's Safe Cure as a notable remedy praised by Mrs. Acnie Jenness Miller, a recognized dress reformer, as a factor in renewed well being.
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