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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1893
Page
3
A wartime tale from Harper's Weekly recalls a young boy named Jack aboard a schooner off Sandy Hook who snatches a burning fuse from a shell. The captain scorns the disobedience until Jack acts bravely, saving lives and earning the captain’s tearful approval. The crew honors the boy who faced danger in place of his father’s wishes.
Cedelia Hughes, a woman from a Sanders farm family, returns at age 19 on Thanksgiving after a life away from home. A traveling doctor, boasting foreign education and wealth, courts her with charm and stories, leading to a quick engagement and family talk of a wedding and extended trip.
Cedelia Hughes, now Mrs. Adolph Van Hels, leaves a resort life with $500 inheritance. Abandoned by the doctor husband in Chicago, she returns home at Thanksgiving to a humble, steadfast family. A valley railroad scene frames a contented Cedelia in later years.
The column muses on new fashions such as notched skirts jeweled anklets and hair styles. It notes widows marry readily due to gained insight from marriage and mocks courting delays. A bachelor praises sticking to one dress to keep a single personal image.
Aunty praises boys for studying at home while Jenny claims she learns all lessons there. The exchange implies families value home study and school time for fun. A Detroit Free Press item notes a boy's witty response about gratitude and fruit as a moral quip.
An ad urges readers to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for impure blood and symptoms like blotches and low mood. It claims the product cleanses and invigorates the whole system, outperforms cod liver oil, and guarantees benefit or money back.
Bishop Payne senior bishop of the A WM E church dies in Xenia. O W Jones president of Citizens Savings and Loan Association Cleveland dies. Gov Aitgeld refuses pardon for Harvey Pate and Frank Stires doomed to die Dec 8. Russian government orders closing of two churches at Kroads. soldiers kill 20 and wound many. Princess Colonna accuses her husband of spending 1,000,000 at gambling and adultery in divorce. A crank threatens Secret Service officer McCullough in St Louis. disarmed and sent home to Byrnasville Missouri.
The page notes markets steady on Thursday with diverse provisions listed. Items include smoked meats, sugar cured hams, bacon, sausage, pickled meats, lard, fresh pork cuts, and dry salt meats. Dried fruits, vegetables, fruits, flour, and canned goods priced with multiple brand names and suppliers.
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