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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1892
Page
3
A fragment from Harper's Magazine July contemplates life and mortality through imagery of seasons music and love. The speaker laments the fleeting nature of beauty and memory while expressing gratitude for life and divine grace despite being reduced to dust. Includes lines on the mystic canto and the ache of loss.
A stealthy intruder scales a window to raid a house, but a baby in the room stuns him. The infant's innocent gaze and brief cues soften the thief, who spots gems on a bureau yet hesitates as the child’s calm, amused presence unsettles his plan. The scene ends with the man unsure whether to press on or retreat.
A man scribbles a note on a scrap of paper and hides a diamond pin on a bureau cushion. The baby’s playful chase ends with the pin found on the cushion, bearing the inscription For ther kid. The scene unfolds with a disappearing adult and a mysterious gift secured for the child.
The report notes white duck back coats bound with pique braid and pearl buttons, low braided chignons with waved hair over the ears, and Mephisto red as a popular shade. It mentions China gauze silk underwear for evening wear, new brim styles for color variety, braid bows interwoven with velvet, Watteau hats with full brims and floral clusters, and the rise of black and white fashion, including black chip hats with white trimmed brims from the Chicago Post.
The Atlanta Journal and Albany Times Union discuss the name Adlai as the vice presidential candidate. They note its three syllables Ad-la-i, biblical roots, and varied meanings such as just or my ornament. Pronunciation notes differ, with some sources giving two syllables and others three.
Descriptions from 19th century papers mention a fat woman in a bathing suit and health claims of South American natives living on meat. The widowsof Grant and Davis stay at West Point hotel while Wade Hampton is noted for crushing cigars to dust as snuff in a military committee room.
Cleveland will be notified of his nomination July 20. Maj. Richard J. Falls, a Mexican yet herd, died in San Francisco Monday. At Decatur, Monday, a man was killed and another hurt by an electric car. Six thousand Catholic Indians gathered at Cheyenne agency to dedicate a Catholic church. They brought their families in wagons and three came 600 miles. The non-union and union stevedores had a fight in Detroit Monday morning while unloading a steamer. Shots were exchanged and two were hurt.
A collage of notes on eating habits from Mrs Gladstone’s tea wishes to a Darwin Darling river caterpillar delicacy. It also surveys Chinese New Year Bird’s Day fasting traditions, then contrasts London season feasting with royal gluttony, noting King Humbert and Portugal’s young monarchs for voracious appetites.
Dialogues reveal social mores as boarders joke about cake weight dresses and marriage. A young woman favors modest retiring colors while a salesman promotes white attire. The exchange pivots to a sharp remark about marrying a poor man and a sly counter on a man who marries a girl.
A New York Sun excerpt advises on social rules for beachgirls including Paris bathing suits and summer love. It warns against asking a girl in a Paris bathing dress to swim, endorses keeping service to tie shoes, and notes rivals failing to win the beloved.
The act prohibits any person from making or causing any connection with gas mains or service pipes or to turn on off or interfere with valves or appliances of gas providers without a written permit. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars per offense under sections two and six approved March 1591.
Indianap olis to New York excursion tickets offered July 5 6 and 7 at 15.50 round trip with return good to Sept 15 or 16. services include stopovers and extensions with various dates and agents listed. Also ad for Aurora Wiener Beer and assorted groceries and produce prices appears in the issue.
The column on the second page of The Eon highlights loan options and financial tips as a growing feature. It suggests readers consider local lenders and emphasizes practical steps to secure funds.
The weather has led to many cases of pneumonia pleurisy and rheumatism all beginning with a cold. Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure is advertised as fast relief, claiming no poison and kidney action, with quicker relief than other remedies. Email bottles 25 cents and 60 cents for large bottles by mail or express.
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