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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1894
Page
3
A fogbound morning freight on the Y. R. B. R. nearly derails crossing a drawbridge. Engineer Joe Williams, avoiding blame for drinking, and Eben Capron race to beat a ship as the bridge swings shut. The brave bridge tender halts a vessel just in time, saving the train.
A mixed round of quirky claims and brief tales appears. Notes on customs, buried legends, and a Ping Tree voice, plus odd trivia about Oklahoma trees, a tea sandwich snippet, and a misadventure involving 13 oysters and a tiger at Schonbrunn Zoo.
A medical student jokes about ancient deaths at Herculaneum and Pompeii by misnaming eruption causes. An energetic New Hampshire landlady runs a boarding house with her widower brother as they greet first guests a young widow and her father recently bereaved. An Associated Charities agent visits and asks about the mistress’s family, receives the quip All remnants. The piece weaves humor from everyday hardship and family remnants in a tight neighborhood vignette.
A New York Times cook recommends ham as an ideal breakfast with watercress. The method involves searing the ham in a hot skillet, cooking briefly on both sides, then simmering in boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes until tender and juicy.
A school principal asks a bright boy the meaning of evacuation day. The boy, proud to be noticed, explains with certainty that it is the day doctors come to the school to vaccinate the boys. The tale contrasts rural tax talk and urban health campaigns from Youth's Companion.
A collage of events from 1890s era headlines includes cattle foot rot in Kansas, tariff talks in the Senate, Da Gama dispute with Brazil, Bill Nye relocating to North Carolina, a Rochester Baptist sermon critiquing the A P A, the Washington Times debut, Hyde Park cheers for labor causes, a fatal church shooting in Oakland, a New York law clerk’s arrest for shooting, a suicide by a St Joseph saloonkeeper, a divorce claim against Col Breckinridge, a lynching incident in Lexington, Missouri river hydraulics, a ruined Missouri railroad, and a Big Four wreck scare near Sidney.
Market day report shows steady markets and weak sugar with provisions down. Notable prices list Virginia sugar cured hams California boneless pork and lard rates, vegetables and fruits including Florida cabbage and Messina lemons, extensive groceries from flour to canned vegetables, with numerous animal products and seeds priced for frequent buyers.
A catalog of self improvement and beauty guidance detailing methods to improve posture health breathing and vitality. It promises cures for complexion defects wrinkles sunburn and freckles while outlining exercises for the chest limbs and overall body shaping to achieve a youthful appearance.
Mme Yale presents a lecture series on developing the female form and mental influence on health. Topics include eye technique, hair restoration, eyebrow growth, lash cultivation, and removing superfluous hair with guidance on beauty and self education. Mail orders for a Guide to Beauty available with six cents postage.
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