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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1893
Page
4
On New Year's Eve in Galensville a claim dispute leads to a gun stumble and a fatal blow. Hank Smith shoots Pete after exposing a vein while in the tunnel, then a cave-in buries Pete and Hank beneath tons of earth. Chicago Mail reports a deadly claim dispute ending in tragedy.
A collection of society snippets on dress trends and morals. References to front-button coats for women, decorative buttons on skirts, Bible verses warning against certain fashions, and remarks on carpeted gowns, hair nets, and luxury headpieces. Mentions Ezekiel 13:8 and the fashionable use of gold thread nets and jeweled meshes.
The item mixes quotes from the Atchison Globe and Somerville Journal about palmistry as a social fad, cautions on confidentiality in illness, and coffee as brain food. It also mentions a bread server described as a wide fork and a Lavater quote about concealing joy versus grief, noting a humorous poker possibility.
A recipe fragment describes snowball cake using sugar butter milk flour egg whites baking powder and almond flavoring with candied cherries on icing. It also details cauliflower pickle with white heads cut from stalks washed salted steamed tender and jarred with a hot vinegar mix of sugar mustard seeds and a green pepper.
The Atchison Globe notes boys used wax tablets and stylus instead of slates. A universal aim to whip teachers after growing up mocks schooling. Rochester Post Express jokes about a boy's spanking longing. A Housekeepers Weekly tale follows a boy led astray by a bound red title. A Pope volume reads as “Pope's essay on man” and a boy quips it may be hard on a boy.
Selections from the world fair scene include lace at $1000 a yard and a corn palace. Milking by machinery, diamonds worth $1600, tea at $175 a pound, Grace Darling’s life boat, 106 kinds of American birds, a Jersey cow valued at $15090, a shawl with 24000 stitches, a six foot Japanese doll baby, and a California wing fountain. Clarksville Confederate monument dedicated Wednesday. Reports say 200 pension spies operate nationwide. Isaac P. Gray returns from Mexico to view the fair. Idle workers head to Frisco but there is no work there. Tate Kentucky’s ex-treasurer captured at Yuma. Cherokee boomers suffer near starvation. Secretary Carlisle paid $500 for the fair reception after Congress refused. Pittsburg glass factories balk at wage demands. only one factory to resume. W S Shaw ex deputy US cashier convicted in Louisville for campaign fund duties, a Republican bound east, struck a freight train at Bear Swamp NJ. four tramps killed, two trainmen hurt. Rear Admiral Stanton, leading the Rio fleet, salutes Admiral Mello the revolutionary. Stanton is removed from command and returns home in disgrace amid questions over his competence.
Markets show no material changes with broad lists of provisions. Prices cover smoked meats bacon lard vegetables fruits flour canned goods and farm staples with detailed quotes for hams shoulders bacon sausage lard picks and fresh produce from onions to apples and beans. Delaware Maryland Baltimore crop notes accompany regional fish and dairy offerings and shipper paying prices across butter poultry and fish items.
Tue Sun urges timely action on selling or purchasing items. It notes this is the proper time of year and suggests calling 880, sending a postal card, or visiting Taz SUN office at 79 H Christ. The message targets household sellers and buyers with immediate contact options.
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