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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1889
Page
3
A barely literate narrator recalls a poor neighbor couple. The woman Lou falls for a hardworking suitor, they quarrel, and amid jealousy and separation a fatal house fire ensues. A selfless hero rescues the woman just as the attic collapses, ending in a grim reconciliation in death.
A collage of brief notes cites New York pavers earning two dollars daily, violins with sounding boards, over 1 260 barber shops in New York City, Vermont factories turning out 600 000 snow shovels annually, Baltimore unions totaling 30 000, 1888 army deserters at 2 592, a 28 story 350 foot Minneapolis building planned with 750 rooms, and notes on authors Morton Hall and Carter Hall. It also records a Lee hanging attendance, sheriff training, and a Connecticut vag imprisonment for begging. A medical claim by Frederick Roberts and Warner's Safe Cure touts kidney benefits amid other ailments.
A soap agent in a fine Hudson River home kept daily envelopes in a scrapbook to track his drummer husband. Also noted is a scarce photo of Mrs James G Blaine from a Scotland trip, and a Carnesville tale of a witch child calming a whirlwind by waving her arms.
A lively roundup notes Chicago buying Andy Sommers, Brooklyn’s Sunday games at Ridgewood, Tom Gunning driving Paine’s development, and Boston rumored to trade Ward for two players plus cash. It jokes about Ward’s stay, Lopez’s confidence, and New York’s pressure to keep John Ward amid trades and Day’s negotiations.
A column argues that rising urban competition widens wealth gaps but rewards genuine skill. It credits Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney disease as a case where persistent advertising paralleled proven value, noting H. H. Warner’s millions spent to spread the remedy and the public’s eventual trust.
Advises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children calming pain gums and diarrhea at 25 cents a bottle. Notes a young man new to the city seeks a desirable room and requests renters to advertise clearly. Sun offers three day word notices and free ads in THE Sun for rooms at 210 word limit.
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