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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1891
Page
3
A lyrical fragment recalls a past romance with a girl born in a Spanish town. The speaker contrasts far seas and shared images of spiral smoke from cigars, Andalusian eyes, and a longing that bridges long distances. It hints at memory, longing, and a present encounter in an exchange.
In darkened London streets a weary widow endures scant wages and illness. A slipper binder earning a few shillings a week, her daughter’s modest help, and a rent that gnaws at bare sustenance reveal a patient, prayerful resilience. A model-dwellings resident recalls similar hardship, while a Methodist woman finds hope in providence and neighborly aid amid relentless poverty.
A witty column mocks a Vienna woman who started a 500-guest home for mothers-in-law, easing tensions with the joke that the project ends the mother-in-law jab. The piece ends with a reflective line praising effort over intention and misjudged sisters everywhere.
The fragment lists odd home remedies and cooking notes. It mentions soaking corns in damp soda, using cigar ashes to ease heartburn, damp coffee grounds for worn goods, keeping insoles flat to prevent calluses, ammonia and vinegar to clean brains, rottensten paste with sweet oil, beef fritters from sirloin with batter and hot fat, and a Boston Herald recipe for corn bread with sour milk and saleratus.
Indianapolis notices declare a series of declaratory resolutions to improve St Mary street from Alabama to Delaware by grading brick paving and stone curbing. Assessments per front foot apply with ten annual installments. owners urged to object in Room 4 by March 1891 before bonds issued.
City Clerk notices from 1891 announce paving Tai bolt Avenue to 33 feet and curb with asphalt and stone, with front-foot assessments and bonds. also a meeting for non-residents to appraise benefits for widening the first alley south of New York Street from Lafayette Road to Lynn Street, by order of the Common Council.
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