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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1893
Page
7
A poem fragment describes a silent street at night with a guarded maiden. A knightly figure watches as she recalls a maid, her hair and dress vivid in the dark. The scene ends with a quiet kiss as the lamp and lilies illuminate the moment, attributed to Warren L. Brigham.
Bertha Tellson basks in theater triumph but confronts memories of deserting her child Rosalie and Will the cabman. The tale ends with Bertha and Will reuniting at the child’s deathbed as November dawn approaches.
This New York Sun excerpt advises against large furniture and wallpaper in small rooms, suggests fashionable wedding invitation styling, and notes a warm effect of small kitchen rugs. It also explains indoor chrysanthemum propagation from slips, with cuttings rooting readily in constant moisture and earth.
A collage of short humorous snippets from periodicals. A boy seeks a job in a wholesale store on Larned street but recalls a nickname, while a Virginia teacher corrects speech of local children. Other vignettes include a girl asking for a party ball and a mother delaying charity contributions.
A collection of quotations discusses a Missouri girl with an exaggerated claim, elevator workers in New York, a mother’s frugal view during hard times, and a Philadelphia interview about models and artists. The remarks contrast sexism, professional respect, and social norms.
A dessert suited for children combines cooked pears arranged upright in the center of a dish with a border of well boiled rice in sweetened milk flavored with nutmeg or vanilla and a touch of dissolved gelatin. Serve cold with optional cream.
The report cites a series of incidents and actions including a business fire in Grand Ridge near Ottawa Newfoundland, a canal boat propulsion test in Rochester, a freight depot blaze in Endora Kentucky with losses, a five year sentence for Hogan brothers in a Mineral Ridge train robbery, a fatal railroad accident in Morrison UL, a railway track incident involving Andrewa’s opera owner, reforms protests in New York, a U S Marshal attachment on the Brazilian warship Hi-Cid, a Reichstag presidency re election, and a bill restricting Jewish German subjects’ admission.
Saturday markets list varied prices for meats butchers advertise bacon ham dry salt meats and lard while poultry and dairy show steady demand. Fruit and vegetable items include sweet potatoes apples oranges and pears with standard canned vegetables and groceries like coffee sugars and corn meal available at mixed rates.
A set of street references includes Tclet Officer at 1 East Washington Street and 36 Jackson Place with Massachusetts Avenue and Union Station. Names H. M. Bronson and A. G. P. A. appear in the item.
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