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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
3
A fragmentary poem from Arthur S. Kimball appears in the Chicago Inter Ocean describing a sullen wind and cold, a weary longing for a loved one, and a stormy night voyage across barren wastes as darkness gathers and hope wavers.
Annette Duvelle, paid four dollars for a week, confronts foreman Blake over a two dollar fee. Elderslie and bride visit the works. Blake is dismissed by Elderslie, and a new era begins for the workers and families including Jennie Purple and Simon Pettengill.
A discussion on trachan or Persian lamb fur notes its high price derives from the life cost in production. The text cites a Philadelphia dealer selling 1000 catskins at an average 25 cents each, with all-black catskins 20 to 30 cents, and lists wholesale values for various furs from silver fox and beaver to muskrat and skunk, illustrating market variety and prices.
A curio from Texas Siftings recalls a man who married for wealth and life’s gloss fading as he sacrifices years. Exeter Maine maples tap a half thousand trees. a London card mishap yields I T initials. Public Opinion reviews carpet revival using soap gasoline and sun.
A humorous piece notes that French orange marmalade is made mainly from street peel. It mentions Forepaugh's ticket sellers handling many pennies per show. A doctor warns a beautiful house is often unhealthy due to clutter and excess furniture.
A fractured Kansas to Dakota to Wisconsin note reports snow in the Dakotas and Minnesota and Wisconsin on Tuesday. Strikes disrupt Coal-heavers in Cleveland and riots feared. A locomotive boiler explosion in Ivona Pennsylvania kills two. Two men frozen and a slave coach lost in Manitoba blizzard last Friday. George Gould becomes father for the fourth time. Yuletide canned goods session in Buffalo with E H Williams of Indiana as vice president. Charles Henry Harris dies in Chicago. wrote as Carl Pretzel. The Harmony Society in Economy Pennsylvania may break up amid suspected economy gaps. Bishop Foster reads Episcopal address protesting foreign language teaching in schools at the Methodist conference in Omaha.
A step by step kitchen note outlines muffin making with hour dough, milk and water heated to 90 degrees, yeast sugar and salt. Dough rises in a bread pan, then portions are formed on a board, floured, warmed, and baked on heated iron plates. Speed is essential to avoid chilling the dough.
A vintage recipe excerpt describes a cream pie filling made by beating one egg with sugar, stirring into boiling milk with corn starch, cooling, adding lemon essence, and baking with a crust. It also shares a French toast batter using milk flour and eggs, plus soaking bread before frying.
The page offers decorative fruit arrangements using oranges and lemons with green leaves. It claims wiping white furniture spots with a hot iron, not on the spot, can remove them. A remedy uses egg yolk in tepid rain water with borax and camphor to remove spots from black garments.
Health note links sore throat to contagious illnesses like scarlet fever and diphtheria. Warns that cold exposure allows germs to enter blood via throat, urging immediate use of Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure. Advertises 25 and 50 cent bottles and offers mail order if the druggist won’t order.
Advertisement touts Pearlize as a simple fast solution to house cleaning and backache. It claims Pearlize saves labor and time, with millions already using Pearline for washing, and warns against imitations by peddlers or grocers. James Pyle of New York endorses the product as superior to competitors.
Readable lists show provisions meats canned vegetables and fruit prices. Entries include smoked hams, bacon, dried beef, sausage, lard, fresh pork cuts, and canned standards such as tomatoes beans corn and fruit varieties with per pound or per case figures. Also listed are oils, sugars, coffee, butter, hay and grain prices with market shippers paying rates.
An advertisement touts treatment for skin blood nervous and private diseases by a "new French method" claiming permanent cures including Cavarra once deemed incurable. It promises discreet handling of sexual complaints, guarantees cure, and offers home treatment mailed free. Consultations at Fair Block opposite Union Station.
The agency calls bankers, insurers, merchants and the public to confidential detective services in criminal cases. It provides nationwide and international correspondents and cites references for competency and integrity, naming officials and figures such as Albert Gall and Sheriff Langenberg.
Section two declares it unlawful to connect or reconnect gas mains or service pipes. It forbids turning on or off valves or interfering with appliances without a written permit from the gas company. Section five imposes a fine of five to one hundred dollars for violations.
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