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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1891
Page
3
Poem fragment contrasts rich duty with giftless life. It states those who are blessed must give more and act nobly. The speaker laments lack of gifts while others bear responsibility, urging the strong to lead and share their bounty.
On the Kansas plains 70 miles north of Sheridan a lone grave sits atop a sterile mound. Storms erode the landscape and reshape the land, yet twenty years ago I saw the grave where a board once bore a painted inscription.
A vivid reminiscence recounts Mary Lee, 18, defending a camp from Indians on a July 1857 morning. Trapped, she fought from a rifle pit, shot one attacker, endured days of siege, and died by suicide as the sun scorched the mound. Her story echoes in campfire lore.
Stuart Robson's debut is linked to Balti more with Edwin Booth and others. They built a cellar stage where a self made drama played out. The horse story ends with a market return and a $2.50 resale while the troupe's careers flourished. Charles A. Davis recalls Curtis case humorously.
A fragment from a periodical page recounts classroom quips about a winter date and a murdered figure referenced in a joke. It includes a medical ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to cure rheumatism and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with price listed as 25 cents.
A collage of sensational items spans Europe and America from a hunch backed bride in Philadelphia to long fingernails used as pens in Pennsylvania. The piece notes Canadian prosperity signs among American boodlers and details shipboard death practices with steel caskets and floating bodies. It cites a New York financier and ends with a Veracruz voyage and a Mexican coast sighting.
A collage of fashion gossip and social observations notes women’s wear trends, Paris influence, and domestic life. Articles discuss Alpine hats, poke bonnets revived in Paris, women in Roumania courts, crafts by Madame Le Strel, and etiquette about table manners. Included are witticisms on waistlines, stockings, and dressmaking, with vivid quotes from period newspapers.
Readable items describe water famine pressure in New York with calls to elect Sherman to the Senate, a Chicago gang of 19 thieves captured, revolts by Big Foot's Indians at Cheyenne, and a series of violent incidents including a fatal shooting in Milford and a cave-in in Wheeling. Also noted are a death from a horse kick in Kemuesha and a terra cotta worker falling from a Chicago building.
The act prohibits connecting or reconnecting gas mains or service pipes without a written permit and forbids turning on or off valves or altering mixers. Violations carry a fine from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Tickets sold by the Big 1 Route for travel to Indianapolis at half rate with return valid through November 17. Direct car line to Indianapolis avoids delays and car changes. Purchase via agents of the Big 4 Route for tickets and full information.
A short promotional piece argues beauty equals plumpness and health, inviting readers to request a free book on careful living. It notes Scott & Brown, chemists in New York, and offers Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil for a dollar through druggists nationwide.
If you seek assistance, send a notice to THE SUN Office by mail or postal service or call 880. Telephone and office details are provided for contact and inquiries.
A private advertisement from Indianapolis or Virginia Avenue by M Abbett M D promises cure for syphilis gonorrhea and gleet in days and claims cures for varicocele stricture and sexual abuses with permanent results. Medicines mailed securely with discreet handling.
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