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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1891
Page
3
A frightened girl seeks help, lost and crying, as a kind speaker consoles her. The child introduces herself as Shiny-eyes while the adult pursues her name and origin, asking about home and safety in a tense, wary moment. A glimmer of reassurance follows.
The St Louis Republic recounts Dr James Grant, a Scottish born physician who settled in Mexico and ventured into Texas politics and colonization. After joining Milam at San Antonio, he aided wounded Mexicans during Urrea’s San Patricio campaign and was captured near Agua Dulce. His brutal death came when captors bound him to a wild horse, tearing him apart as villagers watched, a fate confirmed by multiple accounts but reaching wider notoriety through the Mexican servant’s testimony.
A collage of social notes recalls ice cream soda jokes at a drug store, lace neckerchiefs, and the Steinberques trend. It mentions Egypt veils, Balmaceda’s widowhood, Mrs. Cleveland's triplet gift, and Mrs. Harrison’s crocheted baby sacques. It also explains the Steinkerque’s origin from the Steinkerque battle and how French princes improvised their dress.
The note traces Benjamin Franklin’s London composing stick now owned by an Englishman with engravings and mottoes. It recalls a French judge ruling that a bicycle is a carriage, Hobson’s choice origins, and a New York World vignette on 40 Russian Jews landing in New York led by a harsh guide, detailing their bleak, shoeless children and ragged clothing as they head to the East Side.
An impossible jumble of measurements claims the average human has 32 teeth and 150 pounds six ounces body weight. It states blood weight as 29 pounds, brain mass over twice that of other animals, and a man breathes 40 times per minute. The prose combines inconsistent statistics, including figures for brain weight and air intake, attributed to Es.
Advertises the Genuine Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and liver invigorator with a money back guarantee if it fails to help. Sold only through authorized druggists at 4.00 per bottle or six for 5.16, warns against fraudulent imitations at lower prices and urges buyers to beware of unauthorized dealers.
A jumble of scattered notes reports labor strikes in Savannah and Arkansas, a burning mill in Oxford, losses from bank and business failures, and political shifts including Emerson Dell’s embezzlement arrest. Miscellaneous items touch on famous figures, a quadruple electrocution report, and rural anecdotes from Harpers Bazar style sketches.
The Board of Public Works in Indianapolis announces a vacation action for the first alley east of Illinois street between Twelfth street and the first alley north of Twelfth in Marion County. A plat and details are on file. A meeting is set for October 6, 1841, to consider final action.
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