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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1892
Page
3
A naval longing poem fragment by Frank L. Stanton asks captains to sight a beloved ship lost at sea. The speaker pleads for a message to reach home, envisioning sailors scanning horizons under sun or storm while a lone morning sea murmurs of the drowned.
Uncle Dan'l recounts in dialect how planked shad came to be named from an accident at General Washington's era. A fire scorched the bacon and shad near the cabin, cooking the fish to an unprecedented tenderness and prompting the tale that the white folks’ plank’d shad is really log shad born from a kitchen mishap.
A 50 year old resident born on a Maine island has never left his homeland and built a fortune in the local grocery trade, content to live out his days on a small acre patch. The clipping also mentions a Bath iron works craftsman creating a miniature copper teakettle, plus assorted humorous notes on island storekeepers, animal behavior, and a child’s Sunday school scene.
A niece, Miss Ruth Burnett, is to become a sister of charity. A New York Herald note mentions crocodile goods and crocodile tears as phrases. A spiritualist moves locations easily, needing little to change residence. A California woman annually raises $4,000 in fruit, surpassing Mrs Eve in earnings. Mrs Sherman and Miss Caldwell endowed Catholic causes, receiving papal gold medals.
A roundup of incidents across the Midwest and West notes deaths by suicide in Rockton and a Philadelphia editor's death, spouse shootings in Detroit and Cleveland, and a Chicago couple found dead in a Chicago bed. Snowstorms hit Cheyenne eight inches and Sioux storms. Rail wrecks near Indianola Nebraska and in Kentucky injure dozens. A Colorado mining town is wiped out by a coal oil explosion. Paris fetes highlight floral displays at Bois de Boulogne.
Town news notes Ex-Alderman Isaac P. Thalman is confined to his home after an attack of vertigo. The Woodruff place lawn fete for free kindergarten schools is postponed from June 10 to June 13. Attorney Harry Beck predicts a Republican split with Blaine nominated and Harrison left out, calling it a Democratic year. The State board of agriculture plans a 660 dollar prize display of fruits and garden products at the world’s fair, with prize winners’ exhibits sent to Chicago and special dairy prizes at the state fair.
A World style guide on personal care recommends oatmeal baths vinegar water for mouthwash and frequent hot water foot soaks with salt. It advises eyebrow salt for growth and coconut oil on lashes. A four bath daily routine is mentioned. Then a recipe explains bone a shoulder of lamb coat with lard and cook with stock and peas before serving.
Advertisement pitches Dr Sage s Catarrh Remedy as a perfect permanent cure for catarrh and related headaches and head colds. It warns against irritating snuffs and caustic solutions and promises 500 cash payout if the claim fails.
A June market page catalogs goods and prices across provisions, meats, canned vegetables, fruits, dairy, grains, and feed. It names companies and brands such as Central packing company and Reliable, lists items from smoked meats to lard, canned peaches to canned tomatoes, and shows varied prices for dairy, groceries, and livestock products.
The 1891 Indiana General Assembly act sections declare it unlawful to connect or reconnect gas mains or service pipes without a written permit, to turn on off valves, enlarge mixer orifices, or use gas for heating without mixers. Violations carry fines from five to one hundred dollars. The text also contains garbled advertisement-like insertions about room offers in a separate column.
Daily timetable details show multiple train times and routes including Benton Barber Muncie Cincinnati and Andersen. Ads mention fast vestibuled trains with Wagner Sleepers Buffet Gate Dining cars to Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Cleveland Buffalo New York Albany and Boston. The notice highlights additional Sunday trains and diverse connections.
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