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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1891
Page
3
Poem excerpt praising a mother’s eyes as tender mirrors of purity and love. The speaker, Memphis Avalanche, notes light in her gaze like sunbeams and moonlight on lakes, describing gentleness, pity, and a language of love spoken through her eyes.
In St Petersburg the czar seeks a royal match for his daughter Marie Nicolaevna. A simple Bavarian colonel, Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Beauharnois, captivates her heart. The emperor initially resists but soon elevates him, granting honors and closeness to the throne as affection grows.
The czar asks a Bavarian officer to quit service and wed Princess Marie. The noble suitor, overwhelmed with emotion, kneels and weeps as the king expresses paternal affection and confirms vast revenues and high titles. The exchange ends with the father approving the match.
The piece surveys Chrysanthemum tea popularity among fashionable circles on the Pacific coast and notes women in London turning to tuning pianos as a new occupation. It highlights a widow near Oshkosh Wisconsin and a Oregon claim that girls excel at buckarooing, plus a Parisian auto graph tablecloth fad and a Patterson New Jersey trolley pole controversy.
A Georgia man is noted for whiskers six feet long. Australian chrysanthemums reach 14 inches in circumference. The piece lists toe counts by animal, noting the horse is one-toed and the elephant is five-toed, among others. It also reports a Yale-area tobacco dealer’s dropping cigarette sales and a Parisians cab insurance scheme offering a death, total disability, or partial disability payout.
A cordial visit unfolds as a host and wife welcome a traveling clergyman and church friends. A bright daughter asks why grace is said, and the doctor explains thanks for good things. The father’s solemn retort to his wife becomes a humorous contrast.
A stage comic quips that the leading lady eloped with the bill-poster, prompting the manager to fear for the next town's fate. A sea captain declares doom, a seasick passenger exults as the ship nears catastrophe.
A series of crimes and incidents from across the nation include a fatal yacht sinking off Point Jackson, a Chicago street wolf killed, a rail removed near Julzberg with a $1000 reward, a suicide by Dr. Andrew McFarland in Oaklawn Illinois, and a bank theft plea by Pauli Tate. Also reported are a fatal assault on Streetcar driver Lochner, a five year old burned at Hennessy Oklahoma, a California World’s Fair exhibit law ruling, and razor fights in Toledo injuring bystanders.
A vintage advertisement promises Dr Pierce’s Goddon Medical Discovery cures blood diseases from eruptions to scrofula. It claims the medicine purifies and enriches the blood, renews body systems, and treats eczema boils and swollen glands with a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
The piece contrasts Jay Gould and Ingalls in public life and suggests Ingalls should use Seid's German Cough and Kidney Cure to preserve his voice. It markets a remedy as soothing vocal organs and curing bronchitis, claiming suitability for the elderly and noting it is for sale by all dealers.
The Board of Public Works announces Imp. Res. No. 145, 1891 to construct a two foot diameter brick sewer along the first alley west of Meridian from the south of Twelfth to fifty feet north of Twelfth. Costs not borne by city will be charged pro rata to abutting property owners. A hearing is set for December th at 10 am.
Syrup of Figs is praised for gentle prompt action on kidneys liver and bowels cleansing the system and curing habitual constipation. The ad notes 50c and 1 bottles sold by druggists and promotes ETECTIVE AGENCY Indianapolis as a detective service with confidential work and U S connections under C Webster Chief and Thomas McMillin assistant.
The 1891 Indiana General Assembly prohibits any person from connecting or reconnecting with gas mains, turning on or off valves, enlarging mixer orifices, or using gas without a written permit from the affected gas entity. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Trains depart Indianapolis Union Station for St. Louis at 7 30 am 11 51 am 12 55 pm and 11 00 pm. Some trains connect at Terre Haute for B and NH points Kwaneville and Greencastle are mentioned with 11 pm and 10 10 am through routes. Arrivals from St Louis include 3 39 am 4 15 am 7 20 pm 5 20 pm and 7 45 pm. Through passenger cars operate on long routes.
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