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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
3
A Georgia author, Frank L. SlantTox, laments harsh seasons from frost to bloom as the world endures a blizzard and its impact on crops. He notes the bees, mockinbirds, and orchards suffer yet asserts the good Lord controls the weather and remains unconcerned.
A long rambling story blends a talking buttigote with social satire. It describes two kinds of buttigotes Billys and Neamys and weaves in a controversial tale of native people, a misnamed king and a parliament of beasts. A drunken narrator interjects about Uncle Ned in Africa and a chaotic court of animals.
Fragmentary lines describe turkey birds across six provinces and a strange scene with a buttigote figure gazing dreamily and singing a tangled romantic line about hands in hair. The item resembles a clipped quotation from a San Francisco Examiner piece with obscured context.
Instructions describe washing clothes with rice water as soap and using the cooled rice sediment for rubbing. A strawberry pudding recipe follows with eggs, sugar, berries, water, and a buttercream sauce. A beef broth with gelatin is prepared by simmering beef in water, skimming, adding gelatin, seasoning, and straining into cups.
A New York gossip column notes strong belief that Miss Leiter and Mr William C Whitney are to announce an engagement. It reports plans for a European summer together, and mentions Consuelo Vanderbilt’s debut as a major social event shaped by elite schooling and family influence. It also covers H Seward Webb and Reginald Hives planning a four hundred mile coaching trip from New York to Shelburne Vermont with staged relay stops.
The article notes that Emma Juch fell ill and could not sing in Detroit on Wednesday night. It also mentions various disparate items including floods, missionaries, incidents, and legal actions from multiple regions.
Markets firm with extensive prices on Provions meats including smoked ham shoulder bacon sausage and lard. Vegetables fruits and staples listed with per unit and per crate pricing from Virginia California Florida and Indiana suppliers. Highlights include smoked meats, pickled pork, fresh pork cuts, lard, canned fruits, coffee sugar and dairy products with shippers' paying prices for butter and poultry.
A historical advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhea. Available at twenty five cents a bottle.
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