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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1891
Page
3
A quiet seacoast town loses a sailor as the ship he sails on sinks in a storm. The heartbreak of the sailor’s sweetheart is shown in the quiet vigil she keeps, waiting daily for his return that never comes.
In Uncle Cajah Brown’s shanty by the salt furnace, the old man presides over winter gatherings with pipe and stories. The narrator recalls tales of slave times on the Kanawha and a cherished, strict guardian of the firelight and lore shared with his friends Uncle Zac and Uncle Billy.
A long excerpt of reminiscences and dialect storytelling recounts possum cooking from Uncle Eph to Uncle Zac, with lessons on slave life and humor. It closes with a reflective note on manners, songs, and a local joke about a man who ate cooked possum bones.
A New York Sun fashion piece describes contrasting sleeve materials and colors with cotton embroideries and suede bodices in pale tan or gray. Jackets feature heavy embroidery, braid, and buttons while gowns use rough cloth in bold checks and spots. Long sleeves and embroidered gauntlets appear. shoes remain worn at the fest. It warns against raven-black eyelashes and touts Parisian shoe dressing as more damaging to sight.
A fragment notes a scissor grinder near death from exhaustion while a pretty girl期待 a million inheritance. It also mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla as strengthening, bargain ads for window shades from Carl Molier, and various household products including Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children.
A batch of brief items reports losses from fires in Detroit and New Orleans, failed businesses in Kansas City and Dallas, a double suicide in Caldwell, a congressman killer in Washington, mob violence in Troy, and a Franklin, Pa. blaze. It also notes memorial services, a doll gift at Garfield hospital, a jailhouse clash near a reservation, and odd local anecdotes plus ads for sanitary wallpaper and horses clipped by machinery.
The advertisement promotes worldwide cures for all diseases by two eminent specialists in the United States and Europe. It boasts free consultations and thorough examinations, guarantees permanent cures, and promises a $1,000 forfeit if any undertaken case is not cured. It offers remote diagnosis by mail with four cents in stamps, though personal interviews are preferred.
A fragment notes Buile ter and a note about removing a cast from Gurners, with limited context and no clear event or outcome.
On and after Sunday March 22 1891 trains will run as follows Central Standard Time leave from and arrive at Union Station South Illinois Street.
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