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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1888
Page
3
A fragment notes an entry marked Second Class at the Post Office. The brief item indicates an official filing or mailing status without additional context or dates. The readable facts point to classification rather than action or recipients.
Col S B Kase, Philadelphia railroad man turned defense witness, recounts meeting J B Conklin the New York medium in Washington in 1862. Conklin allegedly delivered a letter for President Lincoln from the spirit world and instructed delivery in person. Lincoln reportedly invited Conklin to discuss spiritualism, signaling the era's odd blend of politics and mysticism.
Col Kase recounts a Lincoln era séance at Mrs Laurie's Alexandria home where a fifteen year old medium Nettie Maynard purportedly channeled a moral demand for universal freedom and emancipation. The account notes Lincoln’s prior openness to divine guidance and his eventual Emancipation Proclamation. The tale ends with the medium’s trance memory and a piano that inexplicably moved during a post séance test.
The excerpt blends literary sales, nautical and archaeological finds, theater statistics, and a vivid cultural vignette. It notes Mrs Stowe and Habberton among top sellers, Albatross ice gathering in Eyre Sound, a Boston buried treasure discovery with ancient cannons, U.S. theater figures, and a detailed depiction of a bandana's cultural symbolism.
A New York bemused profile captures a woman who crafts obituary verses for grieving clients. She describes herself as a lightning rhymer who mounts prices from three to twenty five dollars, with a notable $50 memorial ode for a widower’s dead bride. She cites customers ranging from a washerwoman to old men and mothers, who find solace in her rhymed tributes.
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