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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1891
Page
3
A reflective poem about the wish for sleep to erase memory of life and the weariness of existence. The speaker laments the torment of consciousness, longs for oblivion, and acknowledges a lingering fear of death despite the desperate desire to escape suffering. Published in Harper's Monthly.
The tale told by a white-haired fiddler describes a visit to an Italian violin shop where a 500 year old instrument is said to be alive, cared for by a girl who caresses it nightly. The story ends with a sublime performance by the girl, leaving the audience awed as the curtain falls.
In Detroit a red placard proclaims Scarlet fever here in three languages signaling contagion nearby. A New York Sun item notes a country shopper discovers city stores lure country buyers with mail order bargains while clerks deny they exist. Other quirky tidbits include a leaping chicken in Nye County and a Maine hotel owner inviting patrons to bring wine amid strict prohibition talks.
A collection of practical tips for cleaning and household care. Instructions cover whitening riled water with alum, freezing candles to prevent cracking, cleaning pipes with carbolic acid, piano keys with alcohol, improving dull pens by heating, using strong black tea on silk, removing eye stains from silver with a wet rag and common salt, cleaning smoke-stained ceilings with soda water, choosing tissue paper for poultices, cleaning a teakettle with kerosene, and making a bread and water poultice from bread without crusts.
A hotel porter is valued at 80,000 while owners are insolvent. Ex-Gov Evans donates 100,000 to the University of Denver. Chas Tappan, builder of the New York Tombs prison, still lives in New York at age 5? The Rothschilds hold about 50,000,000 in American securities. The house has raised 3,000,000,000 for European governments. The grapes vine in Portugal bears since 1902 with peak yields of 165 gallons in 1964, 14524 gallons in 1874, and 702 gallons in 1880s, covering vast area and large stem circumference.
A fragmentary column mocks a tight lipped Illinois village gatekeeping outsiders with a rumor of biographies, notes a church fair ice cream episode, and mentions fanciful regions and quack remedies. Advertisements tout Hood's Sarsaparilla and other patent medicines, with stray brand names and addresses.
The country sees strikes on May Day while the United States and Canada plan a trade conference in October. State legislatures debate trust suppression, notably sugar. Reports include a Springfield grocer's failure, a physician's suicide, a Lima boiler explosion killing two, coke-region evictions and returns to work, a court conviction for two New York perfumers, a push to revive an old foreign pauper exclusion law, and a Franklin Tennessee shooting followed by a mob lynching.
A promotional piece extols personal proof over hearsay in judging merit and urges sufferers to seek Dr Hale's Medical Dispensary at 25 W. Washington St. It touts cures for bronchitis catarrh and other chronic diseases, claims widespread testimonials, offers free consultations, and cites letters praising the doctor’s remedies from clients in Indiana and Colorado with distance-diagnosis by mail.
The Indiana city issues notices outlining planned improvements to multiple streets including Kentucky Avenue West Street Delaware Street Pennsylvania Street and Massachusetts Avenue and the construction of brick sewers along Pennsylvania Street and adjacent alleys. Projects specify widening sidewalks curb restoration and paving with Trinidad asphalt sheet and standard paving.
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