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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1893
Page
3
A reflective verse excerpt contrasts commercial labor with nature’s freedom. It contrasts the pomp of wealth with sunlight and health, urging sincere toil on the soil. Anne Favior’s line from The Farm Journal valorizes honest farming over worldly display.
A vivid Bowery narrator recounts Miss Fannie and Mr. Burton's wedding with a duchess supervising a language lesson, wrist-deep in humor about wardrobe mischief, a small bottle joke, and a party that moves from New York to Chicago with the duchess, the whaler, and the community in bright, comic detail.
Reliable Recipes offers methods for potato calad with boiled potatoes celery and egg whites, and a chicken and potato dish using butter flour milk and cream. Instructions cover making a rich mashed potato base, piping shapes, and baking briefly for a palatable left over dish.
A American teacher in Japan notes students produce awkward English in stories and translations. Examples include altered fairy tales and proverbs showing literal or misapplied phrases. The anecdotes highlight language challenges and student errors in English learning.
A collection of brief aphorisms and witticisms attributed to different papers. The snippets touch on preaching and those addressed, the link between duty and pleasure, a yeast cake leading to a bigger loaf, and a man insisting on his own way. The tone is terse and reflective, with authors including Cecil Smiles Lowell Courier and Cleveland Plain Dealer referenced.
Turkish toweling in pure white is considered the most correct covering for chairs and couches in the summer sitting room. Toweling shows dirt quickly but can be sent to the washtub, then replaced by fresh toweling that remains daintily attractive.
Practical advice from Good Housekeeping on storing bed blankets for summer involves washing and drying thoroughly. It also suggests placing cloves among folds for freshness. A heel protector made of chamois skin with elastic keeps stockings in place to reduce mending.
In a bold guarantee the makers of Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy announce they will pay $500 if they cannot cure a case of catarrh. The offer emphasizes confidence in their remedy and targets sufferers seeking a risk free trial.
It was 101 in the shade in Washington on Tuesday. Charleston experienced an earthquake at 11 05 p m. An Indianapolis man seeks a chief division post in the secret service. A man jumped before a passenger train in Vevay Park Alabama and was ground to atoms. A rear end collision on the Ninth avenue elevated in New York at 185th street injured several. A New Yorker died in Chicago from injuries after a accident at a hotel. A Chicago lodger committed suicide after sickness. A postal worker in Washington was dismissed after irregular civil service appointment. Madrid endured a massive dynamite blast in front of Castillio’s house with minor injuries to others. Washington officials in Puget Sound district were dismissed for conspiring to smuggle Chinese and opium.
A St Louis Post Dispatch item notes that hair type and color reveal traits from cowardice to resolve and revenge, with straight hair showing weakness and black hair signaling persistence, temperaments linked to brown and auburn shades, and fine hair implying forgiveness and sociability.
Gen Porter retells a friend’s dating scene where a young man declares love on a couch. The couple kiss by a piano lamp as a Lincoln portrait on the wall falls with a dull thud, adding a comic, ironic twist to the moment.
Markets steady as June prices list meats, lard and canned goods, with a long spread of fresh vegetables and fruits. Indiana and California meats and bacon lead the animal products while several brands and varieties populate dry goods and produce sections.
A fragmented rail schedule lists departures from Indianapolis to multiple destinations including Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington Dayton Springfield Martinsville Vincennes Madison Southville Columbus Vincennes and Chicago. Times appear as morning to mid afternoon with multiple routes and connections noted.
Daily schedules list numerous trains serving Kankakee Chicago Lafayette Lawrenceburg Shelbyville Greensburg Cleveland Buffalo New York Boston Anderson Muncie Elkhart Benton Harbor Marion Wabash St Louis Greencastle Terre Haute Union Pacific and other destinations. Times vary by route with departures from early morning to late evening.
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