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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1888
Page
3
The Sun details subscription rates for outside-city and in-city deliveries, with annual, semiannual, and monthly figures, plus carrier and newsdealer information. A quoted Detroit Free Press scene follows, featuring a man and woman in a moralizing exchange about illness, town trips, and social appearances, ending with a humorous twist on domestic deception.
I stepped from the car and met Bowser who dragged me shopping for baby aprons. Amid friendly chatter a parade of neighbors arrives, each commenting on illness and misfortune while Bowser pushes sales, until a string of misunderstandings unravels and social ties surface in a brisk downtown spree.
A survey of prominent people and events includes John O Gray of Albia Iowa said to have served as a 16 year old drummer at Waterloo. Dartmouth professor Parker and daughter travel via Constantino ple. Gov Beaver donates 1000 to a ministerial relief fund. Sir John Lubbock reports new ant species from Africa. knollys names daughter Louvima. Dr Furness, a Shakespeare scholar, lives in Philadelphia. Count Cipriani’s Baltimore heir. Bishop Fowler’s legal training aids his bishopric. General Sherman mourns Sheridan’s illness. Browning active at 76. recent Lincoln luncheon features spring green decor and tambourine name cards.
A Paris landscape in insects demonstrates vast color realism using 35 000 beetle specimens and 4 000 insect varieties. Rome near Ponte Fabricio yields terra cotta busts with openings showing internal organs, seen as dedicatory health gifts. A St Louis bookseller sold college library rejects, one volume later bought by a college rep for 33. The Garden of Helen is claimed to be in Central America.
An eastern correspondent profiles women who speculate with brokers in New York, describing a class of charming but frail investors who mix pleasure with finance. The death of Nathaniel Hatch exposes a pattern of nighttime meetings at French tables and Delmonico’s, where seduction and tips fuel risky bets. The piece warns of ruined homes, damaged families, and calls for caution, while noting some women prosper quietly away from society’s gaze.
A request seeking a 10 word advertisement for help, to be inserted in The Sun free of charge, noting gender as Male or Female. This brief is informal and primarily procedural.
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