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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1892
Page
3
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution echoes a poetic cottage image with romantic symmetry, reference to impending fall, and a price line of twenty dollars by the week. The text blends nautical imagery, poetry, and period voice, showing a literary ad tone from the era.
A child Teddy recalls a Barnum show menagerie and a plan for a “happy family” cage with cats dogs mice birds and a monkey. Teddy and Ben misassemble the cage causing chaos with Muff Fido and the blue pigeon, ending in a failed experiment and a sober supper. Also notes Indiana county superintendents meet June 14–17, Parrott & Taggart bakery water cut, and licensure crackdowns for city dogs.
A fragment notes Virafore Gilbert claims authorship of the tune Ta-ra-ra boom de ay. The text also references rights and social themes about respect for a new baby in a household and mentions varied opinions on fame and fortune.
A Minneapolis resident wears 600 dollars worth of artificial legs and arms. A Denver home for inebriates is mockingly called a jag asylum. Eighteen London theaters host divine services on Sunday. New York opens a 2 million dollar hotel with head cook Xenophon Kuzemierski. Chicago invitations commonly end with K B P D Q in polite society.
The report lists varied events across the United States including Osage troubles near Guthrie, Pittsburg smallpox cases, a Philadelphia typographical union meeting, a Towanda lumbermen riot with two policemen hurt, and a San Francisco launch of the Pacific mail steamer Peru. It also notes lynching, train wrecks, a gold haul under a Nevada home, multiple motor and electric-car accidents, and thefts from Adams express shipments amid other sensational items.
Practical home remedies are shared for burns and stomach ailments using eggs with or without sugar. The note mentions Wackberg patches blooming in New Jersey and California cherries on stands. Local ads promote Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Mothers Winslow’s Syrup, Sloan’s Emulsion, Dreher Watches, Chapman Mullally jewelry, and a beer sale at 135 E Wash St with flower items from Brtermann Bros.
The June 13 market page lists smoked meats, bacon, sausage, lard, fresh pork, and various produce. It notes prices for beans, peas, berries, citrus, fruits, canned goods, dairy, cheeses, and oils. Trade includes groceries, flour, meal, seeds, and poultry with regional price variations across Indiana and California suppliers.
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