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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1894
Page
3
A rustic verse from the Detroit Free Press extols May with vivid nature imagery. It speaks of seagulls, violets, and dancing fields, inviting readers to share in heart’s delight during the merry month of May.
A lurid old-time note describes a slow deadly poison drip from a vial marked with a skull and crossbones. The scene centers on a grim threat and a warning sign, evoking a dark, cautionary mood. The fragment hints at a character named Algator Sam executing a revenge plot in a waterfront or tavern setting.
In Thompson Street a fatal moonshine plot ends in murder as Alligator Sam poisons Weinerwurst Jake with a drink at the Killmnequick saloon during a May ball. Mrs. Alligator Sam silently aids the scheme before Sam dies on the floor, and Jake survives to insist the party continues.
Dissolve a gelatine half a box in cold water then juice and rind of one lemon and sugar. Add boiling water, strain, and cool. Whip egg whites stiff and fold in. Mix in strawberries, mold and chill with sweet cream served.
A book agent fails to sell an encyclopedia to a Franklin Ford politician. A temperance meeting in a Pennsylvania city features a full-blooded African American pastor who compares himself to a huckleberry in milk. Thos L Hames in Louisville mocks traveling show monkeys captured from the Isthmus of Panama by coconut trap and string, then seized by captors.
Tid-Bits notes inane superstitions in German towns about engagements marked by bells, drovers claiming a lying sheep weighs more, and a wren killed breaking a bone before night. The Philadelphia Record mocks women printing faces more than men painting noses, while a clover leaf keeps watch at dusk. In Syria, visitors remove shoes at doors while caps stay on.
A Syracuse News note describes decor trends with a mock-earnest tone. It lists fashionable colors such as brownish pink called clover color and fish flower blue, as well as chic trifles like large cord chains drapery pins and pocket neisseras.
A collage of era events: a Chicago maid buys goods she cannot use, calls over a cyclone cellar, while Duke Pullman resists arbitration in a tariff dispute. Reports mention a Boston police corruption crusade, a Versailles mass meeting pressuring Breckinridge, elopement from an asylum, and various skirmishes and scandals including a shooting attempt, a prison breakout, and brawls at Dickinson College.
F W Douglas spoke at the Y M C A Sunday on Good cheer. Water mains ordered on Greenwood street to Tenth street. Old soldiers league meets in Thomas post hall Sunday. Comrades and W R C ladies invited. Indiana fish commission to appoint deputies for Marion county at Friday night meeting.
A health article argues that thinness signals illness and promotes fat gain through proper, easily digested nutrition. It favors starches over fats, explains digestion roles, and presents Paskola as a digested starch aid to help consumptives and thin people gain weight and improve health.
A leading New York physician warns that malaria germs spread through air and water. He urges vigilance, avoiding iced drinks and foul air, and recommends Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a preventive stimulant against fevers and malaria.
A speaker reports his wife suffered dry catarrh for a decade with sneezing causing body soreness. After using Crescent Salve, she was entirely cured, and her sister near Broad Ripple is now experiencing the same relief.
Citizens praise Crescent Salve in Indianapolis letters dated June 4 1503 describing cures for piles eczema salt rheum chilblains and sore skin. Testimonies from W C Davin Scott Baker Wallach James Sanders Frank A Wooty George Wat and others claim rapid relief and permanent cures, urging publication and orders.
Travelers register changes indicate trains will run from Union Station on and after Sunday May 27 1994 in Central Standard Time with departures from Union Station on South Union Street and arrivals detailed in the notice.
Train times across divisions for Sunday May 27 show departures and arrivals at Indianapolis Union Station. Chicago East, West, Louis, Cleveland Indianapolis, Michigan, and Peoria divisions provide specific leaves such as 7:10 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and arrivals around 9:40 a.m. to 10:36 a.m. All times reflect adjusted daily timetable changes and are signed by Bronson A G P A.
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