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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1892
Page
3
A fragmentary verse note from Ellory Channing at Kuta Field's Washington speaks of sunbeams roses and bird songs. The poet envisions a midsummer scene where love inspires countless hopes and joys, ending on a lament for love itself.
A two mile rain ride ends at a widow’s cabin where she contemplates marriage with an elderly, crippled man described as at least 80. The narrator estimates the man’s age as near 80, amid banter about life, husbands, and the fate of the widow’s children. The scene shifts to a road fork as the old man declines to reveal paths, leaving the reader with a humorous exchange on age and friendship.
A collage of quips from Puck and New York Press, including schoolroom lines about aphorisms and war fathers, a three year old’s rust fear, and a garbled proprietors note. The readable bits reveal humor, family talk, and editorial whimsy from period newspapers.
John T. Price a longtime liveryman at 311 Sixth street celebrated sixty years on earth and twenty seven at his current stand. The Washington Post recounts Price’s reminiscences of presidents like Grant Cleveland Harrison Arthur Hayes and Sheridan, noting their preferred horses and riding quirks during visits and travels.
A vintage style guide explains boiling asparagus 25 minutes with salted water, tips out of the water, then draining and serving on toast. It notes sauces like butter, pepper, salt, Tolandaise, or drawn butter, and mentions soups, stock or water bases, and a possible omelette addition. It cites Athenius on wild versus cultivated asparagus and Jersey gardeners.
A collage of curios from era journalism includes slang, observations on humor in America, weather myths linking aurora borealis to cold, and a Dublin anecdote about a confirmation class joke on matrimony. It weaves playful quotes from Globe Democrat and Dundee Weekly News with travel notes on perception and fame.
Readable fragments report vast numbers: England with 16,000 landlords and 38,660,000 tenants, Parisians said to eat 100,000 pounds of snails daily, 300,000 commercial travelers in the United States, and a plan for a 300 mile electric railroad in Russia. The text ends abruptly with "os."
A page of late New Era items reports the Globe-Democrat has moved into a new eight story palace in St Louis. Other brief entries note Autrey couple killed in Adel Georgia, a McKeesport deathbed report, Chicago official missing, a Tam Many Hall dispute, a Kentucky duel, lynching in Clarksville Georgia, a Wilkes-Barre mine gas blast, thieves and deputies clashes in Oklahoma Territory, a wife killing and shooter wounded in Ashland Pennsylvania, and political maneuvers including Woodhull VP talk and Chicago bank embezzlement arrest.
A Philadelphia Record note claims sugar preserves cold meat better than salt and recalls a dying fire with a teaspoon of water. The Chicago Mail suggests removing machine oil with butter and soda washed in warm borax water. A Young Ladies' Journal nail lotion uses diluted sulfuric acid tincture of myrrh and spring water, with finger tips dipped after washing.
An advertisement asserts ease for the very ill, cure for those not far gone, and prevention for the threatened. It promotes a free book ON CAREFUL LIVING and Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil, inviting readers to visit Scott & Bown chemists at 197 South 6th Avenue, New York.
Wm Selking of 13 South Meridian Street Indianapolis testifies to relief from catarrh after consulting Drs Stackhouse and Newlin. He trained headaches, eyesight issues, ear noises, nasal discharge, sleep disturbances, and digestive troubles, noting improved health and nightly visits for nerve and organ weakness treated with electricity. Additional patients from the area share successful results with the Stackhouse Institute.
The act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana approved March 1691 prohibits any person from connecting or reconnecting to gas mains or service pipes without a written permit from the gas company. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars per conviction.
A lengthy price sheet from Oley Markets outlines smoked meats, canned vegetables, fruits, sugars, and dairy goods with detailed per pound, per case, and per barrel rates. Fresh pork cuts, lard, root vegetables, and various fruit assortments appear with extensive pricing, illustrating a bustling midweek market scene.
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