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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1894
Page
2
A long editorial includes subscription details and distribution notes for The Sun in Indianapolis. It argues for Indiana Chicago quarantine action over smallpox, critiques Ta Sun and Ta Sun supporters, praises the Taxpayers' Protective Union, and comments on Gen rey, Gen. Benjamin Harrison, Police Supt. Powell, and Indiana's satisfaction with its U S senator amid political tensions.
Town talk notes a planned remodel of the Etna building into a fine modern office block. Local acentata meet at the Grand hotel with Prof. G W Benton as president. Fourteenth ward Lincoln league endorses county state and township republican tickets. Mr and Mrs Durward Lely perform Scottish song at Plymouth church. Council committee on railroads to recommend wiring entires be placed underground.
The passage lists various local figures and characteristics in a digressive, period voice. It mentions attorney Charles Smith known for a gum habit, I. D. Baldwin’s steady attendance at games, a lone Chinese newspaper advertiser, an A. D. P. A. presence in Marion county, attorney Holstein with a cold cigar, Classical schoolgirls overstressed, Tom Alford of Kiefer & Co. as a dapper merchant, Pang Yim planning a May return, Wul O’Connor’s diamond shirt, and Attorney Harris recovering from a bullet wound affecting his casting of a fly and arm use.
A compact collection of notable maxims on generosity longevity aging ego and greatness. Attributed lines include Bovee Swift Joubert Clarendon Carlyle and Powerscourt, reflecting on duty to self and others, wealth in loves, and the Christian outlook.
Flowing miscellany includes Cupid as a baby motif and notes the Blaine Berle wedding presents as Washington’s most elaborate display. A Washington clergyman reflects on mortality, saying death once seemed a wide river but now is a narrow stream with dwindling comforts.
A Baton Rouge reader describes deafness from catarrh cured by Pe-ru-na. The ad explains catarrhal deafness travels via the Eustachian tubes and claims Pe-ru-na cures most cases if treated early, offering free book and advice from Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
An antique household advert promotes Bins Wilsons Old Nurse for Children. The teething syrup claims to soothe the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea at twenty five cents per bottle. A dated, promotional tone highlights domestic remedies and small medicine pricing.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals by 10 o clock a.m. Friday May 11 1894 for masonry abutment walls for a Pogues Run bridge over Newman Street in Indianapolis. Plans and specifications are on file and the board may reject any or all bids. J A Wildman Andrew Khamer Fd Michael R Board of Public Works.
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