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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
4
A fragmentary verse hints at courage through humor amid gloom. Vague lines urge keeping a sunny face to banish shadows and endure trouble with wit and grit. Named figures or events are not clear from the text.
In the Arkansas St Francis river area thirty miles from Memphia a timber camp thrives under Widow McBride. She governs with a Winchester rifle and cooks for the group guiding hunting, survival, and daily life. Her son Johnny, 10, and Micky, 7, help as she recounts a bear tale with two cubs slain and a big mother bear brought down at the edge of a cypress-forested cane brake.
Fay Templeton fans pursue slip pers as Annie Pixley sinks into frail health and Tom Karl retires from the operatic stage. Don Thompson has played Josh Whitcomb in The Old Homestead 1,684 times while Munich plans a new opera house for Wagner. Marie Roze, famed grand opera star, now teaches music in Paris. Edwin Booth’s Players Club rooms at Gramercy Park will stay intact and be shown to visitors on public occasions.
An old negro in Irvinton is caught in a farmer's crib loading a sack with cotton. He pleads to the Lord, saying he cannot keep from stealing to survive. A colored preacher notes a forthcoming meeting, urging believers to bring their faith into daily life.
A New York Sun anecdote recalls George C. Milne noticing an old lady crying in a western city crowd. Milne, flattered, invited her to meet after the show and graciously acknowledged her emotion while she reveals her son acts in Kentucky and laments his own acting.
A New York World note praises relish hot apple sauce as a pleasant breakfast addition in season when peaches and melons fade. It also shares a German inspired recipe: four ounces grated beans with one pound potatoes, butter cream, two eggs, shaped into leaves or balls and fried in butter until light brown, served with brown gravy or plain with fried parsley.
A contemporary note reports Roumania taxing female servants while the American girl maintains 1,450 confectionery manufacturers. Over 25,000 American women work in china and pottery decoration. Some Chinese women earn income as wedding attendants, while Kentucky grants married women the right to will property, effective October 7.
A brief humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript features a five year old boy remarking on heavenly marriage and a girl retorting there would be few men, followed by a mother requesting entertainment for the baby and Harry declining saying he is not in the low comedy line.
Mrs Roscoe Conkling dies at family home in Utica. Reports mention other events including yellow fever cases on the steamer Progresso in Boston harbor and arson against cotton gins in Alabama. A widow of Bishop Clarke is found dead near Cincinnati. a gas explosion at the Kaiser hotel in Frisco is noted.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's olden Medical Discovery as a universal antidote for blood and skin diseases from eczema to scrofula. It touts skin, gland, and tissue benefits, notes strong effects for pale children, and claims it builds flesh and strength in adults. The copy guarantees refunds if no benefit is seen, arguing it as the best and cheapest blood medicine.
City markets list extensive provisions including meats sugar cured hams bacon lard dried beef and sausage with prices per pound and per barrel. Fresh pork and variety of vegetables fruits and canned goods are priced with multiple brands and regional sources. The page also notes polices on meats and imports and includes butter cheese and groceries with unit prices.
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