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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1890
Page
3
A narrator describes a long sought vacation that reveals his imagined indispensability and the hidden hole in the ocean of life. After a carefree trip with a schoolgirl and others, he returns to find his work unchanged and his self importance diminished, recognizing the impact of his absence.
A Russian inventor patents a harness with springs to aid walking running and jumping. A wart can be treated by electric current using warm salt solution and needles. Five cells suffice for the battery. Far offshore near Setubal Portugal lie Cetobriga ruins with statues inscriptions coins and pottery suggesting a Phoenician Roman city destroyed by a sea quake and wave.
A miscellany of child antics and quaint quips from a Burlington Press collection. Jokes about crawling babies, cries heard for sympathy, and humorous exchanges with the duke of Rutland and his gamekeeper’s daughter, highlighting playful mispronunciations and old-time manners.
The notice praises Henriette translated by Anna D Page and remarks on the popularity of the Duchass as a writer, noting three new works. It also highlights Joseph Hatton's By order of the czar, John Lovell's planned Gazetteer and History of Canadian regions, and upcoming novels by the Marquise Lanza and Leon de Tinseau, with remarks on their reception and publishing details.
Gray gloves and shoes lead the parade with striped linen white gowns for girls. Dark blue shopping gowns dominate, Vandyke embroideries appear fashionable. Natty shirt waists and skirt lifters define the stylish train. Ninety dollar night dresses highlight luxury and trend.
A mosaic of trivia mentions notable figures John Ruskin King Humbert and Samoa’s Malletoa, Stevenson the novelist, and stamp collector John Palmer. Includes an editor’s salary note, health quotes from Atlantic Constitution, and various local ads for Darbys Fluid Rochester Shoe House and other shops. oddities mingle with ads in a dense slice of a metropolitan page.
Time card updates show calls for Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis routes with several daily departures and arrivals. Includes division schedules, times for departures at 3:30, 7:00, 11:15, 2:15, 6:50 am and corresponding arrivals, plus lines for Origago Cincinnati West and Peoria divisions and daily ticket office locations at Washington Street Olinois Street and Union Depot.
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