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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1892
Page
4
A fragmentary exchange questions immediate travel and potential long stay. The speaker addresses Jack and Haddone, hinting at mixed feelings and possible travel intentions without concrete details. The tone suggests uncertainty and domestic hesitation.
A stylish Parisian looking woman enters a Fulton Street dry goods store and clashes with a dapper clerk over shirt sizes. After misreading a 19 inch measurement as 36, she dimisses the clerk, then backs down when confronted with the reality that shirts are measured by collar size.
The excerpt surveys female earnings in London trades such as bag making and shirt sewing, notes elopement customs for married women, and discusses jaundice linked to movable kidney in Dr White’s London case. It also quotes Boston dealer F L Ashton praising tripe leather and reveals Tiffany and jewelry houses buying New Jersey tripe product for luxury goods.
A reflective column notes gendered views on cowardice discretion and aging. It warns women to remain polite, recalls how men plan worldly affairs while failing to finish them, and observes how lovers’ thoughts drift. The piece cites the Atchison Globe as the source.
Practical domestic tips on preserving flowers with soda in water, avoiding rope kinks by boiling, lime to keep air dry, soda for tinware cleaning, lemon and sugar for sore throat, mending socks with net for strength, and ammonia whiting paste for cleaning zinc surfaces.
A geologist injures his thumb while breaking off a piece of gneiss and swears. The scene shifts to a string of comic quips and misheard lines from various papers, including a fake festival note and playful quips about boiling river water, all presented as a jumble of humorous snippets.
An advertisement extols a blood medicine’s curative claims for torpid liver, impure blood, scrofula, skin diseases, and more. It asserts universal efficacy and guarantees refunds if customers are not benefited, arguing that payment equals value received and that other products cannot match its purported results.
Heat deaths reach forty six in New York Friday with thirty two in nearby cities. A storm damages South Dakota crops as Bristol Tennessee killer Fierce is captured by a blood-stained 2 bill. Tolton Hall Kentucky desperado sentenced to hang. Sioux City saloon to near 25 cent whisky. Weevada guardsmen resign over Homestead punishment. Stanford University faces dormitory cost hikes and poor meals. La Tournines cuts Havre to New York record time. An old recipe explains chicken pie with feet broth and gelatine rich gravy.
A dated set of household hints explains placing a water dish in the oven to prevent scorching while cakes bake. It also advises using kerosene on cloth to remove burnt grease spots and suggests washing fish under water to keep scales from flying, then discarding them in the slop pail or compost.
An old advertisement advises readers that morning stiffness from a night cold signals rheumatism and urges use of Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure. It warns against sleeping in drafts and slipping clothing, claiming one or two doses cure early symptoms, with bottles priced 25 and 60 cents.
A lettered testimonial page touts Drs Stackhouse and Newlin offering a treatment for catarrh with promises of cure in a single month. It cites former patients including Joseph Mack and Myra Hodkett, praising improvements after care at 203 N Illinois Ave Indianapolis. The ad urges readers to seek medicine via mail and notes hours and free medicines.
Readable OCR shows a bustling price list for meats, canned goods, produce and farm supplies. It lists beef hams, lard, fresh pork, canned peaches and pineapple, vegetables, spices, oils, and feed with prices and weights, reflecting a busy city market scene.
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