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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1888
Page
3
An elderly narrator recounts a romance where he marries Daisy after her heart belongs to another. Daisy reveals a past crisis caused by a guardian who claimed her as an orphan, blocking her union with the lover named Roland. Roland, the heir’s nephew, seeks her, and after truth surfaces, they wed, ending the narrator’s loneliness.
A fragmented excerpt notes estimates of dogs in the United States at 20 million and spending of 8.2 billion annually. It highlights a Litchfield cat described as vegetarian with a fur darker than midnight, and a chimpanzee receiving arithmetic lessons at the London Zoo. The text mentions musk melon fed to cats and the animal’s reactions to food.
Fifteen new canals are being cut in Europe. Watertown seeks the South Dakota capital. France earned 71 million from its tobacco monopoly last year. If Adolph Reich is hanged in New York, he would be the first Hebrew executed there. Editor George W Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger is famed for gifting clocks. Connecticut witnesses an extraordinary Indian summer near Weathersfield as hawthorn and peas bloom. Catherine de Medici’s perfumer’s craft influences French scents, with America now in perfume leadership. The Marquis of Queensbury awards Steve Brodie the Richard K. Fox medal for bridge jumping. he hit the water at 76 mph. Fresno reports a natural gas discovery 45 miles southeast, predicted to spur manufacturing. George Tritch of Pittsburg has grown a $3,000,600 fortune as a bonanza millionaire. A Murfreesboro woman’s postal rage ends with a threat to force a fortune-teller refund. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria reportedly strapped for funds and replying to donors with his purse empty. Emperor William’s wealth fluctuates with seasons and rain, while Saginaw farmers pray for rain that arrives and lasts. South and west cooling firms tout anhydrous ammonia from coal, enabling a reusable cooling cycle at low cost.
The New York World notes weight given to gossip that Cleveland and his wife may travel to Europe. Journal chatter repeats the rumor, while Amelie Rives latest work Dear Christ! compares with a satirical piece Be Quick and Be Dead. Sackville sale in Washington reveals odd bidders for jars, pea cans, embroidery, gloves, inkstands, and other worn possessions.
O., Z. & W. railway offers one and one third fare round trips to all stations in Ohio Indiana and Illinois for December 24 25 31 1888 and January 1 1899 with return valid to January 8. Tickets and information at Canton depot or city ticket office 42 and 44 Jackson Place. Gro M Butler General Agent.
A long account from Mrs Catharine White of 109 John Street describes eighteen years of severe health suffering including headaches, nasal obstructive mucus, hearing loss, poor sleep, weight loss, and fatigue. After visiting Dr Blair at 403 North Illinois Street she reports rapid improvement with no cough, better appetite, sleep, and strength, crediting the Blair treatment.
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