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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1891
Page
3
A folk lyric fragment recounts a maiden pining for a faithless lover and a heartfelt vow to wander the world together. The recalling voice notes a melody heard across fields and the day they were lost in the clover. The signer is Samuel G. King.
A sharp eastern man unversed in wood learning schemes to profit by shipping mahogany logs to London. He collaborates with Labatut as a judge of logs, buys poor stock at auction, then discovers the cargo is junk. He confronts Labatut, who denies any sale, and a crowd laughs at the scam.
The piece notes summer decor with stone jars or butter pots on piazzas, favoring natural color. It contrasts bamboo tea tables with fragile matting under shade and humorous veil conflicts. It highlights professional dusters in New York and promotes refined handling over rough maid effort with bric a brac and embroidered hangings.
A guide outlines mourning rules for wives and relatives, noting jet jewelry as proper mourning, card visits upon reentry to society, and varying durations of mourning by relation. It covers step mothers, uncles aunts cousins nephews nieces, and distant kin, with notes on black borders for visiting cards and limited changes to mourning stationery.
A collection of colorful notes on fashion and society includes Rudyard Kipling's sister Beatrice readying a novel, new dress trends with striped fabric and jet moons, Caran dAche stationery, chic women fashion, and a joked marriage broker tale featuring Rebecca and Simon.
Paris dressmakers use cool white woolens with soft silks in shot or figured patterns. Garments feature draped skirts pointed bodices laced at the back and ornate collars. A tan crepe house gown and pink bengaline coat with embroidered borders are noted. Also advertised is Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies, priced 25 cents per bottle.
A jumble of notes cites rising heat in California census clerks, a failed Wilmington iron works fire with 400000 dollars loss, organist trials in Columbus, moonshiners jailed in West Virginia, a Florida land syndicate plan for 112000 acres, Behring Sea ship patrols, and multiple crime reports from across the nation including stabbings, a poisoning bottle traced to Jim, and a Chicago shooting at a ball game.
An old advertisement style notice extols perseverance and promotes Dr W H Halts at 2514 W Washington with private consultations and mail treatment for chronic diseases. It cites numerous ailments and guarantees cures, urging readers to seek his medical dispensary for private, thorough care.
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