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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1893
Page
3
A fragmentary verse reflecting on raising and undoing, urging cautious progress and patient toil. The speaker warns against rushing and urges careful, ethical effort to avoid future regret. The dated, stern tone resembles a 19th century schoolyard admonition.
A veteran memoir recalls Brimmer a young private famed for bravery at a disastrous battle and for saving the color bearer’s flag. After the war he succumbs to alcohol, becoming a beggar, while Bluffer the color bearer gains praise and a hero’s welcome in T optown.
The crowd applauded as Bluffer accepted a token of esteem for saving the colors. He modestly claimed to be Heaven’s instrument in the act while Brimmer, later seized by volunteers, boasted of carrying the colors now in his "blooming countenance" under the starlit sky.
A collage of farcical exchanges from old papers including a quip on tramp flannel that shrinks in washing, a streetcar passenger chat with a affectionate cop, a Park Row restaurant remark about an overcoat, and Rattlesnake Pete recounting a fatal snakebite tale with whisky as a comic cure.
The Albany Press notes cats influence beliefs, predicting rain when cats wash faces, luck for brides when they sneeze, and rain after overlong grooming. Jumping over corpses is warned as bad luck, while black cats are linked to gambling as omens of ill fortune that some travelers try to avert by touching the cat.
A collection of brief notices: McMahon in danger in France. Parnell death anniversary in Dublin. Nashville bank failure. Brunswick yellow fever cases. CTA to build hotel in St Louis. O'Shea near death from typhoid. Exeter train wreck deaths and injuries. Elmwood car-train collision. Salvini's marriage in Cleveland. Dr Olney drowned near Onset Bay under foul play hints. Ann Arbor fishing boat lost at Lake Superior. Kyle station barouche tragedy near Cincinnati. Henry Kershaw's suicide in New Orleans. Libbie Bicom tied to death claims. no Rio bombardment report. Peixoto may move capital. Mello’s incriminating album. foreign reps arrange truce.
Help is wanted by women ailing or exhausted and Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription promises aid for all stages from puberty to menopause. It claims to build up regulate and restore health for female complaints and guarantees a refund if it fails to benefit. Sold by druggists everywhere.
Markets steady with provisions and oils changes. Includes prices for hams bacon lard canned fruits flour and dairy, listing Morgan & Gray, Empire, Moore, and other firms. Notes on dried beef hams shoulders and various canned and fresh produce with regional price ranges and pack sizes.
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