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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1894
Page
4
The fragment blends multiple cultural proverbs on speech. Ancient Greek, Turkish, Persian, Chinese, Arab, Hebrew, and sacred writings warn that words wield power. It emphasizes self control, suggesting that a controlled tongue guards the soul and life.
In the Free Press tale a long haired raconteur recounts an improbable adventure with a two headed boaconda in the upper Amazon. He narrates climbing a tree to retrieve a bird, being trapped as the snake half swallowed his legs, and using a double barreled gun to force the creature apart. Providence later spares him as he discovers the slain boa had also swallowed his attendant in the anaconda tale.
A compact home cooking excerpt covers a butter roux sauce for fish, a lettuce dressing with oil mustard salt pepper and vinegar, plus a short dramatic sketch featuring a boy in a schoolroom and a field scene with a coachlike line. The text mingles recipes and stage bits with a dated newspaper voice.
The piece mocks spring fashion woes and social quirks. It surveys bonnet weather, jewelry laden chapeaux, and sly moms advising secrecy of ages while neighbors eavesdrop. A Philadelphia library scene adds a humorous note about a book titled Boats that go by in the dark.
A collection of terse maxims on character, trust, and virtue. The snippet notes that a mean man hides in darkness while kindness wounds, memory fades in nations, and that pride and cynicism color what people will do when bound by oaths. It frames honor as unstable and perjury as a shield for sin under certain conditions.
A collage of miscellaneous items from the Atlanta Constitution including odd facts on storage batteries, a skunk farm, California strawberries, and a note on railroad wages. It also covers quotes, trains, donations, a lizard in milk claim, a fire damages suit in Chicago, a church leader's expulsion, a Knights of America receiver bid, a Brooklyn shooting, and a baby incubator success in New York with remarks on the financier Haight.
An old advertisement touts Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the remedy soothes the child softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and aids diarrhea. Priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
An 1890s advertisement extols rest for a tired stomach to cure indigestion. It promotes Paskola as a pre digested food that requires no stomach work and claims it can restore health without medicines. Testimonials from users in Worcester and New York describe weight gain and renewed vitality after using Paskola. Market page follows with varied prices for meats, produce, and groceries.
A persuasive 19th century advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure as the sole remedy for Bright's disease symptoms. It claims widespread success, citing Mrs Warren of New York as a testimonial, describing initial paralysis and eventual recovery after months of treatment, and ongoing use to prevent relapse.
City advertisements announce a June 1 1891 election to select one school commissioner from districts 1 2 9 10 and 31 voting locations at a series of city schools. Clerk Lee Nixon notes the date as the second Saturday in June and seals the notice May 24 1894.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals by June 5 for the construction of a local sewer along Missouri Market Wabash Columbia New York and Ohio streets and alleys. Bids require a $100 certified check to secure performance. the board may reject any or all bids and the contract follows Improvement Resolution No. 160, 1894.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals by June 6 1894 at 7 PM for cement sidewalk improvements on Pennsylvania Street from Ohio Street to Gratton Street and Massachusetts Avenue wall work, plus South sidewalk on Twelfth Street from Tilting Street to Lemuessen Street. Bids must include a $100 bid bond.
Board of Public Works of Indianapolis Indiana announces proposed public improvements under Improvement Resolutions 104 and 106 1894. Work includes grading paving and curb work on West Street from New York to Washington and Washington Street sidewalks and adjacent areas with specified materials. Remonstrances due June 4 1894. meeting to take action at 10 AM. J. Wildman I. Meyer Board of Public Works.
The Irvington town board announces proposed annexation of multiple tracts including the University Campus and adjacent properties held by Hannah Wiesner, Clay Parker, Henry Brown, and others. Descriptions define parcels, boundaries along National Road and rail lines, with stakes for Kealing, Wiesner, Cross, Parker, Little, and Wright properties. action by Marion County commissioners scheduled for June 1894.
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