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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1894
Page
3
A humorous verse about a bachelor pro tem left in charge of a home. The wife away, he neglects chores as shirts and socks litter the floor, dishes pile up, and the parlor stays unswept, giving the house a musty air. A lighthearted warning that when she returns life won’t be play.
A tired frog at an old deep well meets a tempting lizard who lures him with tales of a better life. The frog, flattered by promises of beauty and escape, slips into the well and cannot climb out. Hours pass until a wooden pail lowers him to safety, leaving him wiser but unchanged.
A collage of romantic quips and droll exchanges from a Washington Star style page. A girl tests words and meanings while lovers exchange light bragging and half-truths, with playful banter on lies in love and trust.
The article surveys current fashion in ladies accessories including flowers for sprays used as ball pins, decorative side combs in tortoise shell and horn with silver or gilt, and new enamel stick pins shaped as flowers daisies and more. It notes a rising popularity and affordable prices for these items.
A dated collection details currant sherbet, blackberry jam, frozen watermelon, brandied blackberries, and spiced blackberries. Instructions cover sugar syrups, boiling times, cutting fruit, freezing with ice salt, and spice blends including cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.
The itemized list includes gowns crepe with tiny flowers, silk gloves, os trich plumed hats, high sailor hats, lace-trimmed jackets, celluloid belts, and parasols. Other briefs report the annual photographers convention in St. Louis, mine strikes in Ha zelton, a small pox outbreak in Mountain Grove, extreme heat in Iowa, a Montreal hay firm collapse, political nominations, and various accidents and crimes across the country.
Wednesday July 25 markets steady with mixed quotes across provisions vegetables fruits and miscellaneous goods. Detailed prices include hams bacon lard canned fruits flour feed and dairy with numerous brand names and measurements across meats dairy produce and staple commodities.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for infants and children. It claims to calm fussiness and colic, ease gas pains, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhoea, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis announces Improvement Resolutions 142 143 144 and 146 for grading paving and curb work on alley east of Delaware Street Georgia Street Illinois to Kentucky Capitol Meridian and Pennsylvania to Delaware Streets. Plans and specifications are on file. A hearing date Friday August 18 1894 at 10 am will allow objections before final action.
A reader laments not finding the work Wild Flowers of America in shops asserting it cannot be bought at a bankstore or other retailer. The note appears from The Sun office expressing disappointment and seeking guidance.
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