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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1888
Page
3
Daily publication line notes distribution from The Sun Building at 79 East Ohio Street and confirms second class matter status at the post office.
In a domestic duel spiced with wit, Mrs. Merrion flouts her husband’s chiding on dancing with Mr. Harland. A mistaken disguise leads to a comic reunion, and both admit fault, promising better behavior as they plan dinner together and resume flirtations with new caution.
A collage of brief notices and anecdotes from 19th century figures including Jeff Davis turning eighty, Richard Spofford ill in Boston, Grant's birthplace log cabin touring Cincinnati, Joseph Jefferson visiting Buzzard's Bay, Harvard scholars debuting in European languages, and various lectures marriages and imperial obsessions. The collection blends high society, diplomacy, science, and culture with sharp portraits of prominent individuals and institutions.
A collage of humorous quotes notes minor jests from papers such as the Picayune Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph New York Tribune and others. It ranges from remarks on truth versus beauty to opinions on fashion accents and local animal classifications. The items mix political satire theatrical hints and light social observations reflecting late nineteenth or early twentieth century newspaper wit.
A Pittsburg Dispatch collection debunks false claims about everyday items. It notes that catgut comes from sheep entrails, tuberose is not a rose, Pompey’s pillar lacks historical ties to Pompey, whalebone isn’t bone, Cleopatra’s needle isn’t tied to Cleopatra, Turkish baths aren’t originally Turkish, black lead is carbon and iron, German silver lacks silver, Brazilian graia isn’t grown in Brazil, Burgundy pitch is rosin, sealing wax contains Venice turpentine shellac and cinnabar, and cuttle-bone is chalk from fossilized cuttlefish.
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