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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
4
The Bean Hill Beacon reports on guests, bids, and odd incidents including a market note, a sleep-inducing rumor, a pound party aftermath, and colorful local misadventures. Names like George Bowser and Deacon Whitaker appear amid tales of rummage and announcements.
A hodgepodge of items includes an inducement for new Beacon subscribers at six cents per issue through January 1, 1900, Aunt Mary Cutshaw claiming long life and activity, warnings about trespassers hunting quail, John Elmore seeking a business role with a promise to boost any firm, and Prophet Harl Dicks predicting a mild winter based on long weather-watching observations.
In a local note Peter Brown receives a patent for a cow milker that promises 10 to 15 seconds per cow after attachment. The tale includes town gossip and several playful anecdotes about neighbors, a talking goat, odd bets, and community humor. A public notice invites readers to pick up almanacs, and a marriage notice records John T Bowser Jr and Miss Clara Crockett wed last Monday with home to Bean Hill after November 10.
A scrutinized Princeton Alumni Weekly notes a surge in science majors over arts degrees as students chase wealth. The piece argues commercialism has reshaped higher education, pushing engineers and professionals while devaluing humanities, with enrollment in scientific departments exceeding the academic side for the first time in the institution’s history.
A partial OCR fragment describes mixed social distances among a man’s circle, noting some friends remain distant while others he rarely sees. The sentence hints at personal estrangement and selective visibility within a social group.
A collection of quirky, clipped notes from Indiana towns. Corn troubles in Gass County, a shooter test, church mergers in Searling, a carpet misdelivery, a Hebron widower, and chatter on telephone exchanges in Connersville. Loveland to die by electric chair for murder. date set.
The text claims humors are impure matters the skin kidneys and other organs cannot clear without help. It says accumulation causes pimples boils eczema loss of appetite tiredness bilious turns and indigestion headaches and many other troubles.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as remedies that remove humors and strengthen the body. A testimonial from a Rhode Island reader describes relief from salt rheum on hands after using the products.
A detailed industrial description of how steel wire is transformed into tea needles. It covers wire casting, blank cutting, shaping, eye formation, pinning two needles per blank, stringing, heating and tempering, polishing, rolling in canvas, machine rolling, drilling the eye, and final wrapping for packing.
Article fragment describes light brown serge dresses for girls aged ten to twelve with bone buttons and double skirts, plus a gray funnel dress with silk yoke and red velvet trim. Also includes a luncheon menu listing cold chicken potato cakes celery salad baked custard cake and bread sandwiches with various fillings and techniques, plus tips on keeping crusts and bread moist.
An article extols lemons as essential in cooking and beverages and as a refreshing aid in sick rooms. It advises washing the fruit before using the peel, notes lemon juice can remove linen stains, and suggests storing lemons with water changed regularly. It also claims lemons aid in bathing and even battle typhoid germs.
A fragment from an unpublished poem collection begins with Bessie's Romance a tale found in an old chest near Malottaville Pike. The verses mix autumn imagery with a family confrontation as a father scolds a young painter. A joking aside about buying Smith's Shoes and a final quip about Kruger closes the piece with a moral tone.
A playful column notes Christmas gift thoughts and local commerce in Indianapolis. The passage references wise men, baby walking, and buyer enthusiasm, urging readers to explore daily bargains via The Sun's display ads from local firms.
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