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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1893
Page
3
Eugene Fisid in Albany Journal presents Lizzie musing on women at theaters and concerts. The poem contemplates maternal love, family roles, and a mother’s sorrow as a baby’s cries evoke sympathy and societal judgments. The narrator wonders about feminine behavior and personal regrets.
Flossy Barden, a stunning young woman living with her ailing mother, ensnares Louis Hartopp, a London-based writer. After a tense clash over marriage, Hartopp declines to wed, citing class and fortune differences, and Flossy pursues him to London only to learn he marries another. Hartopp remains unsettled by the affair and wonders about Flossy’s fate.
An advertisement claims rupture cure by Dr W H Nott with patient Omer Rodsbaugh sharing a lengthy testimonial. It states treatment began November 29 1892 and a cure by December 1892, plus promises free examination and consultation and a circular upon request from Dr J B Jenking in Indianapolis Indiana.
Reported robberies and political fallout across the United States include Bernhardt’s jewel theft in Rio de Janeiro amounting to 75000 dollars, a large fire wiping out a third of Leonardsville with 30000 dollars in losses, a Tonawanda lumber strike ending with workers returning next Monday, and an assassination near Columbus Mississippi by whitecaps. Other items mention Judge Hanford deeming a cigarette law unconstitutional, missing F D Day from Milwaukee health visit, Kandeline Pollard’s engagement to W C P Breckenridge, and Confederate era bank losses in Richmond salted away with most confiscated. The Tonawanda lumber settlement talks proceed as Poles and Hungarians refuse striker replacements.
The page reports Saturday markets firm with advances in strawberries and a wide list of provisions. Advertised meats include smoked hams, California products, bacon types, lard, and canned goods with numerous price notes. Fresh vegetables, fruits, and berries are priced by weight or box, alongside dairy and eggs. a content-rich ad-like market section reflects a bustling midcentury grocer trade.
Trains depart St Louis at 7 39 am 31 60 am 1 29 am and 11 pm Connecting Terre Haute for A T Evansville. services run to Terra Haute and Grasa with arrivals around 10 00 am and departure at 4 00 pm Sleeping and parlor cars operate on trains 2 and 21.
Station timetable lists departures to Kankakee Chicago Lafayette Cincinnati Shelbyville Greensburg Cleveland Buffalo Alba New York Boston Anderson Muncie Elkhart Benton Harbor Marion St Louis Greencastle Terre Haute Bloomington Pekin Peoria Crawfordsville Danville Champaign Dayton Springfield Columbus Ohio with multiple daily trains. Ticket offices shown at East Washington Street Pecklo s Place Massachusetts Avenue and Union Station.
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