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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1891
Page
3
The tale follows Mrs. Chatworth, lured by bargains and auctions, as her thrift transforms into turmoil. A lace curtain dispute escalates to a courtroom misadventure, a lamp crashes, and the couple faces social downfall before a Havana cigar trade adds further misrule. The episode ends with lingering consequences and a vow against auctions.
A seller recalls smuggling ears from Cuba with a six dollar price, prompting John to laugh then sigh as he returns the box to a sobbing woman who laments that she overpaid, thinking it a bargain. The scene pivots on shock and regret over a grim find.
The article describes work bags with floral sprigs, crocheted edgings in gold thread for book covers and millinery, a Chippendale style chair with linen and crowel motifs, and a tea cloth with thistles for a wedding present. It notes linen doilies and a Gowers border cobcover, plus piano case lacquering in various greens. It also mentions a French author’s aversion to sitting opposite certain fates, a garbled Georgia post office notice, and a grim method for killing cats using chloroform as described in a British Magazine letter.
A fisherman at Moosehead lake hooked a big tugue at 8 PM and landed it at 9 PM. In Tehama County California grasshoppers have appeared. Three men recently caught 500 pounds of grasshoppers in two hours. In Dunedin Florida James Barnes and Billy Marston landed a nurse fish weighing over 300 pounds. A student in Augusta Maine was boxing when he received a lion in the mouth and lost two teeth, later treated by Dr Hutchins. Belfast Maine claims no band organ visitors this year. A hose shower in Houston Maine treats standards at the collar. An educated young lady in Pelesky Michigan split 20 cords of weed for summer season.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Dr. Pieres’s Favorite Prescription as a powerful tonic to cure chronic weaknesses in American women. It promises satisfaction or money back and offers a 160 page book on women’s diseases mailed for ten cents, via the World’s Dispensary Association in Buffalo.
A jittery national bulletin reports Col H Clay King convicted of murder in Memphis, a bank wrecker wrongly linked to Chicago, and clashes over gender schooling in Cincinnati. It notes vast fires in Milton Iowa, a New York crane accident, a bishop’s clash with city workers, and a panther fatality near Milan Tennessee. Several violent incidents with dead bodies, poison fears, and wagon thefts are listed, reflecting a turbulent period.
A historical paper fragment markets Dr Hale’s Dispensary promising cures for chronic and nervous diseases with testimonials and guarantees. It also includes a Marion County Board of Review notice scheduling a tax assessment and public hearing.
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