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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1894
Page
3
A Somerville Journal verse urges readers to reflect before acting. The excerpt warns against rash proposals and highlights the risk of lost opportunities if one delays. The poem emphasizes careful consideration and prudent planning before taking action.
Dr Marx recounts a bizarre occurrence where a patient vanishes after insisting a tooth be pulled. A phantom tooth seems to vanish as a woman across the street waves a handkerchief. Later a soup tooth illusion haunts him, leaving the doctor unable to explain the spectral visitors.
A physician cites Persian custom of sealing mourners tears in bottles as believed remedies. He cites biblical reference and notes a computer-age speculation on sleep disappearing, predicting shorter sleep across generations with the advent of artificial light.
A collage of social squibs and vignettes lists fashion details joke lines and brief items. It mentions hair bows candlesticks cooking tips gossip about doctors and politicians and assorted city dispatches. The piece notes strikes riots elections and notable figures with minimal narrative beyond snappy captions.
An 1894 promotional pamphlet extols Paskola as an artificially digested fattening and tonic food. It claims energy savings for ill and thin individuals, testimonials from Weston New Jersey and New York, and urges purchase through The Pre-Digested Food Co.
Market report for Wednesday May 2 shows steady conditions with changes in strawberries and a decline in pine apples. Prices cover provisions meats lard butter and canned fruits plus flour dairy and farm produce including andirons and various grains reflecting a comprehensive city market listing.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Strip for teething relief. It claims to soothe the child ease gum soreness and pains, relieve wind colic and diarrhoea. The product is priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
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