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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1893
Page
3
Fragment of a poem recalling enduring ties from youth. The speaker notes no friends compare to old companions, who linger in memory as time passes and joys return like a lingering scent. The piece evokes nostalgia, affection, and the pull of shared days.
In a Paris studio Maurice Lenoir, once near ruin, finds purpose after embracing a starving yellow kitten. The cat becomes his muse and market, transforming poverty into fame as he paints in many cat poses. The feline saves his life and finances his art.
A Detroit Free Press report recounts a Chicago businessman famed for speed and profit. The drummer notes the executive signs papers while dictating to stenographers, claiming earning ten dollars a minute and passing up a dollar left under his desk.
A satirical stream of questions mocks summer leisure and high society. It playfully ponders timing of chores and engagements, debts, fame, fashion, and moral postures, ending with a broad jab at modern life’s absurdities and heat.
A column humorously contrasts female tropes from proverbs to modern marriage schemes. It cites a Atchison girl praised abroad as statuesque beauty, warns about autograph seekers, and notes life insurance and marriage as paths to fortune, reflecting modern anxieties about women and social status.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note discusses alum in bread tests and a caterer’s tip on coffee. It explains how to test bread with a hot knife, warns about alum in whitened loaves, and gives coffee cream pouring advice to avoid curdling.
A fragmentary dialogue references a grandma drawer and a latchkey once owned by a grandfather. The scene touches on reminiscence and a lesson on volubility, humorously linking driving pace to a car driver behind schedule.
Instructions describe making blotter ink stain remover using thick blotting paper steeped in oxalic acid solution to lift ink. A breakfast custard recipe follows with three eggs, milk, sugar, bread crumbs, vanilla or almond flavoring. bake until firm in a hot oven.
A revived taste for accordion pleating dominates current style notes. Stoned olives become a quirky fashionable tidbit while a pronounced summer dapple showcases imitation hat pins in a straw hat. A silk shirt with a linen collar signals Anglo-maniac extravagance in dress.
A patent medicine claim promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for tired or run down women and various female ailments. It promises to build strength, improve digestion, enrich blood, restore sleep, and cure chronic weariness with money-back terms. The wording emphasizes safety, natural function regulation, and permanent relief for ulcers, displacements, bearing down, and irregularities.
Daily cholera cases reach three in Naples as labor leader Powderly plans to resign and study law. A Boston Typographical Union applauds Altgeld for brave acts. Memphis sheriff suspended for failing to protect a Black man from lynchers. Weir City miners exchange fire with guards with no fatalities. Militiamen in Sea Girl, New Jersey, fall ill from tainted cups. none dead. Fire damages Ohio storage plant, 300000 loss. Robber Mast commits assault. later hangs himself in jail. Bradford & Church fail. depositors totaling 30000. Charity fund dispute over Columbus descendant claims. Multiple factories shut down across Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Jamaica, Brooklyn. Public notices solicit adv.
OCR excerpt lists numerous price points for produce, meats, dairy, and canned goods, including sugar, pork, apples, potatoes, corn, beans, cheese, butter, and fish. It notes market firmness and wide ranges in items like lard, flour, oats, salmon, and poultry, reflecting a dense, belt-wide grocery market page.
Dr Jordan the well known throat and lung physician at 26 West Washington street warns lung disease or consumption rises from la grippe and heart strain. His Lung Renovator is marketed by druggists across America Canada England Germany France Italy and Chili.
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