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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1891
Page
3
A Buffalo Commercial poem evaluates gender contrasts in love and devotion. It contrasts a woman bound to a single heart with a man who loves himself, asserting lifelong fidelity as a feminine ideal versus male self-absorption. The verse dramatizes sorrow, social judgment, and personal yearning in a late 19th century voice.
Mr. Friendless Outcast wanders Broadway with a borrowed suit and $2 bill, beset by debts and a looming $48.52 club notice. Hoping for Peggy Peachblow’s birthday, he bets on Caprice at The Hickory Club, racing to fix a gift as she faces a life of speculation and flirtation with a richer rival.
A Lewiston man who divorced and remarried recalls a hotel veranda bow to a stranger who is revealed to be his former wife and later notes a man she once knew. Edison shares a comic tale of weather and a Sunday drink mix up with a hotel clerk offering a Kodak instead.
A chatty slice from a Bath schoolyard scene and frantic home tips mix with fashion and household advice. The piece weaves a measles interruption with a boy’s plea for a fellow misfit, plus kitchen tricks, broom care, hair brush guidance, fashion notes, and brief statistics.
A Clyde Ohio report notes bail stones as large as goose eggs falling during Thursday’s storm. Several wrecks are reported in Chicago linked to the same storm. A list of notable items follows including the death of historian Dr. Benson J. Losaing of Poughkeepsie, an upcoming execution of the Japanese murderer Jaguiro in New York, and Cincinnati based Eckstein white lead company liability at $130,000. The piece also mentions Barnum’s body possibly being exhumed and cremated, and politics and society gossip from New York City and Boston about Fred May, Edward Bellamy, and shifts in Bellamy’s residence.
A sensational ad from a late 19th century medical dispensary argues that people avoid responsibility for illness due to self blame while promoting a radical cure. It touts Dr. Hale's Dispensary in Indianapolis with promises of private consultations, mail treatment, and testimonials from patients in Greencastle and Indianapolis.
The Bertgains offer this week items for sale including a Halley and Davis guitar piano at 100 dollars a new organ at 65 dollars and a second-hand high top organ at 35 dollars.
Train numbers 22 and 23 listed with departures and arrivals for Anderson Muncie and other routes. The fragment also mentions arriving from Cincinnati and other locations, with unclear times and destinations due to OCR damage.
Cor Ohio and Pennsylvania Streets offers pianos and organs for rent at prices cheaper than any other shop in the city.
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