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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1894
Page
3
Beau L. Pattonton captures a nocturnal mood in June with the South and moonlight. The speaker sits on a veranda, smoke rising from a Havana as night breathes and bells ring. The scene shifts to wind, river, hills, and a poised sense of awakening in the quiet, a widowed night inviting the moon to glow.
A destitute man trudges through a city on Christmas Eve carrying gifts for his siblings. He dies before reaching a deserted outskirts house after seeking shelter, leaving a city warden to note a long abandonment and a yearned return unfulfilled.
Mr Billus confronts a boy delivering handbills for an auction and demands no bills at his house. The boy refuses, threatens to scatter the mail, and stays to finish the job. Billus offers a silver dollar to stop the campaign, and the boy accepts before fleeing.
The column describes a traditional Irish beef stew with chunks of roast beef bones carrot turnip onion and potatoes with optional flour thickening and mashed potato wall. It then notes Cherry dumplings and announces the six finger club claim that 2173 people have six fingers on a hand and one person has eight, per Lyon Republican.
Harriet Beecher Stowe reflects on truth and patience, noting that hard truths spur improvement and that disagreeable people keep promises only sometimes. She warns against overestimating what others can accomplish and asserts that great achievements were once deemed impossible.
Reports list Lord Chief Justice Coleridge's death in London at age 73. the American railway union aiding Pullman strikers. Hong Kong plague death toll at 5 700. President sails to Chesapeake Bay for health. Mentions of political runs, fatal balcony collapse in Philadelphia causing deaths and injuries.
A Letter from Rev. A P Beebe reports dramatic relief from long-standing stomach trouble after using Paskola a pre digested starch product. The Rev and his wife enjoy renewed appetite and vitality, crediting a pamphlet found under a string for introducing the remedy and urging others to try it. The ad promotes Paskola as a pre digested food from the Pre digested Food Co New York.
Markets steady with price shifts in provisions and a broad listing of meats lard and canned goods. Prices cover smoked hams sugar cured meats bacon lard dried beef and various pickled and fresh pork products alongside vegetables fruits seeds and groceries with regional and vendor references.
Six coupons are issued for Ameriss photographs and a local price is noted. The text specifies exclusions for residents outside the city and mentions a price and counting of coupons. The fragment is incomplete but indicates a local promotional offer.
Lawful restrictions prohibit any person from connecting or reconnecting with gas mains or service pipes of any gas supplier. Interfering with valves stopcocks appliances or enlarging mixer orifices is forbidden. The ruling covers persons, companies and corporations connected to gas service or pipes.
Notice asks holders to present all back-number coupons at the Bun office within the next two weeks.
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