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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1891
Page
3
A garbled poetic fragment describes an awkward afternoon tea scene with a boastful host and unsteady performers including a hoarse tenor and a sick baritone. The speaker notes the soprano is uneasy while the hostess endures the scene.
A Confederate captain steals a WWI style likeness during a year of captivity and revenge. Van Arden, after Richmond imprisonment, leads his regiment into a brutal battle and finally finds the rebel captain dead near a buried trench, the cherished portrait reclaimed as his vengeance.
The article reviews current dress themes with vests, novel jet belts, fringed borders, and rubesn collars in Tantines and negliges. It praises belt usage and materials like soft leather and velvet while noting linen and embroidery details. It closes with a health infomercial for Hood's Sarsaparilla to purge impurities and disease traces.
MM Olszewski reports liquid oxygen is blue not colorless and suggests atmospheric oxygen may tint the sky. The piece notes a London church appeal over debt and various oddities from morgues ads and curiosities, including a tobacco damage ruling in Georgia and a parrot anecdote.
A quirky chronicle recalls Richard offering his throne for a fighting nag, a bold but foolish bid. The tale contrasts wisdom and bravado, with a sardonic nod to daily papers if Sun-like reports existed, and hints at a costly misstep in a tongue in cheek moral about insurance and mindless risk.
The week opened with fires in Border City mills Fall River and Jeffersonville losses estimated at 75000 dollars. A Nashville firm failed liabilities 664056. Notable deaths include Prof Mowbray ex nitro glycerine inventor in North Adams and Gen Albert Blanchard in New Orleans. Tornado south of Louisville caused damage in Kentucky. A shooting and suicides at Beverly and Sterling deaths in Denver and Washington state. A bees incident in Kansas City and drowning rescues near Washington and Chattanooga involve several youths under 13.
The advertisement urges immediate medical treatment for chronic diseases and warns against self treatment. It promotes Dr W H Hale at 2515 W Washington with free consultations and mail or express treatment, claiming thousands of testimonials and a guaranteed radical cure.
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