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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1892
Page
3
Fragmentary lines echoing Crying tears from memory and time. The text mentions the poet and a voice recalling vanished years and unforgotten things with references to memory and song. It reads like a damaged literary fragment from a 19th or early 20th century source.
Dick Ashord seeks a life change amid tension with Orla Rane. His uncle recalls a past heartbreak caused by pride and jealousy, revealing a painful lesson. The elder vows not to let the same ruin occur again, inspiring Dick to move past quarrels.
A composite note covers Mashonaland twins drowned at birth the bare foot cure German idea on a sunny beach, frequent false tooth losses at Old Orchard bathing, and a plan for a 17 story New York hotel costing $1,000,000 to rise in two years. London’s vast expanse and labyrinthine streets are lauded as a world wonder.
A stern woman enters a fur shop and orders a muff with terse retorts flying from the clerk. The piece also introduces Sam Bantry, a Harlemaye clerk with poor sight and a sharp tongue, who proposes a ten foot advantage for a match due to his blindness. The text then lists fashion items: velvet bonnets and hats in red, green, and black with various trimmings and ribbons.
A historical note describes finely mincing underdone cold beef with bread crumbs onion parsley and seasonings, shaping into fat cakes with mashed potato tops and butter, then browning in the oven as a breakfast option. It adds that cold roast beef may be prepared similarly. The piece then shifts to verse excerpts and a Buffalo News item.
Get something smaller than ordinary pills and better. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tiny sugar coated pills, easy to take and act gently yet effectively. They claim to relieve bilious headaches constipation indigestion dizziness and liver stomach and bowel derangements, with a money back guarantee and popular price.
A jumble of short items reports a diphtheria epidemic threat in Cleveland, Samoa and Samoa affairs denied by Britain, a $70,000 blaze in Brocton Massachusetts, Morris London declining poet laureateship, a $370,000 bake sale by H W Gillet Co in Chicago, a 50 mph Chicago windstorm, Margaret Mather’s overwork note with Saturday return, another death by asphyxiation in Chicago, deputies quieting Homestead disturbances, a devastating Montevideo storm, five feet of snow in Russia disrupting rail, Billy West and Emma Hanley wedding in Bensonhurst, a fatal beating in Enozville, German bands barred at worlds fair, Emile Casioilliar likely orator for fair, Cleveland glass firms burned with $250,000 loss and one fatality.
A montage of quotations on women’s charm, dress, and manners from several papers. It condemns extreme fashions, touts the “womanly woman,” praises Cleopatra but notes allure, mocks grass widows, and laments gowns that distort the body with six inches of waist and towering skirts.
A dense list of grocery and meat prices, including smoked meats, dried ham, bacon, sausage, beans, fish, canned fruits, fresh produce, and staples. The column also notes various market items and their per unit costs, reflecting a bustling, detailed 19th or early 20th century trade page. Prominent entities include Morgan & Gray, New York suppliers, and numerous regional produce lines.
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