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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1892
Page
4
A fragmentary verse reflection from the Saltesats Herald about aging friendships. The speaker notes strange self-perception, lines of care, gray streaks, and smiling, mellow voices as years pass. The poem contrasts self unchanged with friends aging together.
A moonlit tale follows Alice St Claire who vows to make Claude Curtis pay for a broken promise. Four years apart, Curtis returns as a respected lawyer, seeks truth, and learns Alice still holds feelings while a confession from a servant reveals a past entwined with gratitude and fate.
Claude accuses his beloved of betrayal, but Alice reveals she is the darling, confessing truth. He pleads, she forgives, and their vows are renewed as she declares him the one to blame for the doubt. The emotional scene unfolds with tension and reconciliation.
A vintage home care tip describes cleaning blankets using household ammonia. Place half a pint ammonia water in a dry tub, lay in the blanket, cover with warm water, and agitate to loosen dirt. Rinse in warm water, wring lightly, and hang to dry. Do not reuse suds. one treatment suffices unless the blanket is very dirty.
Denver housekeepers lament the shortage of servant girls as ads flood papers. Many wives take up cooking, others flee to restaurants or boarding houses. Mining camps lure domestics with high wages, drawing them west while eastern kitchens grow old widows. Horace Greeley quip hints at female emigration to the setting sun.
An excerpt from the Irrom Baby Journal notes a California woman earned over fifty thousand dollars from a new baby carriage. The item then humorously contrasts views on babies and parenting, including notes on how some speak of babies as “it” and cultural betrothal rituals in Alaska. It warns against overfeeding and advocates keeping infants warm, dry, clean, and quiet to thrive.
A recipe describes mashing strawberries with sugar, letting stand, then layering over stale sponge cake in a pudding dish and topping with whipped cream. Home decor notes advise on oak shelves, pongee curtains, and blue room books with red accents for color. Some readers suggest curtain placement and glass protection using two yoda.
A miscellany notes alum in water to clear impurities, chlorine ether as a refrigerant for neural and dental pains, and menthol with ammonia as a smelling salt. It cites Dr Lennox Wainwright praising mixtures, touts Saraaparila as merited, and touts custards and sauces with Gall Borden brand powdered goods.
The week reports four Spokane lives lost and a string of diverse events including J Buchtel of Buchtel College death in Akron at 72 and Cora Nicholls found dead near Pittsburg. Pat Fitzpatrick hanged for murder in Pittsburg. City of New York fastest ship afloat as the Nation faces fires floods and unrest with arson and jail terms.
This reader friendly collection assembles maxims from Hippocrates Franklin to Carlyle. It contrasts silence with action and memory with progress, noting restraint, honor, wisdom, and the healing effects of honest labor across a spectrum of historic voices.
An old adage about curing consumption is questioned, urging prudent living. The message promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as part of careful living and offers a free book from Scott & Bowe, chemists in New York, with a price of $3 for the emulsion.
Portland Indiana's H Haley lauds Stackhouse Medical Institute at 202 North Illinois Indianapolis and its alleged cures for chronic catarrh and nose throat ailments. He recounts a personal treatment that relieved polyp removal and promotes further electrotherapy under Drs Stackhouse and Newlia. Market listings follow in lengthy city notices.
The IX Board of School Commissioners invites sealed proposals by 4 p.m. on May 26 for excavation and rubble stone foundation of Public School Building No. 16 in Indianapolis. Plans are at Vonnegut & Bohn, Room 62, Vance Block. The board may reject all bids.
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