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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1894
Page
3
A playful but chaotic poem recounts a visitor, the narrator's wife’s brother, causing mischief at home and in the park. The unnamed child, a cat, a hat, a nail clock, and a police report all appear in comic rhymes as the seven day stay unfolds before the departure tomorrow.
A Detroit hotel crowd entertainment ends in sharp rebuke as an alderman accuses a boastful fisherman of lying about perch and bass catches. The exchange escalates when a boastful claim about a two pound pike provokes anger and a threat to public reputation. Local debate highlights trust and honesty in public life.
A collection of aphorisms and social observations from the Atchison Globe reflecting views on pride superstition marriage and social behavior. Witty remarks compare male and female attitudes toward ceremony arrival and expectations.
The Sun office will block all coupons for Halligan Worlds Fair back numbers during the next two weeks. A brief comic exchange from Life and Free Press is quoted, followed by a recipe for Eagle cake and a Beotch cake instruction with details on ingredients and bake times.
A Wilton boy 12 with white hair can wag his ears solo or together while reciting the alphabet backward. Inmates at Kankakee asylum imagine sardine feet and others sleep 20 years without speaking. Maple Valley reports a white Leg Horn chick mistaken for a lost hatchling attacked by robins as a white eyed pink-eyed robin found.
Miss Fanny Edwards, an 18 year old Louisville evangelist, is fined ten dollars for placing a bent pin on a neighbor’s pew seat in a millinery feud. The tale ties to social fashions as hair and headwear trends shift toward straighter styles and bandeaus.
The Buffalo Express notes the old palace roses in Rome show rich color and scent. A gardener’s root feeding with beef tea allegedly boosts beauty and aroma, an idea he devised. The Sun announces coupon cuts for The Wild Flowers of America starting June 15 with a sample at the Sun office.
A clipped wartime miscellany asserts England faces sailor shortages while Germany assigns eight female colonels and Austria relies on expert telegraph operators. It also notes whimsical claims that whisky comes from grass and wine from potatoes.
A collage of brief items: Kansas nominates Maj. E N Morrill for governor. a Minneapolis cruiser test runs at 21.75 knots. Salvadorian rebels loot La Libertad met by Bennington’s marines. Dr J F Stone tarred and feathered in Newport News.
Dr Edson warns that fast living in New York shortens life through overwork and stimulants. The piece explains indigestion as a root of nervous illness and premature death and touts Paskola as a pre digested food that aids digestion and restores appetite. It is sold by druggists with literature from the Pre Digested Food Company of New York.
Market report shows steady prices with declines in cucumbers. Lists numerous meat cuts dried beef hams bacon sausage lard and pickled meats with prices. vegetables fruits and groceries feature including potatoes onions tomatoes and oils. Ends with seed oats hay and grains prices.
Notices warn readers to present AUL coupons for back issues of Hatligan Worlds Fair at The Sun offices during the next two weeks.
When you feel bilious or after heavy meals these tiny sugar coated pills smooth digestion. The pellets act on the liver and claim to relieve constipation jaundice bilious headaches sour stomach indigestion and other liver stomach and bowel disorders.
N M L Hopes Esp of Laketown Rich Co claims to have been cured of chronic catarrh after using six bottles of Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. The statement asserts a permanent recovery and notes the remedy’s effectiveness.
Historical OCR fragment describes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup marketed for teething children. It asserts it calms the child, relieves wind and colic, and claims to be the best remedy for various ailments. The text is garbled but centers on a traditional patent medicine claim.
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