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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1892
Page
3
A mother and her son lure Abe Taylor to the Dead Man's Crossing six years after a murder ambush. As the assailant rides in, buckshot ends the killer's life and the mother and boy silently return to the cabin, ready to begin anew with vengeance fulfilled.
A column notes women surpassing husbands in eloquence and comments on fashion trends. It highlights bright paraphernalia such as red shoes, abbreviated riding skirts, veils with chenille dots, and a high school prize essay on comets. It describes a western wife’s witty life view and praises the parasol as a stylish tool. It also reports rising shoplifting by women in Paris, with wealth and status linked to arrests.
Instructions describe lemon icing by squeezing juice and adding powdered sugar until stiff, spreading on warm cake then cooling. It contrasts with egg white icing and praises soft sugar icings. Also details a strawberry souffle with sugar, water, egg whites, crushed strawberries, cream, color, and a six hour freezing process.
A lively fragment from a Chicago Inter Ocean page blends social humor with bustling ads. It mentions skirt dances, a summer romance, and a playfully saucy tone, then shifts to notices of men of note, travel promos for Sunday excursions, and a local beer promotion. Juice includes Home Brew bottled by Jac. Bos and rail excursion rates to New York with return by September.
Seizure of 25 Alaskan sealers by U S war vessels. John Rock of Flint Michigan absconds with 7000 dollars from a Cincinnati insurer. Three men investigate a gas leak in a New York cellar, six injured. Wisconsin legislature gerrymander bills void. Western writers delay Dayton meeting after electing Dr. T B Redding president. Four administrators chosen to oversee world’s fair matters. Horn Bot, a wealthy Chinese migrant, marries in the flowery kingdom and cannot land his wife in the U S. Quincy Illinois flood looms as levee threatens break. crops and livestock moved to safety.
Advice on window shades and curtains for hot weather. Suggestions include dark green shades to reduce glare, dotted muslin curtains that are easy to clean, and a linen bedspread in outline stitch. Adds tips on a clean bureau cover and an edge pincer for freshness, with a playful interlude of comic strips.
A blend of a fruit salad recipe using pineapple oranges bananas grapes and lemon juice followed by vintage home remedies and advertisements for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and ammonia chlorine water. Also notes on accident insurance policies and July excursions via Vandalia Line with several promotional claims for “Home-Brew” beer and writing tablet offers.
Mrs. W L Hackett of 191 Columbia Avenue recounts seven years of catarr symptoms including headaches dizziness and sleeplessness. After failed treatment and costly trials she sought Drs Stackhouse and Newlin and reports dramatic improvement within weeks with restored sleep appetite and reduced pain.
The article notes that many suffer annual nose and lung troubles during the winter but find summer offers the best chance to improve. It warns catarrh is stubborn and may worsen each fall if not treated now, urging sufferers to seek treatment immediately for measurable benefit within a month.
A compilation of patient endorsements for Stackhouse and Newlin, doctors at the Stackhouse Medical Institute in Indianapolis. Sufferers from catarrh praise relief from various symptoms and recommend the doctors, noting treatment costs and office hours at 9 to 12 am and 3 to 5 pm with Sunday slots.
Readable items show smoked meats hams and sugars with varied regional prices. Grocery goods list beans corn meal lard and canned foods alongside fresh produce such as peaches strawberries and apples with multiple shipper and brand names.
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