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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1893
Page
3
A reflective poem by Lee Harris in the Sunday Journal questions aging at fifty five. The speaker ponders strength, freedom, and the soul resisting decay as the worn body serves a greater inner flame. The verse contrasts earthly dust with faith, longing for release, and hopes the spirit rises unbound when the last thread breaks.
A rustic courtship tale unfolds as Teenie Meadowgrass refuses eloping without her father’s consent. Jake Philpott pleads, faces fear of Will Bay, and must ask the father to wed. The scene shifts to a festive aftermath with playful domestic details and fashion curiosities of the era.
A recipe fragment describes Charlotte Russe with lady fingers cream and isinglass, plus a pastry method for two crusts. It details molding, drying, whipping cream with liquor, folding in dissolved isinglass and sugar, and assembling over a sponge cake, then chilling. It also outlines pastry dough using St Louis flour, lard or drippings, butter, and ice water with two tight-crust rolls.
A fragmented school vignette features a teacher asking Tommy for an example of foresight and a pupil recounting a family anecdote about a doctor visit. The text blends stray phrases about hygiene in the sand and a boy’s misinterpreted line about girls and diagrams, ending with a quip about catching a cold.
A Philadelphia Record note advises that for young ladies light fairies and silk crepes suit many occasions. For dancing school and dressy events, light crepe and satin duchesse of silk and wool are appropriate, with white favored. Gowns should match fabric and wearer’s figure, featuring serpentine trimmings and ribbons, marshout feather ruching, pressed ruffles of silk gauze, and narrow white or pale ribbons.
An account portrays a Chinese custom involving live newborn mice cooked with honey as a delicacy. The piece notes the practice as seen by a Chinese epicure, claiming 60,000 mice were eaten at a recent imperial wedding celebration.
The old idea of opening an umbrella to dry is a mistake. Damp causes the silk to contract and the ribs to resist piercing through. Shake out the falda and hold the umbrella by itself. Large sunshades and colored silk en tout cas should be dried open after wiping with linen, not rubbed, to prevent color transfer.
A slate of results shows Rhode Island voters backing plurality elections on Tuesday. Also reported are a fatal oil city fire, a spate of violent incidents including a husband shooting and a throat-cutting attempt, a dissolved abstinence group in Chicago, and various labor disputes and drowning rumors.
Promotes Warner's SAKFM Cure as a purely vegetable formula that supposedly treats kidney, liver, urinary, and nervous disorders. Claims universal success over 14 years across the United States and several countries, insisting it purifies blood, restores appetite and vitality, and renews health.
Warners Safe Cure is presented as a proven treatment aiding thousands previously given up. It claims to avoid nerve wreckage and narcotic cravings while addressing backache nervous troubles and stomach disorders. The notice emphasizes kidney liver and urinary disease relief.
An advertisement proclaims Warner's Safe Cure as a guaranteed remedy with strong confidence. It urges immediate use, warns against substitutes, and highlights a picture of a safe on genuine packages as proof of authenticity. The tone is promotional and emphatic.
Markets steady with extensive lists of meat and produce prices. Entries include hams pork products bacon lard beans lard fresh pork crackers lard staples and a wide range of fruits vegetables and canned goods with regional variations and imperial measures.
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