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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1894
Page
3
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note contrasts grim complaints with a brighter view as spring flowers and robins appear. The piece urges replacing sorrow with renewal and light in a world shown as troubled yet hopeful.
Valerie Crofton overhears Carl Danforth's infatuation with Mrs Stonehill and faces guilt and public judgment. After a near-fatal pistol act by Danforth, doctors reassure him, and he and Valerie reconcile, learning a harsh lesson about vanity and restraint.
A hungry narrator recalls begging on a dusk street when a kind old man gives money, only for the shock of discovering it is a bath check. The passage then shifts to a recipe for a layered gelatine mold with fruit and nuts, detailing steps from soaking to chilling.
The clipping lists varied items from 19th century America including a carpenters strike near Cincinnati, 500 homeopathists in Denver, Galvin’s army marching to the Pacific, a Salem mass wedding to a Japanese man, a Philadelphia plan to bring French phones, a Chicago petition to read Bible portions in schools, and a Coxeyite agitation in Big SpringsNebraska. It also notes a Kingston New York haunted jog house, a guilty verdict for Erastus Wimano, tariff critique by Gov Flower, anti suffrage activist editor Brown being mobbed in Kingman Kansas, and a populist convention incident with a Mother Hubbard gown procession.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood cleanser for scrofula skin and scalp diseases. It lists scrofula eczema tetter salt rheum erysipelas boils carbuncles enlarged glands tumors and swellings as conditions supposedly cured permanently.
A testimonial letter from Pierce in Genesee County commends Dr Preece and the Golden Medical Discovery. The writer cites eczema ulcers on legs prior dropsy after grip and claims complete recovery after using the remedy.
An old advertisement proposes Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the syrup soothes pain, softens gums, cures wind colic, and relieves diarrhea, priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Washington reports a surge of concern over the rising death rate among public figures linked to Brights disease. Notable cases include ex-Postmaster General Frank Hatton and others, with testimonies praising Warner’s Safe Cure as a remedy, claiming renewed health and longevity.
The Saturday June 16 market section shows steady conditions with a long price list for provisions and produce. It details smoked meats, bacon, sausages, pickled meats, lard, fresh pork, vegetables, canned fruits, flours, seeds, oils, dairy, poultry, butter, salt, coffees, sugars, canned vegetables, and grains with specific brands and weights. Numerous named items appear, including Empire Moore Morgan & Gray Southern Furits and various regional price points.
Dr J S Dean locates permanently at his new office and treats piles fistula rupture asthma hydrocele lost manhood stricture and kidney bladder diseases with marked success without detaining patients from business. Consultation free prices reasonable office hours nine to twelve a m and one thirty to four thirty p m seven to eight p m
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces the planned enhancement of Illinois Street sidewalks from Fall Creek bridge to Uath Street. Cement paving to six feet width, grading where needed, per Resolution No. 116 1894. Remonstrances may be filed by July 2 1894 at 10 a.m. Final hearing and action to follow at the Board’s office. J A Wildman Andrew Krasier F J Mey & Board of Public Works.
Public Works Board of Indianapolis adopts Declaratory Resolution 20 117 1894 to vacate a twenty foot wide strip on the east side of Peru Street from Walnut to St Clair, detailing the tract, affected properties, and a hearing set for July 2 1894 to receive remonstrances.
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