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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1894
Page
3
A nostalgic rural verse describes a man sitting in the shadowed lane memory of Mary Jane, recalling happier evenings. He laments her absence though says she did not die, for there is more sorrow as she chose not to marry in spring.
During Sherman's march to the sea a foraging party encounters an old darky who reveals a killed man and a buried $5,000 in gold. The sergeant retrieves the money, turns it to the colonel, who later keeps it. The sergeant learns of the theft through the colonel’s orderly, disclosed in a jaeger beer saloon encounter amid a revival led by notable figures.
In a church pew scene the colonel receives a seductive card from Mrs Z- and a suspicious sergeant secretly rewrites it to reveal a bid of not for $5,000 in gold. The colonel hides his reaction as Mrs Z- and the sergeant exchange glances, while a sly remark ends the tale.
A fragmented column surveys egg cooking methods praising adjustable results and digestibility, cites New York Times on steaming eggs, and notes Pennsylvanian divorce law and various social vignettes. It includes jokes, barber talk, a Norwich letters carrier aspiration, a chessboard of quirky quotes, and local advertisements for tonics, pills, and a cooperative laundry.
A fragment describes six coupons and ten cent offers to secure No. X with prices targeting residents outside the city. The text reads as a promotional cut line for a nationwide coupon scheme.
A compact roundup notes Wellman polar explorers leaving New York on Wednesday, John T. Ford a Baltimore theatre manager dead, Leadville Democrats nominating two women, and a House of Commons tilt between Sir Harcourt and Mr. Balfour.
The fourth market day on Thursday March 16 features steady provisions including smoked meats, bacon, sausage, dried beef hams, lard, and fresh pork loins. Also listed are a wide range of vegetables, fruits, canned goods, dairy, and miscellaneous produce with detailed prices and suppliers such as Morgan & Gray and Empire.
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