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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1893
Page
4
In a western coast postal division India a thief named Rama is caught after a staged ordeal. A Brahman uses a sandalwood smeared wand to manipulate superstition, aiding Rama’s confession and exposing how he opened the mail bag unseen. The ritual relied on fear rather than true magic.
An assorted assay of theater and social life mentions a Leipzig theater practice where a closet and key accompany each orchestra seat for wraps. It notes a Paris ballet costume using a handkerchief at the hips and invites with Mrs John Blank at room 123456 on Wednesday Oct 11 at 3. The piece also reports hair trade across Europe with hundreds to thousands of pounds per nation and fashion uses for white bear fur rugs.
The piece notes capes remaining fashionable as sleeves widen and collars rise on travel mantles with fluted backs. It observes bold woolen fabrics in bright shades from browns to cinnamon and links fashion whims to the season's colorful explosions.
The item mixes household tips with regional facts and quotes. It notes a mucilage recipe from gum arabic and gum tragacanth, highlights Texas county populations, cites Senator Palmer on Lincoln, and ends with a children’s feather game described as a simple circle activity.
The Minneapolis Times profiles Senator Peffer and his family noting his frugal wife who keeps clipping, Nellie as clerk of his committee, and Jake as a senate messenger. The piece comments on a quiet matronly appearance and early voting habits as part of the local portrait.
When eggs are scarce use a tablespoon of corn starch per batch and half the usual eggs. Use flavored soft custard over stale cake squares. Rice kept warm pairs well with cold custard poured around it. Bananas sliced with soft custard poured over are delicious. Various puddings give a change and are preflavored.
Prominent Chicago physician Dr. Chas Warrington Earle dies. Insanity plea stance shifts as Prendergaat resists entry of lawyers. Jack King, mineral Ridge train robber, sentenced to five years. Hurley miners face starvation. Gov. Pack to issue aid. Mrs Mary Williams robbed near Enon Valley. John and Ort Paxton shoot Mosley Quigg in Wheatland feud. Garcia and others offer monthly pay for fighters with cartridges. Raymond Carew, Toledo high school halfback, dies after Adrian jam. Minneapolis Mayor allows Sunday saloons stirring ministerial ire. Gen Carlin’s son missing in Montana mountains amid deep snow. English gale likely 200 lives lost as western coasts wrecked. Springfield Illinois lad Charley Willis dies in initiation accident. Prof Lucius Moriam and Miss Mary Yearring reportedly drown in Cayuga Lake.
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