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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1892
Page
3
A nostalgic poem by Charles Noble Gragory recalls rural life and fruit harvests. Turkeys chase grasshoppers, birds whistle, and memories of apples from childhood homes return as aging figures reflect amid city sounds and old graves.
In late May 1871 during the Paris Commune upheaval, a canteen girl Mathilde confronts Octave Mirboy, a battalion captain, then betrays him. As crowds search, soldiers accuse Mathilde. a boy defends her, but she is shot by a firing squad amid chaotic street fighting and destruction.
Octave survives an attack and learns a boy saved his life by carrying him to safety. The boy recalls rescuing Polyte earlier and reveals he placed crucial papers on the girl during the confusion. The dialogue centers on gratitude, fate, and hidden documents that bind their fates.
Walter Blackburn Harte in the New England Magazine extols a wife who matches a thinker in appreciation and imagination. Emerson and Balzac cited, the ideal spouse enriches life, society, and inner wealth, fostering virtue, gentility, and lasting richness.
A collection of clipped anecdotes and social notes. Terse scenes reveal childhood curiosities, fashion shifts to bridal linen trousseaus, and remarks on wealth and luxury. The nerve center is playful London style whimsy and upper class domesticity with references to hats, shoes, a farmer’s field, and Vanderbilts lace.
A collection of humorous sentences contrasts barber wisdom about baldness with vanity in tailored trousers and a rebuke of ostentatious religiosity. The excerpts reveal public ribbing of personal display and craft habits across the era.
QAR HER, Portland Oregon, reports a $50,600 fire on Monday with one man burned. Dr Briggs case taken up by New York presbytery. East paper mills shut due to regs shortage. Dr B M Thomas, New Mexico secretary, dead. Five Terrill Oklahoma children poisoned by strychnine. Dr W H Scott abandons Methodist faith in Columbus. E S Dann Buffalo bank wrecker died, reportedly by suicide. J B Moorehead suicide in New York. A S Tett Penn railroad cashier in Jersey City, $30,000 short and fled. Cary Ogden paint company Chicago burned, loss $160,000 insured. Pekin Illinois freight wreck destroys $10,000 paintings for state fair. Maj Gen Snowden orders Homestead advisory board arrested for treason. Six bodies wash ashore near Wilmington North Carolina tied to a raft from a wrecked vessel. Northern Pacific passenger train collides with freight near Minneapolis. fireman dies, several passengers injured.
A fragmentary tale blends a tale of cholera rumors with a drunken husband’s defense and a party game from Ladies’ Home Journal. The overheard chatter shifts to a spelling competition where Pro and Con prompts drive an endless word chain among students.
The fourth page lists a bustling market with groceries largely steady, fruits, poultry, and eggs shifting slightly. Provisions cover smoked meats, lard, dried salts, fish, and produce with prices noted for Indiana and California origins and assorted cuts and weights.
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