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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1888
Page
3
A clipped OCR item notes The Sun entered at the eehencea as second class er, indicating a historic mailing or paper classification. The readable fragment points to a formal designation but lacks full context or dates.
In Pigeonville Ralph Medoway wooes Elvira Merriweather, the judge's daughter, but she rejects a shotgun marriage to stay in her social station. Disappointed, Ralph seeks a housekeeper while rumors swirl about the old ridge where he has struck ore, now valued at ten thousand dollars. The Widow Plover and Posy Browne react as the tale turns on mineral wealth and social climbing.
A village romance unfolds as Posy Browne is pressed by the widow to prepare tea for a planned visit. Ralph Medoway secretly wins Posy and reveals they will wed, altering local fortunes and prompting family rebukes before a new life together at Sassafras Ridge. The column also notes assorted society items, curiosities, and regional news.
A New York Mail column notes trends in fashion and home goods with phrases on Japanese sleeping mats, puffed sleeves, spider leg penmanship, matting rugs, low waistcoats, tennis blazers, college colors on dresses, high black hats, and Mikado paper fans. It closes with a small classified note inviting old items for sale, offering a 10 word notice for 40 cents and pricing for longer ads.
In a brief classified notice, a seller offers rooms full of secondhand items including a bed set stove and clothing and invites buyers through a 10 word notice for 20 cents weekly in TunSoun Extix.
A sensational letter from Indianapolis dated May 12 1888 describes a condemned man Fle reborn at a sanitarium at 80 Circle Street where he claims a new lease on life after treatment. The document includes endorsements from Prof C G McComb Co and a nervous dyspepsia sufferer W R Watson praising the treatment and offering inquiries.
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