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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1891
Page
3
A Boston Courier verse notes the maid Kate who polishes the home leaves the room in chaos. The speaker laments the disorder with a wry image of misplaced items and a ruined mood after Kate’s work. The piece blends humor with sentiment about domestic life and perception of order.
A Canadian excursion party visits a cemetery in an American city with a pedantic minister guiding them. One member remains detached, wanders among graves, witnesses a grieving lover by a child and a dead wife, and questions immortality before returning home with tempered thoughts.
A survey of women figures from Italy to New York. Mentions Italian female candidates for parliament, Hila Wheeler Wilcox on moral example, Miss Braddon’s china cabinets, Letta Crabtree’s age and marriage talk, and Dr. Mary Woolsey Hoxon of New York a renowned physician earning about 30000 yearly with striking appearance and vitality, aged 31.
A rundown of elegant table favors and decor trends for Thanksgiving. Small gift baskets with candied fruits and ribbons, six inch umbrella handles, ebony painted fittings, and growing candle use in parlor and dining rooms. Cosmos flowers replace ferns and palms for decor, valued for heat and condition resilience.
Ward McAllister catalogs lavish spending by Americans. He notes at least four men spend annually 100000 dollars, about 380 men spend 100000 to 150000, and the average fashionable woman spends 4000 to 6000 a year on her toilet, while many live on 35000 to maintain a stylish establishment.
Henry M. Stanley rescues three twelve year old Black boys from slavery paying three cents a piece. William II prefers homely meals, demanding weekly mashed peas with smoked beef and sauerkraut. A Jordaen painting once sold for 58,000 francs reappeared in a Paris grog shop and sold for 10 francs. Herbert Spencer links life’s first requisite to good physical health.
A light treasury of opinion on cheap shoes bargain gloves and a dressmaker. It notes free theater tickets and the idea that true worth comes only after trying. The piece blends music and drama with a playful jab at expectations from goods and experiences.
New York legislature evolves as a flax fiber mill opens in Austin Minnesota. St Paul and Minneapolis bid for the national democratic convention. Washington Republicans adjourned. Indians hunt deer in Colorado as measures to halt them are planned. A freight train wreck near Cincinnati. A Denver man sentenced to hang for murder. A mob damns a disreputable house in New Bremen Ohio. Arapahoe Indians head to Washington over a $309000 debt. Dr Thatcher Graves denied continuance in Denver. Murder charge noted as a notable case. World’s fair board ready to report to the president and seeks $5,000,000 from Congress. Ignatius Donnelly sued in Chicago for $6000 over Cryptogram. Old Hutch withdraws from New York Produce Exchange. Emma Abbott’s effects auctioned in New York. receipts total $4000. Minneapolis GOP delegation to return home for Thanksgiving with a lively reception planned. In Louisville several Austin children have died. arsenic poisoning leads to exhumations. The mother’s life insured, she remains unwell.
A letter from W A Nelson of Dublin Indiana salutes the Stackhouse Newlin treatment for catarrh as a complete cure. He describes years of suffering including poor sleep stomach issues and breathing problems that vanished after treatment. The Stackhouse Medical Institute now operates at 203 North Illinois Street Indianapolis offering specialty care for catarrh and chronic diseases with mail treatment and symbolic consultation fees.
An advertisement warns that thin babies and weight-losing men face danger and calls for careful living. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil and offers a free book, listing Scott & Bowne chemists of Newark as the source and noting druggists everywhere carry the product.
Sealed proposals for city improvements in Indianapolis will be received by the Board of Public Works. Bids due by 10 a m Friday December 1. Work includes grading and building the first alley west of Pennsylvania from Fifth to south of Fifth, with specifications on file. The board may reject any or all bids. A W Conduitt, President.
Sec 2 prohibits connecting or reconnection with gas mains or service pipes without a writer permit and forbids altering mixers or using gas without proper mixers. Sec 5 imposes fines from five to one hundred dollars per offense upon conviction.
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