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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1893
Page
3
A verse fragment recounts a weaver who lounges while threads glisten yet lack binding ties. The speaker laments an idle heart and unfinished harmony, noting love as the steady weft that completes the fabric. Louis Wassoo.
In a Detroit Free Press account a brutal bounty jumper wounded in battle dies within 48 hours. A child visits his cot, touches his cheek with her kiss, and the savage guardhouse inmate softens, murmuring a final plea for mercy as life ebbs away.
A Beecher maxim born from 19th century belief notes worry harms more than labor while a Maine veteran recalls childhood errands. The New York Times cites James Fowler and anecdotes about wasps in England causing a garden nuisance as a cross-Atlantic exchange.
A detailed peach trifle method uses one pint sweet cream one half dozen lady fingers one cup peach pulp one half cup sugar one third box Nelsons gelatin two eggs and vanilla. Whip cream beat eggs sugar gelatin and vanilla then fold in peach pulp and chill in a dish lined with scalloped lady finger border. Prepare pulp by peeling pitting mashing and pressing and sweetening. ripe fruit yields best flavor.
The piece surveys sayings on marriage from English, German, and French sources. It cites Parolles from All's Well That Ends Well and a German proverb likening marriage to a stout coop, noting a French epigram urging pause before wedlock.
A collage of society quips and fashion notes remarks on hair care in South Chicago, summer vs winter style, charity dances in Sydney, bell shaped skirts with flounces, and a philosopher’s trio of womanly virtues. The New York Herald cites a fashion writer as a punchline.
A collection of child mispronunciations and polite quips from Boston Transcript and Youths Companion. Barbara answers the postman with Pleasant dreams while a girl debates indentation on her scholars. A boy recounts seven doctors and seven minus six to cure his sick dog.
Bridget and a Puritan mistress clash over grass cutting on the Sabbath. The Brooklyn Life quip about lending a sickle reveals social propriety. In another scene, a party guest notes a pianist daughter and her “accomplice,” highlighting hidden thoughts at a social gathering.
The passage advises sprinkling common salt on ink spills to absorb the stain from carpets or woolen tablecloths. After absorbing, scrape away and repeat until ink is removed. For unseen carpet spots, moisten with hot water first then salt to dim the stain though complete removal may not be possible.
All leases of The F. & Jailer Cloak and Salt Co at 83 East Washington Street are transferred for collection to U S Supply Co led by G W Baines, manager, at 98 North Illinois Street. Store payments encouraged. those not paying at the store will be contacted by collectors.
The news notes A D Stocker arriving in the United States hailed as a new baiter of Germany. Jersey City reports one clearly defined Asiatic cholera case. The Toledo and Ann Arbor road faces a $10 million mortgage foreclosure. L N employees threaten strike unless salaries are fixed. Denver’s State National Bank opens as other suspended banks resume operations. Five tramps arrested in McKinney Arkansas after assaulting an 8 year old girl, likely to be lynched. Ex Judge Hilton mortgaged New York property for 1 million as Hetty Green’s money is sought. Equitable Mortgage Company Missouri fails for 19.118 million with receivers appointed. Dalton gang battle at Ingalls Oklahoma Territory leaves seven gang members and three deputies dead or mortally wounded. Milwaukee judge Cooley elected president of Interstate Commerce Commission with ex President Harrison among vice presidents of the American Bar Association.
County commissioners plan repairs to the Morris street bridge after a broken abutment. Bids will be received Friday. Also reported: a lot transfer in Martindale's central addition for 5,000 dollars near New Jersey street, and arsenic found in a tablespoonful of samples in the Annie Wagner trial. Legal actions include divorce requests over cruelty and drink, and a stockyard interception of a check payment tied to a cow theft. Several arrests reported at Meridian national bank and nearby events involving Quinn and Lockard.
City markets report steady demand with a selection of vegetables and provisions. Prices shown include new sweet potatoes tarsey and Irish potatoes, smoked meats, lard, canned goods, flour, butter, and groceries with numerous bolded items and per unit costs for Saturday sales.
P B Johnson of 73 Shawnee avenues Fort Wayne and an Allen county G A H member reports lengthy relief from headaches and ringing in the ears after treatment by Stackhouse Medical Institute specialists. He says twenty years of prior doctors failed, but now hearing improved and condition greatly better, endorsing the physicians.
City Marshal C Patterson of Greenfield Indiana cites a 1964 contracted illness and 1993 cure as key points in a case involving catarrbal deafness attributed to military exposure. The fragmentary note references Army service and ongoing effects.
Mrs Susy A Hoben of 146 Massachusetts avenue Indianapolis reports her father John Wolford, once deaf after wartime service, now hearing better than in twenty years following sinus treatment at Stackhouse medical institute.
Treatment by mail offers successful care for distant patients. Those traveling should visit the offices for examination. afterward, treatment can continue at home with the same effectiveness as in-office care. Charges are always moderate.
Permanently located at No 208 N Illinois Street Corner Vermont Indianapolis Ind Four blocks north of Washington Street on North Trinda electric line Dr Urb ine Stackhouse Dr John Gill Allan Office Hours 9 am to 12 m 3 to 7 and 8 pm Sundays 10 to 11 only
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