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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1893
Page
3
A playful verse extols a woman who masters many arts and sports from singing to skating to tennis yet remains shy and declines taking a bed or turning professional. The humorous catalog highlights versatility and a stubborn pride, ending with the line that she wouldn’t make a pro.
A New Yorker recounts a Naples journey with guide, hearing a minstrel sing prophecy of Isis while glimpsing Herculaneum. The tale weaves Irene, a princess, and a vow to the Christ amid Vesuvius erupting into blood and flame. The minstrel, once joyful, narrates a life of excavation, love, blindness, and a final vision of a future faith.
A collage of brief notes on women’s fashion and behavior from diverse papers. Topics include Watteau gowns, wrinkles avoidance, hoop shirts returning, a New Jersey anecdote about champagne, economizing paper notes to husbands, and Bathing advice for wrinkle prevention. The Washington Star notes a suffrage flag missing stars except Wyoming, with space for future states.
The excerpt captures a series of short, informal exchanges among children and adults about fears, manners, and a sick visitor. Snatches show mispronunciations, teases, and gentle concern as a teacher and neighbors respond to a door visit and ailing person.
Instructions from Good Housekeeping describe shaking and tucking the carpet, washing with hot water and borax, scrubbing grease with a brush and small soap, rinsing thoroughly, changing water, drying with a dry cloth, and airing doors and windows to speed drying.
A Red Bank farmer’s cow delivered three calves described as “three of a king.” A newspaper nibble notes this oddity while an ad mocks a posted “Wanted – A nurse to mind children,” likely inserted by the children. The piece ponders theater exits versus entry ease.
The Wann Illinois railway disaster deaths reach twenty as reports detail more victims and rescued survivors. A 10 year old girl was abducted in St Nair county while a man and two women were suspects. Civil unrest, typhus outbreaks and a fatal wreck near Louisville also appear in the day’s news.
The New York Sun reports on ballroom crowds strained by excess partners and mortified guests. A girls club forms to ensure dancing with agreed partners and cheerful conduct. Berlin reporters note German dancing is faster with continuous whirl and no reverses, causing dizziness and careful partner follow through.
A Milan literary and artistic congress rules that the rights of the author control reproductions of paintings. In other notes, Senator Hill shared a tale about Mark Twain giving a stone watering trough to Emira births, provoking a local Farmer’s joke about Albany watering troughs.
An elderly medicinal ad extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a carefully prepared tonic for women. It claims to strengthen weak and suffering women, soothe nerves, and cure functional female disorders. The ad asserts it is the only remedy guaranteed to benefit or money back.
Readable shopping list shows markets on a city scale with dozens of items. Provisions include smoked meats, hams, bacon, dried beef, lard, and fresh pork cuts. Produce covers apples, potatoes, onions, celery, cabbage, citrus, berries, and tropical fruits with varied per unit or per box pricing.
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