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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1891
Page
3
A humorous verse laments Billville’s rapid growth and empty rooms. The pastor’s gone, a harsh fundraiser memory lingers, and lawman misfortune shadows the town. Moonlight stills glow as the community braces for change while Billville stays “on a boom.”
An elderly gentleman on a Harlem bound train is drawn into a playful ruse by three English youths. They engage him in a casual discussion on directions and landmarks, culminating in a confidence game where strangers are prompted to join a social exchange and pay if they answer wrongly. The elderly man senses the joke and retreats to his seat as the group explains the game.
A compact glimpse of social manners notes costly new hairpins, lace details altering hand appearance, and a rose in the hair as a Spanish touch. It mentions vacation party chatter, Miss Breckenridge studying law, bird protection society with 250 members led by the Duchess of Portland, and an eccentric note on dark green writing papers sealed with gold wax. It ends with a curious church seat change and a blue-nosed widow scene.
A fragmentary comic exchange jokes about depicting a portrait titled Portrait of a Lady. Characters discuss a domestic satire sent to an exhibition, with playful quips on distances and an exaggerated railroad tie figure for Chicago to New York.
The excerpt blends W W Campbell’s October Century lyric about dawn and love with a Philadelphia Record anecdote of a woman paying 15 buttons at a cent, then returning for skirt braid and offering three old buttons plus a cent as payment. A New York Ledger writer extols cloths from flour sacks as sermon text.
A fragmentary digest cites a mosquito repellent method using kerosene in water and notes a Dennysville woodpile identifying a Calais house. It covers Greek national costume, editor conversions, and a racehorse owner’s daughter gift, plus a burglar fear device of large boots by a Hartford Post item.
A Mrs. Dawson of Broad Ripple credits Drs Stackhouse and Newlin with relieving a long list of chronic ailments after other doctors failed. She cites catarrh headaches and an ear trouble among improved conditions and urges others to seek their care at the Stackhouse Medical Institute 2038 North Illinois Street Indianapolis. Their practice specializes in catarrh and diseases of the ear throat lungs and stomach with hours listed and mail consultation offered.
A Bos ton Gazette quote collage links lies to sin and words to wounds. It argues that contentment comes from self-reliance and inner strength, not fault-finding in others. It critiques seeking fleeting joy while shunning steady inner sunshine.
Samuel Lali and Galvanizad Iron appear among the listed builders along with Cornice Sista Pin and Iron Roofing and Skylights and Boynton Surnadges, indicating a compilation of contractor names for a regional project.
The piece laments 14 000 children starting classes in Indianapolis and warns of illnesses from wet feet. It urges parents to use Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure, claiming it prevents coughs, measles, croup, and other childhood maladies. The ad notes Sylvan Remedy Co of Peoria Illinois distributes the remedy.
The excerpt compares life’s highs and lows with the Aver pun on Ben Johnson. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a mild remedy for health, arguing pills can cure permanently or provide temporary relief. One sugar-coated pellet suffices, with a vial priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement extols Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as mild and soothing. The claim highlights its gentle healing properties and offers the product for 50 cents to readers seeking relief.
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