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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1891
Page
3
A dramatic excerpt from a Pilot publication features a speaker torn by hatred and lingering love. The poem questions whether fear, mercy, and hope can coexist after betrayal, ending with a grim contemplation of mutual death and the loss of joy once shared.
Ralph Edwards, son of a poor widow, begs to skip school to earn. His mother lends him a half dollar, and he starts selling papers, earning 65 cents that first morning. He prospers, saves, and shares with his mother, later gaining trust and a strong reference as he grows.
The article surveys next season dress trends including waist belts, collars, and shirts in London style with new high-backed collars. It notes wide or narrow trousers debates, price drops on outing shirts, and plans for brighter suitings with bold plaids. It then shifts to society portraits of Lillie Kalina, Mrs. Ella Deitz Clymer, Mrs. Croly, and Kate Chase’s Gobelin tapestry, plus varied rival Miss Ava Wilson descriptions in New York papers.
A terse miscellany lampoons public figures and rituals. It notes a Philadelphia Baptist clergyman receiving a holiday bicycle from his congregation and mocks intolerance toward Hindu baby girls, portraying parental disappointment and implied divine wrath.
Dr J and Jordan claims the largest throat and lung disease practice in the United States. He advertises the Dr Jordan Lung Renovator as a cure for catarrh consumption asthma and heat diseases with worldwide availability and circulars sent on request.
A fragmented vintage recipe record describes Galree Toddings and Devonshire pudding styles, plus an iced pudding method. It details ingredients like dates, bread crumbs, suet, eggs, custards, lemon rind, nutmeg, brandy, and assorted dried fruits, with steps and serving notes.
A garbled fragment extols a legendary figure titled the Greatest Diagnostician of the 13th Century known as a Snanialist King of Spackausts who locates all diseases without asking a question. The text presents a fanciful medieval medical prowess claim with repeated phrasing.
Late of the Medical Department University of Pennsylvania and Helisvus Hospital New York City presents a fragmentary catalog of ailments and conditions. The list includes asthma cancer diarrhea hepatitis joint diseases skin disorders fever and other named afflictions, many misspelled or garbled.
A fragmented local notice outlines consultations in Beglich and German Free offering guidance on medical or legal queries. It references horption and comssultapion lorset with a focus on questions blank and coordinated by a Brook corner location and a nearby place named Elinotest.
The Common Council and Board of Aldermen of Indianapolis authorize grading graveling and brick paving Court Street from Missouri to California with stone curbing sidewalks per City Engineer specs. Assessments based on front foot to benefit abutting real estate. city pay for portions used by street and alleys. bond issuance unless owners pay early. Notice to property owners to object by February 16 1891 Room 4 City Clerk KK B Sweet City Clerk.
A city ordinance by the Common Council and Board of Aldermen of Indianapolis authorizes stands for hackney coaches, hacks, cabs, and omnibuses on Kentucky Avenue Maryville Street and nearby streets to allow passengers to hire vehicles. Penalties apply to those who obstruct stands or use the spaces unlawfully. the measure takes effect after publication for two consecutive weeks.
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