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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1894
Page
3
A vintage Chicago Journal notice encourages rest and nature as a remedy for weariness. The piece urges travelers to seek forest, mountain, or lake escapes to reclaim balance before life’s pressures compel a final, fatal pause.
A long profile recalls "Counselor Harry" a East Side police court clerk known by that nickname. He studied law via daily newspaper clippings, lived in poverty, and died in a hospital after drinking. His burial was kept secret at a Hudson Valley village churchyard, with his grave marked only by a sign promising ten minute returns.
In Franklin county Maine a divorced wife works as housekeeper for her ex husband while an admirer visits twice weekly. A Michigan bride elect backs out over breach of promise, and a romantic town affair stalls with ordinary talk. New York theater roof garden spectacle draws spectators and a skirt dancer vanishes.
A miscellany of comic and curious vignettes recounts tales of huge fish catches, antebellum pride in gentility, eccentric proverbs, and odd notes from Maine and India. A Lewiston Journal item questions marriage via a poem reading, while a Maine minister drinks brandy from a store bottle after a thunderstorm.
A Thursday night fireworks accident in Chicago wounded eight Democrats among them Mayor Hopkins. Ed Stevens and Hol King were arrested after a Michigan Central express car stop at Kensington. About 100 keys were found on them. The whisky tariff rose from 90c to $1.10 at whisky trust urging. Voorhees opposed the measure. National Republican league splits expected. Iowa delegates claim Cleveland chosen as next meeting site by fraud. southern league may withdraw and act alone. In Commons, James Weir Hardin opposed congratulating the queen on the birth of another heir, denouncing the motion and urging condolences to Wales miners’ widows and orphans. the motion was defeated.
An excerpt touts Mars Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain and related ailments in children. It claims soothing gums relieving pain curing wind colic and easing diarrhea at twenty five cents per bottle.
A long critique links the Palissy failure tale to modern dietary warnings. It argues digestion is a furnace and insists salvation lies in proper nutrition. Paskola is praised as pre digested food aiding recovery, with testimonials from Anacostia, Bridgeton, Worcester and other towns. Market notes follow.
Indianapolis Board of Public Works invites bids at 10 a m Friday July 6 1894 for cement sidewalk and curb work on Ashland Avenues Walcott Street and Chestnut Street. Resolutions 107 108 109 1894 define grading paving and sidewalk wings. Each bid must include a $180 certified check. contracts to be signed within ten days if accepted. city reserves right to reject. Includes officers J A Wildman Andrew Kramer F J Meyer.
AMUBEM FAIRVIEW PARK announces the park now offers a kitchen and Mrs Sherman will serve orders at the pavilion. Posts at the east entrance guide carriage parties to drive out to the grounds. A nominal charge will be charged to each carriage occupant.
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