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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1891
Page
3
.flavel Scott Mines in Ledger records a nostalgic poem recalling children singing hymns at Sunday dusk. The piece reflects on fading days, distant chapel bells, and a shared memory of a cherished hymn from a past Sunday evening.
A coastal collage tale follows a gloomy Miss Dalwell who claims a dead lover’s ring haunts her, a spectral man seen in the garden, and a chilling final night on the front porch where her finger bears a diamond ring. After a night of terror Bliss Dalwell dies, leaving questions of sanity and a haunted house.
A collection of short notes covers urban ideas and curiosities. Topics include proposed streetcar letter boxes in the east, rising cigarette smoking and snuff use among women, Tennyson cited as an ode to Philadelphia, a Pottsville eye possession case, and stock men in Washington Territory reporting thefts of about 12 000 cattle. The piece also mentions Swedish women seeking death abroad, a Bavarian device to convert mosquitoes into flour food, and two western women farming and teaching in Julesburg after preempting land.
A fragment lists Emma Abbott's biography pending publication. It notes Chicago Pedagogical Lloyd institute’s girl carpentry program, a costly Princess of Wales tea service, and social bits about Nannie Bayard and Edith Sessions Tupper. It weaves in miscellaneous beliefs on sneezing, ancient omens, and local commerce.
Reports itemize political shifts with Secretary Blaine's gout and Parnell delegates in New York. Other notes recount floods of taxes refunds, fires in Fenement New York and Decatur Indiana, robberies in Weaverville and Redding, and a California senate election. Also listed are industrial accidents, ship collisions, and a wandering assortment of quotes, ads, and curiosities from newspapers.
On and after Sunday, March 15, 1891, trains will run as follows Central Standard Time leave from and arrive at Union Station South Illinois Street.
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