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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1891
Page
3
A narrator deciphers why a quiet retreat feels wild as roots in a bosk house teem with sound. Batrachian croaks jays, crows, and a woodpecker create a cacophonous overture while squirrels chatter. The scene shifts to elation at discovering nature’s lively din in an otherwise peaceful woods.
In a hotel reading room two old army veterans traded war stories and a younger man listened, as one recounted a circus poor boy rise and the origin of the cry Hey Rube. He described 1869 adventures, a southern tour, and a rough Arkansas town reception.
In Arkansas a traveling show faces violent mob action after a clown in patriot colors provokes the crowd with Hey Rube. The melee leaves three dead, about twenty injured, and tents torn, as performers defend themselves amid chaos at the ringside fracas. The narrator recalls similar clashes in the South and reflects on the peril of entertaining amid tempers and gunfire.
A father and son exchange humor about being born in the United States and eligibility for office. A Portland clergy anecdote at a Christian Endeavor convention uses a five year old shoveling snow to illustrate a joke about aches, with a baseball tone in the boy’s reply.
The week saw Mackey alleged to have bought Mobile and Ohio rail line, Maj. Steele rumored to resign as Oklahoma governor, and a $465,000 fire loss at Sioux City oil mill followed by another $100,000 blaze at Phoenix lumber in Houston. A Denver congress backed free coinage of silver while 13 bodies were found from a dynamite blast in Tarrytown. A circus wreck near St Joseph injured three, two lions died, a cow halted a freight train in Toronto, and $12,000 vanished from a Northern Pacific transit route. A 50 by 5 mile hail sweep near Gainsville caused extensive damage and crops losses estimated at $500,000.
The passage notes adding herbs to veal cutlets for flavor. It suggests using finely powdered charcoal in vases to preserve cut flowers by absorbing odors and keeping water clear. It also advises trimming stems and placing ends in boiling water to restore freshness to faded petals within minutes.
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