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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1890
Page
3
A crowd gathers on a busy street corner as five men, a newspaper reporter, and a policeman inspect a muddy black ball. Rumors of a bomb fade when a hackman drives over it, revealing a cabbage. The incident ends with laughter and mockery of the misidentification.
Practical household tips cover destroying moths with dissolving alum in hot water, applying it to furniture or walls, and using whiting with warm water to clean painted surfaces. Guidance includes cleaning furniture with spirit turpentine and linseed oil, or vinegar and spirits of salts for stains. It also notes fashion trends like the four in hand cape, black ensembles with color, and linen collars for spring attire, plus materials for luncheon gowns.
In a ragged, humorous collage a diverse city scene unfolds with girls skipping, capes on tourists, and a peculiar Lord Chomiley overcoat. Baseball clubs mix shavers, swans appear in Michigan wetlands, and writers chase time while no-water Indians face killings at Standing Rock. Whisky persists in the reservation amid tensions and art education battles.
In a satirical scene set in a grand shop called the Hed son of flandel shirts a clerk named Algernon Beeswax refuses to lie for his employer testing cabinet officers and their wives. He proclaims truth in all dealings earning a trusted post and an unglamorous marriage to Mary in West Philadelphia.
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