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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1894
Page
3
Fragmented kindergarten item describes a bee character singing about work and honey. The verses reference a yellow bee making honey in sunny days and wax on cloudy days. The text includes garbled phrases and scattered capitalized words suggesting a page from a kindergarten news section.
A narrator recalls a sea captain from Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard who claimed to have sailed aboard a haunted ship near the Gulf of Florida. Ghosts roamed the vessel at night, yet the ship reached a South American river and later wrecked in a tropical storm. The captain’s brother-in-law and crew believed the ghosts saved the ship, but the fate remained uncertain.
A fragment notes new beverages at the soda fountain. Mentions Lizzard soda described as hhew and saia drink. Trolley bounce labeled as the name of a new drink. Paria caprice and Chinese soup referenced. Shark’s fing and glass boxes appear as odd ingredients.
A nearby Illinoia resident received a telegram from a distant state announcing a friend's sudden death. Overwhelmed, the white haired man wept quietly then, with trembling hand, answered in German English phonetics, My Got! Ish dot so, prompting mixed reactions among onlookers as the telegram’s fate remained uncertain.
Four chickens cut into seven or nine pieces are washed and drained. Lard and butter dot a dripping pan, add chicken, and half a pint of hot water. Bake half an hour, brown lightly, season with salt and pepper, then keep hot. Gravy sears flour with cream, thinning with water, stirring until smooth.
The New York San outlines summer fashion updates with grace cloaks in red brown or violet, Falstaff and Cromwell point de Venice lace collars, varied ribbon widths, and silk chiffon accents. Outdoor dresses wear little jewelry while scarf pins and sleeve buttons embellish shirt waists and neckties. Linen shirts feature all over embroidered sprays of white or color.
A humorous clipping features quick quips from a boy and a farmer about an elderly woman clinging to a strap and an obstinate cow. The Chicago Tribune and Boston Journal style snippets illustrate rural life humor from period reporting.
Emma Juch and F L Wollman wed in New York on Monday. Pittsburg railroad men resist Pullman boycott. About 230 bodies recovered from a mine disaster in Clifdyman Wales. Mexican and Indian wars survivors may receive $12 monthly pensions. National saengerfest plans a Washington event in 1900. St Louis officials Zeigenheim and Unger indicted for embezzling 4129. Round Pond mobs assault trains. Switchmen’s mutual aid loses 25000 due to Simerott mismanagement. Bombs found near the imperial palace in St Petersburg.
The piece extols a purported health breakthrough Paskola claiming it as a perfect food rather than medicine. It cites testimonials from Mrs. M. W. Cole and Charles Isaacs among others, asserting improved appetite digestion and strength after using the product, and argues to rest the stomach and avoid drugs. It advertises free pamphlets from The Pre-Divested Food Co.
In Washington on June 1, 1804, Charles Brewster Steele and the Smithsonian staff viewed colored plates from the Wild Flowers of America. The observer praised the work as exhaustive compared with existing volumes and predicted lasting value for gardeners and scholars alike.
Committee on Ways and Means of the House forwards a June 6 letter praising Buck’s illustration of the Wild Flowers of America. Wilson commends the design as a bold, affordable serial publication that will aid widespread study, especially in schools, by making the botanist’s work accessible to many readers.
Mrs. John A. Logan of Calumet Place Washington D C thanks for the privilege of examining the Wild Flowers of America plates. She praises their perfection of form and color and hopes for early publication as a valuable addition to botanical literature and illustrations. June 4 1894.
Jennie C. Croly expresses gratitude for receiving the first issue of Wild Flowers of America. She commends the plates descriptions and botanical information, predicting the completed volume will be a unique and prized contribution to American floral literature and hopes to own a copy.
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