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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
3
A four year old girl Betty recalls a party where a girl fell from her chair and the room laughed. Betty explains she did not laugh because she herself had fallen earlier, revealing compassion and self restraint. The exchange is told in a motherly tone from St Nicholas.
Howard Measie recalls a dramatic November encounter near the Indian bridge over the Mantises river in Northern Michigan. A bear hunt turned fatal bear ambush as bears closed in on Measie and his dog, who battled through a furious melee to escape with only scratches and torn clothes.
Narrative sketches a dramatic bear fight with eight bears killed and twice as many wounded, lasting about thirty minutes. The scene is described as a slaughter pen with blood trails, while a figure named Delbert Lyins recalls the event and his moniker Bear Blay.
The piece highlights popular tastes with The Irish Jubilee as a featured song. It discusses fashion shifts including bold cheviot shirts, high cut white duck vests with gold buttons, and multiple colors of gaiters. It also covers women's hair padding, hairstyle types, and attire guidance from Mr. Worth on era-appropriate gowns and crinoline.
The article notes fewer catches than in earlier years yet higher profits. Flat fish travel long distances in groups to favored resorts while barrings mackerel and pilchards migrate, sometimes vanishing as suddenly as they arrive. It also mentions a recent Alabama murder by a gang of white caps amid coal industry tensions.
A cobbled record of curious incidents includes a civil suit over speaking about a woman in Texas, a San Francisco arrest for disturbing the peace, neighborhood piano antics, church discipline in Jersey City Heights, rival funeral processions blocking a street, a Sedalia Missouri conductor spoof, and domestic news on a baby outfit purchase and elaborate infant garments and monograms.
In the late New York Central Railroad strike militia readiness was ordered but not activated. Gov. Hill stated troops would be called only in emergencies and praised calm, level-headed leadership. The strike persisted weeks with civil authorities handling incidents, notably Syracuse where a deputy sheriff lost a hand.
Notice states a departure schedule from Central Standard Lime leaving tram and service at Outer Station along South Winds Street. It warns travelers of the end after Sunday October 6 1850 and outlines the ran times and route.
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