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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1891
Page
3
A village tale recounts two youths who depart together to seek fortune. One thrifty and humble finds lasting joy with family and simple pleasures, while the other rises to fame and wealth yet grows lonely and reserved. The moral favors kindness over status.
Three youths Fred Williams Red and Short plan a novel burglar trap in a quiet neighborhood boarding house led by landlady Mrs Merton. A forged canvas bag under a fireplace is sprung when a thief falls in, bag swinging as authorities and neighbors arrive. Mrs. Merton later reveals she fell into the trap while investigating a smoke incident from a burning towel.
A collage of vintage social notes on spring fashion in women skirts and hats, Paris table decorations, hospital life humor about nurses and suitors, New York women with veiled faces, and aphorisms on anger happiness wisdom avarice and contentment.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a proven remedy for female weakness. It urges women to try the medicine and reports money-back guarantees if no benefit, claiming it has built up tired, broken-down women. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as regulators and appeals to women to learn about the cure.
A mix of disasters and incidents from Pratt mines in Birmingham to a Northern Pacific wreck at Teenaway Washington. Trials, arrests, and political resignations are noted alongside sensational testimony in a lynching case. Also included are business failures in Memphis and a Chesterfield style health ad and a Jersey dairy promo.
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