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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1892
Page
3
A child explains a crooked treat by saying someone trod upon it when it was small. Critiques those who terrify or stifle a child, calling it a grievous moral wrong. Advocates letting children play and guiding them, not breaking their spirit, and teaching them where to go. Our Country.
In October Tom Staggs recalls a chilling escape from a Spain bound heir to wealth. Four foreign men lure him to a conservatory to bury a baby and seal a secret. He completes a brick job and narrowly survives a deadly revelation as a masked husband’s dark bargain unfolds. He then forks over the truth and £50 a year in hush money.
Corded velvet debuts as a new material while dewdrop tulle adds to dancing dresses. Feather waists emerge among novelties and Welsh rarebit parties become this year’s novelty. Yellow decorations set the table, and a cotillon hoop dance with tissue paper is introduced. The Eiffel Tower drawings took 40 men three months to finish. Sussex exports 100000 tons of chick- appears in London. A New York woman appears in themes ten mate.
A collage of curiosities reports apples from Japan the size of currants and notes Canada’s old Snider rifles. Michigan produced 5 930 000 barrels of salt and 113 firms worked in its salt industry. A Maine belief links nutmeg to boils croup and neuralgia. A Vermont man recalls relatives but leaves them nothing. Belgium boards lunatics with private families for pay and care, a model France plans to imitate with 100 lunatics in the Cher department.
A list of historical figures with nicknames ranging from The Rail Splitter for Abraham Lincoln and Old Hickory for Andrew Jackson to The Honest Man for James Monroe and The Bachelor President for James Buchanan. The compilation includes other famous leaders such as Zachary Taylor and Stephen A. Douglas, along with associated monikers like Old Rough and Ready and Silver Tongued Orator.
A collection of brief reflections on women’s fashion households and marriage roles. Witty lines compare cozy corners and fancy footwear to social expectations with a note on Mohammedan law granting women legal status and property rights independent of husbands.
The senate plans Monday adjournment while Sarfield faces a threatened county seat conflict. Frankfort Ky city treasurer Hugh Gaines is short 1600 dollars and a Sturgeon Bay canal purchase bill appears in Congress. Several items include a Rio Vista homicide and Shaker escapees in Maine.
The piece extols memory as a source of past joys and recalls how health improves through Warner's Safe Cure. It cites Annie Jenness Miller and many others who report recovery from mental strain and overwork, praising the remedy as a key to lasting health and happiness.
A collection of light gossip and quips from Toronto Empire readers. Remarks include Miss Prim correcting usage on health language, Dot’s cat medicine prank, Hankinson chasing Irene's arrival after a misleading newspaper photo caption. The piece captures domestic humor and social banter.
The Sun's second page features a Wanted Help column with numerous job openings. A ten word liner is advertised as free for three days to attract readers seeking lucrative positions.
An advertisement notes a man gains weight by taking Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil. It claims the product provides more than food by boosting digestion and energy, helping ailing flesh recover. A free book offer on careful living is mentioned.
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