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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
3
A poem excerpt recounts a son’s long journey across landscapes to the place of his father’s door and death beside his father’s coor. The speaker reflects on passing beyond the sunset and completing a weary pilgrimage as narrated by S. W. Foss in the Yankee Blade.
An aged grandmother clings to a long loved family home as adult children move her to a grand city residence with a maid. Grief and homesickness mount until a missing maid and news spark a search and a return to a cherished past. The family learns a rekindled filial love and the pull of the old house remains strong.
A narrative passage recalls a last journey to an old house where a grandmother lies at peace with her family nearby. The scene blends mourning and reverence as relatives enter, while a separate note from the Boston Home Journal surveys odd wills sustaining long legal battles and quirky bequests with sharp ironies.
A collage of brief items includes an auction note about writer Max O'Rel asking $500 for a letter, praise for Sofi actors, a dangerous stage joke involving a drunk performer, Civil War memory of Donn Pratt, Thanksgiving reflections, light quips about a turkey story, a kitchen door encounter with a tramp, and folklore on ear burning linked to being talked about.
In a Market scene the men joke over a turkey stock and curry the crambelly sauce. Jimmie jokes about his sister's birthday being 30 years ago while Chappie corrects him and a light exchange ends with playful banter in Harpers Bazaar.
The page lists varied incidents and notices from midweek: a Wall Street reference, the Duluth Tribune seizure, political endorsements, a plan for a Kansas daily, and a St Louis hotel sale. It records wreck fatalities in Alberton Iowa and other violent events, plus crime arrests, a landslide near Icons Wood killing workers, and several local misfortunes including fires, lawsuits, and a hospital escape.
The telegraph reports Miss Maggie Doniger of Shelbyville Indiana with pulmonary trouble has started a Newfoundland puppy diet. It claims tubercular patients gain lymph to destroy microbes. The piece touts Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure and urges early cold prevention as the best remedy.
An Indianapolis agency at 214% East Washington Street invites bankers, insurers, merchants, and the public to submit criminal and civil cases for confidential investigation. It cites endorsements from Albert Gall, W. H. Henderson, Prof. LaFollette, Sheriff Langenberg, Auditor Taggart, and others for competence and integrity.
The General Assembly of Indiana declares it unlawful to connect or recon nect with gas mains or service pipes without a written permit. Turning on or off valves or enlarging mixer orifice or using gas for heating without approval is prohibited. Violators face a fine from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Trains depart Indianapolis Union Station for St Louis at 9 0 am 11 50 am 1 32 55 pm 11 00 pm. Connections at Terre Haute to E and T points with Emma? sleeper on IL pm train. Greencastle and Terre Haute clocks listed. Praising arrives from St Louis at 3 30 am 2 60 pm 5 20 pm 7 45 pm. Terre Haute Greencastle listed. Sleeping and parlor cars available on through trains.
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