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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1891
Page
3
A lyric poem reflects on daily toil and family refuge as the sun sinks. The speaker imagines evening bringing rest, dreams of loved ones, and a hopeful night following a weary day. The verses contrast labor and greed with homeward quiet and peace as darkness descends.
In a dramatic trial, Isabel Vane testifies that Karl Struttgen was falsely accused. She alleges George Struttgen and Jennie Smith plotted the murder, with Karl framed. George is convicted but evades hang by poison. Jennie dies in prison, while Karl rebuilds life as a respected family man. The Detroit Sun notes a rheumatism cure plug for Hoaca Sarsapararia.
The New York Sun recalls Eddie Gould son of Jay Gould nearly entering stardom at a troop event, noted for his calm expression and resolve. The Chicago News reports Prince Russel Harrison in Stratford with two English girls who question his solitary state and his refusal of pomp befitting a presidential son.
A collected set of curiosities and social vignettes including a miser buried funds near New York, a Tampa sugar juice venture, Richmond convict work in parks, Savannah police carry revolvers, and women’s fashion and society dos in New York. It blends regional quirks with portraits of people like Eva Hamilton and Mrs McKee, echoing the era’s press tone.
The page blends recipes for Spice cake and Hickory nut cake with a run of brief items. Reports include deaths and insanities among notable people, labor shortages in Chicago and Eagle Hill, a $250,000 air brake patent payment to Westinghouse, a Des Moines binding twine patent buyout, and a gas explosion in Washington Pennsylvania injuring Chas Wilson. A maniac seized St Pauls church in Pittsburg and a Monongahela river fire followed an Huteka oil spill.
A fragment touts McElroy’s Macons as a general family remedy for dyspepsia torpid digestion constipation and stomach and bowel issues claiming it nearly perfects the cure. The ad emphasizes consumer satisfaction and reiterates its supposed effectiveness.
The ordinance establishes stands for hackney coaches and other public passenger vehicles on Kentucky and Maryland avenues and Illinois Street, requires keeping stands clean, bans loitering and loud conduct, and imposes fines up to twenty five dollars plus up to 30 days imprisonment. It takes effect after publication for two weeks in a daily Indianapolis paper.
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