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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1892
Page
3
In a New York Press story the drummer recalls a moonlit journey to a customer ten miles away. A silent buggy with two living passengers and a dead couple follows, causing fear until a later discovery reveals a grim murder mystery and a buried secret involving tramps.
A North-side youngster answers a grammar question with humor about seasons and a goat. The teacher tests usage by asking for a sentence containing but as a conjunction, and the boy replies with the word butt, noting it connects the boy and the goat.
In the Detroit Free Press excerpt two lovers sit in the gloaming as a twilight hush settles over fields and hills. A distant crash breaks the stillness and a man passes with kindling toward the wood shed confirming the calm evening’s fragile pause.
Detroit Free Press urges common sense in dress for work noting a shift away from corsets by Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice, while a lighthearted New York Press anecdote contrasts a flirtatious soda fountain scene. French milinery fuses lace with fur, using white guinure and sable accents on capotes.
Guidance on suitable collars coats hats and collars for different body types and complexions. It cautions against long thin neck looks, broad basques, round turbans, plain linen collars, and large waist buttons. It pairs color suggestions with skin tones and hair colors to avoid clashing electric hues.
A Free Press report notes paper prices rise due to rag shortages from cholera countries. It also mentions a Chinese official claiming bodies are preserved in tea boxes, later shipped abroad, with vessels marked by a private native symbol.
A string of disasters reports fires in Altoona Pennsylvania and Colorado Springs Colorado with combined losses near 145000. Obituary notes D F Hanks Paris Illinois aged 93 and Col Joseph Wood Adrian Michigan aged 85. Venezuelan government recognized by United States. A pistol trap killed a woman in Louisville.
A string of eclectic notes recalls Tennyson’s lines and public opinion on poets, alongside curiosities. It mentions a Chicago area blood goods factory producing countless items from animal blood and a biting critique of Edwin Arnold as a poet. It also notes Nahum Tate and a legendary list of royal servants at an imagined dinner.
In a European Exchange item a Gascony native boasts an uncle who lived to 112 while a Marseilles native recalls a 180 year old grandmother. A Parisian counters that his family is still so new none have died yet. The humorous dialogue contrasts generations and longevity.
The Saturday market opened dull with steady prices. Potatoes and groceries steady. dried beef and bacon components quoted with cents per pound. Liquors, pickled meats, canned fruits, and vegetables show varied prices across Indiana and California origins. Seafood, cheeses, seeds, and garden produce listed with multiple item prices and crate or per pound quotes.
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