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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1891
Page
3
A lyrical, dreamlike verse describes Sunshine Land as a shore bathed in sunlit hills and endless blossoms. The poem recalls spring’s touch, a field of a million flowers, and a distant longing to reach a hidden, golden paradise near home. The exchange note labels the piece as a poem or literary fragment.
In Aberdeen years ago rich jeweler Wickland and family faced a £12000 theft with no trace found. Jean Wickland, in London, learns of ruin, joins emigration to America, where after hardship a trader Johnson extorts wealth from Wickland and later confesses. Wicklands sail back to Scotland. Johnson returns, marries Wickland’s eldest daughter.
The piece notes that young married women tire of matronic intrusion into social life. It mentions Richard Mansfield composing a new song for B Harrison, a claim described as slow and sardonic. It criticizes familiarity with given names as ill breeding, and jokes that washing new socks shrinks threads, making them wear longer.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a lover seeking permission to marry a real estate dealer's daughter. Comedic exchanges reveal mismatched expectations about attire and propriety as the scene unfolds. Characters include a cautious grandmother and a hopeful suitor in a bustling New York setting.
A collage of items from various sources. A New York Sun remark on charity and marriage. Nebraska divorce cases, then a London fashion note on lawn tennis wear. A shriveled tale of fabric shrinking and a toad’s dinner. A Michigan tale of a snake-like youth and a public park fine trend in Boston.
The column compiles gossip on actresses Miss May Robeson and Grace Greentwood, a Lansing woman booking Fort Worth for a shooting spree, and New York women forming a street cleaning brigade. It also covers novelty mourning stationery and a bookbinding style with dog earing corners.
The article notes Harrison’s vehicle is described as equipped with all modern comforts and luxuries. It mentions spring lingering along the Hudson and discusses temperate weather and wildlife in passing. A phrase references crime and a burglar in Bing Sing, implying broader social themes.
An advertisement urges readers to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for general weakness and early signs of illness. It promotes the tonic as an inexpensive blood purifier and liver invigoration, claiming lasting effects, appetite restoration, and prevention of bilious fevers. The message advises taking it now rather than waiting for a doctor's visit.
The fragmentary item cites The Rews in Lowell Massachusetts with a $12000 personal note on Friday and a U S Marshal Esell killed near Russellville Alabama. It also mentions Western farm mortgage company of Aberdeeen South Carolina with liabilities around 250000, Penn Trust Philadelphia assignment, and Mrs. Miriam Osborne of New York bequeathing 150000 to Yale College to restrict spending on actresses.
Schedule notice for Topcecissiice region routes includes connections to Green Castle St. Louis Evansville and Terre Haute with through trains to Anderson Muncie and Cincinnati. Sleeping and parlor cars available. rates via ticket agents. District Passenger Agent W Brimner listed.
City ordinance creates the Office of Building Inspector, defines its powers and duties, requires permits, and sets construction standards for brick or stone buildings in Indianapolis. It outlines appointment, bond, and record duties, permit fees, space restrictions, inspection rights, and fire safety requirements for various building heights and wall thicknesses.
A dense excerpt outlines requirements for brick or stone business buildings including wall thickness, foundation depth, piers, party walls, roof carry, and chimney standards. It covers window headers, fire stops, hollow walls usage, and structural ties, plus specific rules for multi story and mixed use structures and fire department guidelines.
A city ordinance chapter sets new fire egress requirements for halls and public rooms, establishing outward swinging doors and minimum widths. It imposes stair widths in factories, spacing for hot air systems, furnace foundations, and limits on woodwork near heat sources, with inspections and enforcement by the Building Inspector and Board of Public Works.
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