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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1891
Page
3
A speaker recalls youthful love and finds that time and aging have added depth to the beloved. The poem contrasts the pristine beauty of youth with the marks of time on face and cheek. The marriage vow endures as the heart remains stirred by evolving loveliness.
A New Orleans Picayune study portrays Mary, a backwoods girl turned village matron, who endures hardship after her husband George dies in an accident. She raises three sons, finds quiet happiness in simple work, and teaches resilience and optimism through a life centered on family, faith, and labor.
A poem notes a homemaker whose lack of domestic skill contrasts with a husband’s praise and a personal fortune. It mentions Millicent James entering the stage and cites winter plays by women such as Martha Morton Pearl Vanage Ella Henderson Matilda Estrau Adelaide Ober Agnes Munroe and Blanche Mareden. It also recounts a folktale about an Arab widow, a Japanese imperial interest in female education, and students remaining in traditional dress.
A garbled assemblage from the Washington Star and Chicago Tribune discussion items includes autumnal weather musings, price mentions for milk, a colossal glass pane in Cincinnati from Marseille, Missouri immigrant wagon traffic, a fatal obituary in Bakor City Ore, and a florid, sentimental obituary tribute praising a young woman who died, comparing her to winter snow and summer flowers.
A humorous dialog on buying cloth and fractions ends with a suggested prudent choice. Also includes a child’s heaven talk and fashion notes on hats, purses, trimming, feather boas, and feathering methods for hats and accessories.
An 1891 notice warns against counterfeit Dr Pierce remedies sold by unapproved dealers. Authorized druggists offer Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery at 1.00 per bottle, Favorite Prescription at 1.00, Pleasant Pellets at 0.25, with a positive guarantee of benefit or refund.
News fragments report widespread prairie fires in Oklahoma, a striking miner feeding his child blood to prevent starvation, a deadly express collision near Zanesville killing two farmers and horses, a boiler explosion in Louisville causing fatalities and $500000 in damage, a new longestspan bridge opening over the Ohio River at Wheeling, and various violent crimes and unusual deaths across several states.
The article notes the prince of Wales plans to engage more with the issue of poverty and housing, moving away from courting gossip and prophets about his health. It adds a caricature of Post Switlurne as shy, dependent on his mother, fond of tea, and living quietly with Weiss, his Athenaeum editor friend, hinting he may seek a job via the Wanted Help column in TH SUN.
Secs 2 and 5 of a 1891 Indiana act make it unlawful to connect or reconnect gas mains or services or alter valves and mixers without a written permit from the affected gas company or corporation. Violators face a fine on conviction from five to one hundred dollars.
Indianapolis seeks to establish a home for aged women to shelter those who outlive relatives and face social hardship. The plan earns broad approval as a noble charitable effort. The text promotes teid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a protective remedy, claiming it bears no poison and is suitable for the elderly, sold by all druggists.
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