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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1891
Page
3
The poem questions whether wind sun and sea are the soul of nature. It contrasts nature’s voices from trees and rivers with a cold granite heart of a mother who cannot heal sorrow. The verse laments humanity’s desire for meaning within the natural world.
An old sailor recalls a perilous sea encounter aboard the Tempest with Ford, the second mate Black, and Ford’s wife Alice. Ford reveals he married the officer’s sister, uniting rival crews after a near-fatal fall and a dramatic rescue. The tale converges on a dangerous moment when Alice steps onto a yard and narrowly avoids disaster as the jib sheet tears away.
In a maritime scene the footrope snaps during a perilous incident. Alice falls overboard and is rescued, declared dead by Black who admits to a plotted attack. The captain and crew intervene as Black kills the second mate and then dies by his own knife. Alice regains consciousness hours later and learns her husband survives his wound, with no one telling her who struck him. An additional column notes oddities and human-interest blurbs from All Sorts, including a heroic Atchison father and distant trivia.
A dated didactic piece argues that women retain moral purity while men may lie. It contrasts affectionate beauty with accusations of untruth, then shifts to a product promotion for Darbys Prophylactic Build claiming to cure eye inflammation and skin ailments. It touts effectiveness against scald head salt rheum erysipelas and other conditions.
The notice states under the new law applicants must file correct fillings. mere filing blank forms will not secure a pension. Additional evidence will be required in every case. For correct information consult the established clerk at PJ Fitzgeralds old lodging house or Journal Building rooms on Market Street.
A fragment from a 19th century column blends moral maxims with curiosities and whimsy. It notes economy as the admired virtue and needed trait, mentions a bustling queen's kitchen with diverse staff, etching skates as a fad, and playful musings on dolphins, worms in apples, and dogs in conversation. It closes with a remark on comic opera casting a short thick man as comedian.
City of Indianapolis declares non residents to be assessed for damages as Broadway Street extension from Massachusetts Avenue to St Clair Street proceeds. Commissioners Steeg Hadley Smith Coval Balke meet February 11 1891 to appraise benefits and damages for land fronting the proposed sixty foot wide street expansion under act of 1876. City Clerk I B Swift signs.
Rains in by Central Standard Time. Leave for Pittsburgh Baltimore and Philadelphia at 4:45 am with connections, New York departures and arrivals listed. Trains to Columbus, Richmond, Chicago, Louisville, Vincennes and Cairo show varying departure and arrival times. Through service to St Louis and the West with connections at Terre Haute Green Castle and Evansville. Sleeping and parlor cars on through trains. Rates and information via ticket agents or W P Brunner, District Passenger Agent.
Fragmentary timetable lists departure and arrival times for multiple divisions including Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Peoria and St Louis East West routes. Entries include varied departure times from early morning to evening and note daily weekend service.
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