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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1891
Page
4
A fragmentary reflection contrasts two men near their doors after work. One remains hopeful and sees good in others while the other doubts and questions life’s plan, with a crimson cloud and moon described as the setting.
In a Parisian family Robinet fears conscription while his parents long for his safety. The father pleads for mercy, Marion supports Robinet, and a fateful draw leads the father to kill himself to win exemption. The mother faintly endures as the son and widow cope with a profound loss and the mother’s guarded hope.
Wealthy New York women favor discreet philanthropy and social writing. Mrs. Cornelius Vander Wilt has printed a dainty volume about the last cruise of the Alva, their steam yacht, and sent copies to friends.
A miscellaneous collage of era trivia including railway lights on vestibuled trains, France paying for school meals, England’s child death toll in 1800, California coal finds, a hilariously warned self acting sofa, a Bangor button barrel tale, Frank McAnister marrying a ballet girl, Paris fashion colors, a barbed trousers button bounty, a Maryland peanut wager turned fatal, and a northern state man dying from peanut pains.
In St Paul a chimney cleaning and inspection business expands to diagnose bad drafts and find causes of smoke issues. French navy ships gain telephones with clearer speaking during heavy firing. A McKinley era silk plush maker buys an American site at Bridgeport Connecticut, aiming to employ 115 workers. The Manhattan club’s stay at Stewart mansion shows high living, waiter pay rises to 15 dollars a month with board, setting a new standard for clubs.
The report notes a floating population over 10 000 in Atlantic City with typhoid in Florence affecting winter resort status. Florida sees many northern society residents while orange trees bloom and Salvation Army expands statewide. Ponce de Leon in St Augustine hosted 570 guests. Newport cottage rents peak at 6000 for the season.
Patronage is urged with claims of risk-free benefits for blood and skin ailments from eruptions to Salt rheum. The ad touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal purifier sold by druggists, with payment only for results and production by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
The report lists fires and losses including St George church in St Louis and George A Kennard wholesale in St Joseph with multi thousand dollar damages. It notes railway rate shifts closing Anaconda copper mines in Wisconsin and mass layoffs. Also reports a shooting suicide in Cleveland and a drowning near Birmingham.
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