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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1891
Page
3
The verses reflect a lone woman’s enduring sorrow as years and seasons pass without easing her pain. She clings to memories and scents from the past, while time's cycles offer no comfort. The speaker notes her grief follows her through all years, a constant companion until her own day arrives.
In a rural store a withered undertaker named Plodkin recounts a Christmas eve tale of a starving woman with money hidden in a vase. The crowd, including the storekeeper Seth Smith and town officials, lean in as Plodkin narrates the chilling discovery and the vow to see the woman buried decently.
Prcdkin’s dramatic recital sways a room as a widow’s tale of missing kin and a buried $100 unsettles the crowd. Sol Martin, the town clerk, folds away the night’s stark story with a jab at “highfalutin” words before departing into the cold.
A miscellany reports lower English consumption deaths since 1861, Monte Carlo profits and Monaco royalties, Prussian army suicide tallies, Italian army duel discipline, Paris housing for workers with 6,000 planned homes, and a home eye care method using water and a coin in a bowl to strengthen sight.
A garbled page piece mentions Sara Wuggles at the shore and a jokey exchange as breakers roar. It also cites diverse odd facts about baldness myths, Hebrews in Gotham, dogs of Queen Victoria, and a misattributed English panel remark about Charles Harrison.
There is uneasiness among street car workers who stand long hours in harsh Indiana weather. Suffering colds and catarrh may lead to rheumatism or kidney trouble, causing irritability and gloom. Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure, a non opiate stimulant aiding digestion and throat relief, is recommended and sold by all druggists. Sylvan Remedy Company, Peoria, Ill.
A jumble of brief notes from Columbus to Virginia and Wisconsin reports jurors in Elliott trial still hanging on to a decision while other items note deadly accidents in Missouri, fires and losses in Blair Wisconsin and Midland Texas, and a fatal shooting in Springfield Ohio.
Mrs Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis plan a Narragansett Pier visit staying at St Elmo cottage with Mr Hayes family. A 17 year old Brooklyn girl arsonist explains she set six fires for the blaze she loves. A Lewiston woman waltzes into a photographer’s gallery to have her portrait drawn. A Paris bound American bride, formerly Miss Jaffrey, is described as the tallest, most amazonian figure seen in the city with a dazzling trousseau. Paris society watches with interest.
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