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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1890
Page
3
An old lumber camp yarn presents Joe McRey describing bears as queer, with legends of spring fattening, cabin entry via chimneys, and glass smashing as a sign of mischief. The captain questions bear behavior while Joe insists their quirks explain every action, including hunting and hunger cycles.
A collection of vintage recipe fragments including waffles sponge pudding fruit cake and sour milk biscuits with measurements such as cups and spoonfuls. Instructions cover mixing rolling baking times and oven settings as taught in era home cookbooks.
A fragmentary advertisement style piece notes green corn in San Francisco flavor passages and Florida strawberry shipping prices rising from 55 cents to 2.15 per quart. It touts a six-foot lettuce head from Orange City Florida and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It also mentions Park er's heating stores and Hoffman's Headache powders as remedies.
A column reviews contemporary female style and social norms. It cites trends like bold hair and dark stockings, tiny watches in belongings, and the new umbrella ring. It also notes attitudes of young society men and comments on figures such as Mies Braddon and Laura Jean Libby, with fashion cues and a brief literary plagiarism reference.
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