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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1891
Page
3
A young Union scout recounts a Civil War night in Quantrill’s domain. Surrounded by Confederate guerrillas he was condemned to death but used a spur to feign arrest and escape, taking a pistol shot to the chest yet surviving with lasting scars and memory of the near-fatal ordeal.
The excerpt discusses the value of lighting libraries with gas and the damaging effect on leather bindings. It notes a home remedy using boiled egg skin to draw out soreness. It praises Germany for electrical science while crediting the United States with practical electricity use. It reports Texas experiment station results on cottonseed meal in dairy rations and butter fat yield from milk.
A collection of snippets shows children dreaming of feasts and asking about language learning. A dialogue features Johnny anxious to learn German to avoid house rules. The text also mentions a medicine advertisement line for Hood's Sarsaparilla and a broker phrase about listings.
A collage of early 20th century chatter covers games of chance with "nemos" and hearts diamonds clubs spades, pious critique from New York and Baltimore papers, home crafts from the Chicago Mail, and notes on stage stars like Claxton Mitchell Morris and Davenport.
Maine has 19 cities Chauncey Depew has 2000 namesakes in New York City The empress Josephine bought 88 bonnets in one month It took 60000 cars to transport grapes to US markets this season The cradle of Napoleon is on exhibit in the imperial palace of Venice It is gold lined with white satin embroidered with pearls and weighs 500 pounds
A New York Times note describes ham sandwiches shaped from yolk butter mix spread on day old rusks and rolled with pink carmine for appeal. It also notes crushed morocco leather in oleander red and rhododendron lilac, and a soft shell clam dressed in terrapin style as a novel serving idea.
An advertisement asserts beauty and health depend on plumpness and advises careful living to regain it. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as a remedy and offers a free book from Scott & Brown, chemists in New York. Drugstores nationwide stock the emulsion, priced at $1.
The act prohibits any person from making connections or reconnections with gas mains or service pipes of gas suppliers without written permission. It forbids turning on off valves or interfering with appliances and enlarging mixer orifice or using gas for heating without mixers. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars on conviction.
A list of scattered incidents includes a fire at Soo elevator and docks in Escanaba Michigan, two quake shocks in Seattle Washington, Archbishop Kenrick’s golden jubilee in St Louis, an attempted life attack on Rev Dr Jodo Hall in Baltimore, labor clashes at Wapakoneta Ohio, a Nashville letter-box robber captured in Carter's Creek Tennessee, missing Grand Trunk official in Detroit, a $3000 penitentiary delivery narrowly avoided, a fatal shooting and suicide in Marshalltown Iowa, charity conference dates in Denver, a Lexington Kentucky drug clerk fatality over cigar payment, a St Louis man shooting his wife and self harm, bank robber Palmer Derrick arrested then freed, disappearance of G Gleasor in New York with funds, a council fight in Omaha, Mrs Jefferson Davis suing a publishing house, a verdict against L N railroad, and a Texarkana secretary killed by a planter.
A vintage ad touts a vegetable tonic named Favorite Prescription for women addressing menstrual pains, digestive strength, blood enrichment, sleep, and general health. It claims to renew energy, relieve neural and period symptoms, and offers a money back guarantee if not beneficial.
The City of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals by December 1 1891 for grading paving and bowldering on Helen Street and related crossings including Pear Street to Maryland Street as well as roadway work on Helen Street and adjacent alley crossings. Also bids for cleaning Market Street and for grading Columbia Avenue with brick sidewalks and 360 feet of piping sewer are announced with remonstrance procedures set for December 9 1891.
After four years of siege with throat trouble and headaches Charles Cline of 273 Pleasant Street reports relief under Drs Stackhouse and Newlin. He cites sleepless nights, ear noises, poor appetite, bad taste, upset stomach, dizziness, breath shortness, and throat accumulation as symptoms improved by their treatment, calling himself a new man.
Drs. Stackhouse and Newlin announce free medicines until January for all patients at a $5 monthly charge until January 1, 189%. All treated now will receive the same rate until cured. The Indianapolis clinic at 208 North Illinois Street offers treatments for catarrh and diseases of ear throat lungs stomach and blood with consultations and examinations for one dollar and mail treatments available.
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