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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1892
Page
3
A fragmentary passage depicts a boy facing a cri nd or post, a caddy named Antepost, and a mother watching the crowd. Emotional cues show a gaze of warning, a smile, and tears as the mother senses the boy’s triumph and pride.
Mrs. Higinbotham wakes her husband at 3 a.m. fearing burglars below and urges him to investigate. He refuses, citing business hours, while she decides to face the danger alone. She descends, declaring she would rather confront burglars than stay with him, and a cat disrupts jars of quinces in the chaos. Detroit Free Press.
A Boston Herald tale compares a colored delegate who backed President Harrison in Minneapolis to a Kentucky fisherman who saves a boy from drowning. The exchange with a white observer highlights the rescuer's brave act and a punchline about the boy’s bait in his pocket.
The article notes light tinted flannel sacques trimmed with lace protect patients while seated and improve surroundings. It advises on beef tea preparation from one pound of beef and fat removal, suggests a five minute stand and twenty minute simmer, and praises neutral spirits as a nonburning night bath for the tired frame.
Tiny tips suggest reusing old matting under carpets to extend its life Boiling clothes lines prevents kinking and pre baking potatoes by pricking aids even cooking Also preserving rubber elasticity by washing with slightly alkaline water five to six times yearly
The season opens with reports of a lively seaside scene at Newport and nearby resorts. Cape May is praised as the finest beach, with early bathing already noted at several spots. Monmouth and Sea Bright boast pretty seaside cottages, Narragansett attracts the smart set, and Newport plans a public coach and four with a stylish driver as well as afternoon band concerts at Fort Adams. The New London fashionable contingent is expected to be sizable.
The article describes colored silks trimmed with black lace and jet, net sprigs, blonde lace, and Chantilly lace. Details flounces decline, lace ruches appear with bows, and back cascades trend. Parasol usage signals taste, with plain silk parasols favored over lace adorned ones for coordinated, expensive outfits.
A social event seats 40 women at five round tables with one flower variety per table and bouquets for each guest. In Pittsburg, about 1,000 women workers in mills produce bolts nuts hinges and barbed wire earning about one third of men's pay, praised for loyalty and low strike risk, with high moral standards and early marriages.
A column of unrelated clippings notes fashion chatter about slender necked women and silk bows, fashion returns like white lisle stockings with embroidered clocks, and a call for home charity. Humorous scraps include a bid for a mischievous epitaph, a Gypsy burial near Weisensee with dog sacrifice to the moon, and a faded verse from Shelley.
THR NuWA and W E Holloway in San Francisco are dead. A Denver national charity conference opened on Friday. Fort Wayne Knights of St John won a Toronto prize. Cleveland dithers at Buzzards Bay. Two York Ohio boys arrested for drowning George MacDonald, 6. A cyclone hit Chickawa county Iowa with one dead and 13 injured. King Sims hanged at Waco after confessing. George J Gibson of the whisky trust cleared of a distillery plot charge. Rev Thomas Dixon of New York indicted for libeling Koch. National Federalist appeals for Irish aid at $150,000 to win 85 parliamentary seats for home rule.
Instructions describe preparing french fried potatoes and a salmon salad with mayonnaise dressing served in lettuce cups. It mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as tonics, then a brief note about a political stump with Budweiser and Harrison, including a local telephone contact for J L Bieler.
An old advertisement warns that summer chills and drafts cause lung and kidney strain. It promotes Rhids German Cough and Kidney Cure to stimulate kidneys and circulation, open skin pores, and relieve throat and lung complaints. It claims no opiates and sells for 25 or 50 cents at all druggists.
A vintage ad by Dr. M. Abbett of Virginia Ave Indianapolis claims twenty years of practice treating self abuse related weakness and other secret diseases. It offers cures for syphilis, gonorrhea, gleet, stricture, and varicocele, with remedies available at office or by express including stamps.
In Indianapolis on March 23 1892 a woman Miss Mamie Sweeney describes chronic catarrh treatment by Stackhouse and Newlin at 203 West Ohio Street. She reports headaches dizziness and sleepless nights eased after February 18 and says she is now cured and recommends the doctors.
A brief note highlights Tux Sun liners as a sharper choice, claiming better returns now. Limited details given about product scope or source context.
Indiana General Assembly act sections declare unlawful any connection or reconnection with gas mains or service pipes and interference with valves or mixers without written permit. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
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