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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1891
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a woman deemed heartless by many, a crystal mask of cold polish. A suitor finally sparks warmth, as a metaphorical current breaks the shell revealing a true thrill of love and friendship beneath the glittering surface.
Aunt Phila Brown recalls her large gobbler Bronze-back who fled the barn after a failed setting. Ted devises a beech stake pen and clever trail bait to lure Bronze-back and her flock home, capturing them for Ted to enjoy Christmas money and future sleds.
The article describes turning an old wooden chair with white paint into an attractive piece with quilting a cushion and bright ribbon. It suggests autumn leaf and Persian scroll table cloths new paint patterns including partridge and fern motifs and offers frugal DIY ideas for recovering a faded couch creating a lace edged table from broomsticks and a square board painting and gilding. It also notes inexpensive curtains made from muslin and china silk and finishing touches like painted floors and a dagrin art square.
The text presents blunt social counsel urging strict gender roles and family loyalty. It advises keeping meals pleasant, avoiding snobbery toward parents, preferring practical fitness, and introducing new acquaintances to one's mother promptly. It also discourages marriage pressure, stating there is room for old maids who may be happier than wives.
A clerk in a Sixth-age grocery touts a bottle of horse radish with comic equine hype. He boasts its strength and endurance like a draft horse, claims it will pull a heavy cart and outpace a locomotive, while assuring its gentleness and soundness. The young lady leaves to consider, promising to return with a halter. River and Driver.
A collection of domestic notes covers flour preparation with cream of tartar and soda, cake and doughnut uses, and storage tips. It also includes quirky excerpts on eye irritation, turkey cholera cures, and a butter prize remark from a county fair, ending with a humor snippet from Salt Lake Tribune.
Amid global turmoil and local incidents, reports span medical cures in San Antonio, a Niagara Falls jump, a deadly mine accident, rail and riverine disasters, bank closures, and a fire loss in Detroit. Curiously the fashion critique traces 16th century French court mirrors and today’s fashion tyranny, debating modern vanity.
Daily service operates Sunday only with departures at 7 80 am 11 20 am 6 30 pm and 11 85 pm from Alrive station with onward arrivals at 3 20 am 10 35 am 3 10 pm and 8 20 pm service times.
Local notice reports the office relocating to 6614 North Illinois Street amid changes in operations. It references disease concerns affecting a woman and an unspecified department shift, indicating administrative updates and address change.
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