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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
3
A mournful post narrates a dying exchange where a lover asks for violets to lay by his grave. The maiden laments the cost of the flowers, saying violets are expensive, as she speaks with a frail voice and a sad farewell. The fragment suggests a somber scene from a constitutional or newspaper page.
A stranger in a Cumberland valley cabin climbs a tree to rob a white man. He is spotted by the host, who shoves a plank away and causes him to fall. Jim Hivers is arrested but the judge frees him after the man admits to intent to rob. The tale blends frontier danger with sharp courtroom turns and local color.
Ex-attorney general Alphonso Taft dies in Los Angeles on Thursday. The piece notes Blaine will travel to Maine to recuperate. Several brief items follow including a cornerstone laid for a home for indigent masons in Utica and a brewery fire in Cleveland causing significant losses. Also mentions a brewer’s vigilance committee appointment in Cleveland and large lumber stock burn in Minneapolis. Additional notices cover land opening in Fort Berthold, revival fades in New Haven, and a Mexico cyclone reaching Centralia with property damage and fatalities.
Service notes show No. 22 leaves for Anderson and Muncie at 6.30 A M while No. 95 arrives from 11.06 A M No. 1 arrives from Gtnetanatt at 10 354 M Uplifted service data lists these train movements and times for various routes, reflecting ongoing scheduling.
The Brightwood Indiana Board of Trustees votes a declaratory resolution to improve an alley between Pendleton Avenue and Putnam Street from Poplar Street to Brightwood Street. Assessment will be per lineal front foot with ten annual installments if deferred, and bonds issued for payment. Public objections required by June 16 1897. sub grade and graveling specifications detailed for contractor execution.
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