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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1893
Page
3
A humorous verse recounts a flirtatious scene where two characters sip cider through a straw and tease a knotty life question. The playful dialogue uses repeated imagery of straw sipping and cheek by cheek interactions.
In Buffalo Newa a lawyer declines to press a claim over a homestead after hearing an elderly couple’s prayerful plea. The old man’s tearful testimony and faith move the lawyer to drop the case, revealing how piety and family poverty shape legal decisions and mercy.
A collage of odd lines notes diverse topics from Baltimore blind boatman to New York hackmen and apple phosphorus. It cites odd phrases about Hood River car inscriptions and street begging in Pavia, plus laundry worker Augusta Slevin ironing 1108 shirts daily, and mentions fashion storms with oil silk shoulder linings.
Gossip items include amusing remarks on card players, alternative shoe polishing methods using banana skins and other kitchen scraps, and General Lew Wallace recounting a Turkish diplomatic blunder involving a harem gift and his wife.
A collage of jokes about dining and preaching followed by brief reports on cholera outbreaks in Bilboa and Berlin. Strikes in St Louis impact beer, Brunswick Ga reports 31 new cholera cases, Knoxport La lynching of two hog thieves, and New York bankers pleased with silver in the Senate. Waukegan couple wed on a Ferris wheel at the world’s fair amid a court dispute over a Battle Creek corpse.
Tem peranceville resident A Frank Byrd endured chronic Bright's disease and oppressive treatments before a recovery he credits to Warner's Safe Cure. At 53, now weighs 195 pounds and runs an active business, praising the remedy as a life saver for many others, including women who suffered similar ailments.
Markets firm with extensive pricing for meats, lard, bacon, sausages, pickled goods, and vegetables. Listings include California ham at 9c to 14c per lb, lard at 12.5c to 14c, dried beef hams and shoulder cuts, and various fruits, vegetables, and dairy products with specific prices per unit or per hundredweight. Directions show a broad catalog of groceries and supplies typical of a metropolitan market page.
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