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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1892
Page
3
Fragmentary verse describes a noble figure detached from greed and remorse, living in harmony with nature and performing benevolent deeds under divine order. The text references a higher will, a stoic conscience, and a distant, sanctified rule guiding actions beyond worldly fame. The harsh OCR ends with a corrupted line about a “Yankee Glade.”
A cadet deserter is executed for spying after a court martial. He stays silent, refuses to identify himself, and dies on the gallows in winter quarters. The narrator recalls the condemned man, nicknamed Dick, who sought to free a deserter brother but died believing duty justified the act. The piece ends with the colonel reflecting that Dick died for attempting to return a comrade.
A Philadelphia gardener recalls Tennyson's kindness, tending a cut wrist and guiding a reporter home, while a separate debate about Ben Butler and Rufus Choate highlights, in anecdote form, the joke and tension of a crowded meeting. The passage also mixes light items from Golden Days and Philadelphia Times notes on photography, weather, and children’s quips in a collage of period miscellany.
A fragmented dialogue features a pretty girl seeking erotic literature and a bookseller referencing Poe and a foil about a bride and groom. The exchange hints at a dramatic offer, with a playful yet grim note on imprisonment versus capital punishment as a punchline.
A report cites the St Louis Knights of Iskor planning their annual convention for Monday. The piece also notes a string of distant events from bomb burials in Paria to yacht sales and world fair politics, reflecting a bustling, scattered early 20th century US news cycle.
A fragment from a scene of social chatter notes women’s clubs arranging “legal sessions” through winter. It jokes about gloves, ballots, and a wedding dress compared to dramatic fashion, while offering sharp quips on manners, politics, and professions from exchanges.
Terible lists include smoked meats and hams, pork, bacon, and beans with prices per hundredweight and ton for feed grains. Also notes hay, timothy, clover, oats, linseed meal, and potatoes with varying regional quotes and market terms.
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