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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1888
Page
3
The notice states publication details for a daily newspaper printed at the THE SUN Building located at 79 East Ohio Street, with Sunday issue excluded.
A village buzzes over Belle Houston’s leap year engagement to Peregrine Weld a fisherman's son barely out of school. Neighbors swirl rumors while Miss Newsmore and Mrs Littledo track the romance from its florists to the church pews. The couple’s public display and the sermon’s ambiguous reception fuel speculation about social hopes and parental pride.
The article describes a spring wedding in Fairbay with Miss Houston and Peregrine Weld. Spectators fill roads and church as Miss Newsmore discovers the ceremony miscast by a rival plan. The scene includes family intrigue, mistaken betrothals, and a crowded church with emotional reactions and humorous remarks.
A collage of 1880s political chatter notes Depew's ambivalence toward a candidacy, while Thurman and Logan family intrigue surface in lay candid commentary. Anecdotes cover Alger consideration, Dolliver's Chicago praise, and a fashionable aside on Londonish etiquette from the New York Mail.
A dense list of train services including express and accommodation trains. Entries mention New Orleans L D, Louisville and Madison lines, St Louis Mail, Terre Haute, Cincinnati, New York Express, Atlanta Express, Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway, and various daily or Sunday only services with times and connections.
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