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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1891
Page
3
A reflective poem by Hunter MacCulloch urges Scots not to forget Robert Burns on his birthday. It praises Burns for stirring literature, republican ideals, and the enduring influence of his living words while critiquing modern pretensions and critics.
In a rural scene Squire Pratter refuses charity yet Mrs Pratter secretly hands Luke Ruddilove a dollar a gesture tied to their shared past. Luke, desolate over poverty and drink, weighs life and family fate, while the storm outside mirrors the fragile line between care and cold judgment.
In Sequasset Luke Ruddilove, once wasted by drink, declares his fortune built upon a guiding dollar given by Mrs. Pratter. He vows to aid others, placing the bill in his cornerstone and gifting her a splendid oilcloth as thanks. The Squire admits his error as the town notes a moral turn for Luke and judgment for those who doubted him.
A compilation of odd facts notes Japan's large medical practitioner pool, salt water health benefits, and undertaker ads in Kansas cemeteries. It claims celery may carry fewer germs yet cautions against overconfidence. It mentions US Lutheran communicants being largely German and other ethnic groups, and cites multilinguial sermons. It also highlights spider silk strength, noting a spider thread can bear three grains while a steel thread of similar thickness supports less.
The notice catalogues spring color trends including blush pink and pale turquoise, discusses fabrics like nansook and batiste for children's dresses, and notes felt hats for Florida wear. It also advertises Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe tonic for childhood ailments and general wellbeing.
A column of light humor from Youth's Companion and Drake's Magazine offers snippets of child dialogue and family anecdotes. A Boston suburb scene imagines preschoolers declaring royal roles while Elsie claims a Queen Anne cottage, and a nursemaid quips about heavenly sidewalks. A joke about buying a single cat to save money sits beside a playful bedtime scene where a boy prays for worldly wonders and ends with a personal note to God.
A bold 19th century claim proclaims Dr Brubaker as the greatest diagnostician and medical king of specialists who locates all diseases without asking questions.
Late of the Medical Department University of Pennsylvania and Bellevue Hospital Medical College New York claims successful treatment of numerous diseases. The list includes ague abscestes asthma barrenness bladder constipation cancer diarrhea dysentery ear eye gonorrhoea goitre hysteria impotency kidney liver skin spirochete and more.
The notice offers free canonicalation in English and German from 7 p m to 8 30 p m Sundays and 1 m Sundays, with a question blank for those unable to call. It requests they send for further information and indicates services are available to help at a distance.
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