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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1888
Page
4
Daily except Sunday publication details at 79 East Ohio Street Building note of post office registration as second class matter lists subscription rates for readers.
Miriam Leigh contends with a broken pink cameo fragment tied to her watch chain as Arthur points to a possible suitor. Mrs Quintard nudges Miriam toward Ogden Haight while other guests note a bearded man who may be a match. The scene unfolds on a grand hotel piazza with social maneuvering and hints of a shipwreck and lost lover.
A long scattered column notes Maitland Morse’s survival and Miriam Leigh’s reversion to Miriam Morse after a shipwreck tale. It retells varied items from fiction figures to public figures: Delphine Parker plans a Jerusalem Christian newspaper. Johann Strauss shifts to grand operas. Ingersoll head to Tennessee. a Nashville remark on Mrs Polk. a Georgia legal case about a man’s $10000 damages.
A column highlights fashion with 128 dresses at Long Branch and a seaside revival. It satirically quotes Samuel Wheelock seeking to sell his wife for cash or a horse and notes German divorce ease. Other items discuss gypsies in West Virginia, a stolen-appearing child, a callous rich woman, and a wild girl found in Louisiana as citizens seek to civilize her.
Field, Forest and Stream reports curious items from around the world. Florida coast locals discuss a potential turtle cannery. Galena reports two pure white robins from a redbreast nest. England sees a salmon fishers pet with salmon body tail and haddock head. Ohio hosts dens of wild dogs near Yellow Springs. California stock attempts show lobsters thriving in Monterey bay after shipment from Wood’s Hall Massachusetts. The Sun offers 10 word notices for 30c weekly or 3 days for 15c to gain customers.
Timbermont newspaper runs a compact secondhand sale notice offering to purchase bedroom sets stoves clothing and other used articles at good prices. Advertised rate includes ten words for eighty pence weekly with extra words charged per insertion.
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