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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1889
Page
3
A lone highwayman confronts a narrator with two revolvers. Hands up, the captive folds, as the robber searches for a way to seize the cash and papers. After a tense exchange, the narrator proposes retreat and hints at allies with Winchesters nearby, prompting the bandit to retreat.
The article surveys fashion notes with wide white cuffs, long mantles from Paria in royal purple velvet, lace and embroidery trends, and street toiles with redingotes over striped skirts. It adds a Cajun blend of anecdotes on doctors and professionals about billing jokes from the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A quirky collage of remarks from children and adults includes a cousin's post office exclusion, a student dodging a second strike, a fourteens-era tally-ho memory, a cow horn question, a nurse warning of the devil, and a backyard hole digger shouting dabble dabble. The Washington Post ad notes ten free words for three days in want ads.
Readers note a tide of small ads turning to the Sun as a free or nominally priced option. The piece argues extravagant prices for want ads are unnecessary since everyone reads the Sun and will see the advertisements.
A whimsical catalog of regal personages from Europe. It sketches each queen or empress's preferred pastime from skating and swimming to collecting pearls, bathing rituals, and theatrical games. The passage blends mythic imagery with light anecdotal traits, ending with the Portugal queen's adventurous seaside exploits.
A well known Captain Warren O'Haver, police official and real estate agent, praises Gun Wa's Chinese Vegetable remedies for mercury poisoning and typhoid fever. He recounts a battle injury from October 5, 1862, and says his recovery began after using the remedies three weeks ago. The notice promotes Gun Wa as a practitioner and lists office details and calling hours.
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