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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1892
Page
3
A poetic meditation questions death and life’s meaning. It ponders whether dying ends fear and suffering or transforms existence, comparing death to sleep, love, duty, and a passage to eternity, asking if life’s blessing lies in knowledge and renewal or in oblivion and release.
A crowd gathers as a stylish woman in a checked gingham outfit and white suede shoes becomes wedged by a high heel caught in a street grate. A nervous man, witty bystanders, and a market woman try to help, while a shopkeeper revels in the spectacle and the crowd claps at the moment a passerby frees the trapped heel.
A crowd swells after a shouty scene ends with an old man freeing a foot stuck in a cellar door. Police search for cause as a woman faints, and bystanders assist. The incident lasts about 50 minutes before the woman is helped, last seen in a shoe store pricing spring heels.
A collage of quotes on women and fashion from New York Press Boston Transcript Atchison Globe Philadelphia Record and others notes jokes on women and mothers about dress style and public perception highlighting society views of women’s appearance and influence.
A Dundee anecdote recalls two boys near Leith Walk hearing a funeral and joking about the band stopping to play. A second note mocks schooling, while a health notice urges disinfecting sputum to curb consumption and urges handkerchief use in public to prevent contagion.
The New York Advertiser offers practical advice on preserving pearl knife handles with a salt rag and leather polish, detecting damp beds by a glass test, and using soap and warm water to clean lacquered brass rather than commercial cleaners.
A Liberty Maine man described as 5 feet 7 inches tall with a 6 feet 3 inch beard is reported alongside Mrs. Charles Conat of 17 Westson Street Detroit. She is said to have fathered 201 children with 103 living, a remarkable life record for a nonagenarian.
A collage of early 20th century items includes Carpenters striking in New York and Baltimore, a killer dubbed Jack the Zipper targeting horses in New York, and U S efforts to overturn a sugar trust deal in Philadelphia. Other notes cover lynching of Lyman Purdie in North Carolina, a mass school strike in Kensington Pennsylvania, a naked body found in the Mississippi near Modus Landing, a Buffalo Bill performance in Casey Illinois, a hatchet attack by Mary Cameron in Mt. Washington Pennsylvania, anarchists demanding flags in Chicago, immigration remarks by O Donavan Rossa in New York, Methodist laymen winning seating rights in Omaha, a fatal freight collision near Rochester New York, a Newark marriage attempt by William Randolph, a warning against Cyrus Teed, and a tar and feathering of barber Frank Victoris in Oshkosh Wisconsin.
A London notice reports brisk trade in second-hand tomb stones. An Indian squaw seeks a divorce in St Paul courts in the manner of palefaces. A New York boy offers fine bred dogs to wealthy clients. Tea tannin levels in Bengal and Ceylon leaves exceed Chinese tea, prompting medical caution in America. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
A 19th century note estimates plant water use with sunflowers evaporating 114 pints daily and cabbages similar amounts, wheat plants transpiring about 100 000 grains of water in 172 days, and an acre of wheat drawing and releasing around ten tons of water each day. It also cites a January 1864 Richmond restaurant bill showing wartime Confederate prices for foods and drinks ranging from soup at 1.50 to champagne at 50, coffee at 2, and rye whiskey at 2 per drink.
Catarrh cure advertised with health and sweet breath claims. Shilohs cure for coughs and colds guaranteed. Price deceptive, injector offered free. Provided by H.C. Shake West Indianapolis, Chas Traub, A Gould & Bros North Indianapolis, J.B Olivar & Co., Johnson & Schaller, Brightwood.
The act prohibits any person from making or causing reconnection with gas mains or service pipes without written permission from the gas company. It also forbids turning on or off valves, enlarging mixer orifices, or using natural gas for heating without authorisation. Violations incur a fine between five and one hundred dollars upon conviction.
A compilation of ministers from Marblehead to Camden testify to Warner's Safe Cure as a cure for liver and kidney ailments including Bright's disease and malaria. They recount long illnesses followed by dramatic recoveries and urge trust in the remedy based on personal experience. The piece argues these earnest statements reflect genuine belief in the treatment's value for parishioners and broader society.
A long retail listing outlines smoked meats and perishables with prices for ham, bacon, sausage, lard, and fresh pork. It details Produce including apples, potatoes, beans, cranberries, pineapples, and seafood, plus groceries such as sugars, coffee, and cheese, with numerous price notes and vendor names.
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