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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1891
Page
3
A worrily wan little face and forlorn smile mark a girl's isolation in a desolate hearth-stricken room. A lamp flickers in the city whirl as a somber verse laments neglect and loneliness for one who seems forgotten. The poem from The Cornhill Magazine reflects urban solitude.
A young girl recounts a stormy night when she was left alone at home with a servant girl and a dangerous intruder. She hides valuables, plans an escape, and with aid from Vincent family friends, helps capture the thief, earning neighborhood praise and a tale of bravery.
A collage of brief items and curiosities. conductors complain of fares in stamps from women riders, a law about feeding animals before meals, a deer following a girl home near Mehama Oregon, and 400 buffalo babies at a museum ring. Also notes on a 12 inch breech loading gun, German school gyms, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, and witty snippets from London and Boston society columns.
A scatter of crimes fires suicides and accidents dominates the column with names like Robinson Weed & Co. and Gardner amid floods of brief acknowledgments. The piece interleaves literary quotes and ads for groceries and real estate, concluding with a plug for Wood’s stable and Hamburg wallpaper.
A vintage advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe remedy for morning bitterness fatigue dull headache despondency and constipation. It claims to ease sour stomach heartburn restlessness and sleeplessness in both adults and children, asserting harmlessness and a 49 year reputation for reliability.
Late of the Medical Department University of Pennsylvania and Bellevue Hospital Medical College lists diseases treated. The catalog includes fevers to digestive and nervous disorders, glandular complaints, skin ailments, and sexual health issues, with many misspelled terms reflecting OCR errors.
Evening and Sunday hours offered for free English and German consultations. Readers are invited to send questions by mail if they cannot call. Reception and Consultation Parlors located at Nos 1 and 2 Fair Blockore near the corner of Hostet and Jackson Place, Indianapolis Indiana.
The fragment lists various departure and arrival times with many OCR errors across multiple stations in the St. Louis division. It mentions daily and Sunday service and contains nonsensical entries such as 11:85 and 650 pm, indicating a garbled timetable excerpt with uncertain meaning.
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