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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1892
Page
4
Caroline Evans notes a whimsical tableau with a fiddler thrumming a jig across a crowded scene. A chorus of toy-like creatures mimics mice and cats, ending with a melancholy regret as Puss remains detained in London, leaving one sender sorrowful.
A widow, living on a 40 acre plot along Islem Arkansas, defends her children from a roving black bear using boiling grease, fire, and a musket. She traps the animal behind the cabin, then enlists her son to help load and finally ends the bear with a musket shot. Neighbors learn of the dramatic defense only after the bear’s meat is shared.
The piece sketches a sailing and musical heritage with remarks on Rossini’s long inactivity after Guillaume Tell and notes on U S naval officers including Commodore Henry Bruce born 1798 and Rear-admiral Selfridge born 1804 who entered service in 1818, plus a brief Washington Star aside.
A St. Gernard in Quaker town, Pennsylvania, weighs 185 pounds and stands 244 inches tall with a length of 87 inches. A London paper notes a dog’s philosophy as he rejects a new wife’s place and drags his bed across the street to his former home, refusing reconciliation with his master.
The excerpt blends social satire with fashion guidance. It mocks domestic foibles while commenting on art and propriety. Bernhardt’s planned self portrait for the world’s fair is mentioned. It describes stylish small round hats with lace details and pink rose trimming.
A fragment lists a one quart fruit pudding recipe with raisins fruit gelatine and lemon juice served with whipped cream and claims it rivals cold plum pudding. It also describes a varnish recipe with gum arabic sugar candy copperas nutgall claret ink and spirits. A boy teases a portly woman on a train and two children discuss a man growing a mustache.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a permanent cure for catarrh. It asserts mild healing properties and promises 8500 cash if the remedy fails, listing symptoms like headaches nasal obstruction discharge and foul breath to illustrate claimed benefits.
Fragmentary text references a remedy named Shiloh's core and mentions Catarth and Rvveet with possible breathing or health notes. The legibility is poor, but the record notes a medical remedy or treatment context without clear outcome.
The article lists varied items including a strike by 570 machinery molders in Cleveland, flood concerns in New Orleans, a passenger rate war ending between Cincinnati and Chicago, and New York executing murderers Tice Wright and Fanning. It notes trials in Atlanta for murder, a Camden killer admitting murder for body sale, a New York conviction of Marie Andrea, and flogging by an Indian chief near Winnipeg. It mentions Mexican village Tomachie rebellion, a Tococa bank burglary shooting in Tococa, Ohio supreme court requiring pereschool reports, and coal mine explosion blame on Northern Pacific. It closes with relief pleas for destitute widows and orphans, Chicago club talks, and large federation delegate attendance totaling about 20 000 members.
Harrison accepts the resignation of Minister Whitelaw Reid. Senate rejects Reid's treaty with France. Senator David Hill to deliver his first speech against river and harbor bill. Justice Harlan expected to be an arbitrator in the Behring Sea matter. A private citizen returns 17500 dollars, stolen from the government in 1866.
The text notes 240000 London domestic servants with 10000 chronically unemployed and global national debts exceeding 20 billion dollars. It lists 55 religious papers in the United States with combined circulation about one eighth of all US newspapers, detailing church press counts for Methodists 147 Catholics 127 Baptists 126 Presbyterians 53 and Protestant Episcopals.
An old warning notes sore throat as a source of many contagious illnesses like scarlet fever diphtheria mumps measles smallpox and others. It explains germs float in the air and enter the body through a sore throat after a cold urging readers to use Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure with small bottles at twenty five cents and large bottles at fifty cents.
Listed prices for smoked meats, canned goods, produce, dairy, and live poultry. Markets show per pound and per case rates for ham, bacon, sausage, canned tomatoes, pears, pineapple, coffee, sugars, and fresh fruits with several department stores and suppliers cited.
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