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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1892
Page
3
A fragment from Eugena Field recounts a child missing among orchard trees as bees hum and a grandfather lies asleep. The verses evoke memory and nature, with the child’s absence described beneath flowering boughs and murmuring sounds.
In a rustic mining camp tale a church elder killed a preacher with an axe handle after a dispute. The community debates his punishment and sentences him to hang on Saturday. The elder accepts fate with dark humor as the crowd prepares, and the execution is carried out by rope from a tree.
A fragmented column cites a promiscuous scene with a truthful man and mistaken identity in a dark hall. It mentions Berlin women, Hattie Blaine described as a handsome, witty daughter, and a Richmond woman shocked after church by a tag on her new bonnet reading Reduced to $2.75.
A collection of brief items mentions Lord Tennyson nearing 83, Ibsen’s wealth from royalties, and a Boston University MD degree for a blind man. Anecdotes cite a prince of Wales episode in New York, a Gowr-town bar scene, an inquiry about a funeral, and assorted jokes from New York papers.
The article describes small round chop plates used for serving desserts like strawberry shortcake, noting their size and decorative options in green and gold or red and gold. It highlights dainty chocolate sets with tall pitchers, cream jugs, sugar bowls, and slender cups in French china finishes, including cream white with irregular scalloped gold borders and “bird's eye” beaded borders, plus rose patterns in yellow or pink.
A humorous vignette shows Little Willie mishearing multiplication as naeve and adults teasingly guiding Barr through ten times figures, ending with Barr’s earnest but comic arithmetic. The scene features family banter around a pie and a father correcting Barr’s numbers.
An advertiser extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the smallest best pills for liver stomach and bowels. They claim gentle effective relief for sick headaches constipation indigestion dizziness and bilious attacks. The copy promises satisfaction or money back and promotes vegetable harmlessness and affordability.
A jumble of brief items notes drownings near New Orleans after a skiff upset, 5000 Americans leaving New York for Europe, a charity conference on kindergarten, a Bloomington Jr. tour ending in a hanging, a Kentucky assault with talk of lynching, an order for Rev. Wilson to depart Visalia after misconduct, and trifling notices about world fairs, tariffs, nobility death in London, college commencements, ship registry, a Nashville moonshine shootout, and local business ads including baths, watches, travel specials, and elocution prizes.
A June 30 city markets listing shows extensive provisions and goods including smoked hams bacon and sausage, dried fruits, canned items, vegetables, dairy products, fish, and live poultry with varied prices. Entries name items like English curad breakfast sausage, standard Lima beans, California apricots, strawberries, pineapples, and New York full cream cheddar, along with market sections and packing details.
The article promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a fast remedy for pneumonia pleurisy rheumatic conditions that follow a cold. It claims the medicine excites the kidneys, stimulates circulation, relieves lung burden, and quickens relief, noting it contains no pain or gon. Small bottles cost 25 cents and large 50 cents with mail order if local druggists lack it.
A statute prohibits interfering with gas mains or service pipes and requires written permission to operate valves or modify mixers. Violations incur fines from five to one hundred dollars on conviction, with penalties for using gas for heating without proper mixer and other unauthorized actions by individuals or corporations.
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